This is my final blog before I go in tomorrow at 7:00 AM for a hip replacement. The protheses from 1989 has done very well by me for 23 years (average back then was 15) so I have no reason to complain.  Once the new one is in place, I hope I can secure the old one from Dr. Dabuzhsky, so that I can frame it and list all the places it has been!.
This morning I went to Duxbury Beach and Daniel Webster Farm, both old favorites, and actually did pretty well, especially with some photos of a Cedar Waxwing.  So enjoy, and wish me luck tomorrow.  I expect it will be some weeks (hopefully not months) before I walk with David Ludlow and the Friday AM Group, or any other place for that matter. 
(Estimated schedule, 3 days at Quincy Medical Center, and then 5-8 days at Royal Rehab, Braintree).
Here are this morning's photos.

Cedar Waxwing, Duxbury Beach

Young Piping Plover, Duxbury Beach

Female Wood Duck, Daniel Webster Farm

Immature Wood Duck, Daniel Webster Farm

Whitetail Deer, Daniel Webster Farm