On shedding

The beautiful yellow-leaved tree across from my room took a bit of a beating last night. The branches are starting to becoming visible. Still, ‘tis the season to shed.

This does not only apply to trees. During today’s physio session, I was seated on the edge of the bed with my right foot on the ground. I felt there were some things in the sock on my good foot. After I had regained the bed and the physio was summoning a patient attendant, I investigated the situation. I was able to remove the sock (an achievement in and of itself). I discovered the skin on my foot was extremely dry and flaking off in several places. When the physio returned, I requested that she give the foot and the other a bit of a scrub to remove loosely attached bits of skin. She was willing to oblige. Seems I’m shedding too.