This is the best time of year for bats. We have many bats around here – I think they are pipistrelles and they roost in a large house just over the river from us. At twilight and dusk you can see them largely from the front of the house flitting around looking for insects. R […]
I was a bit wobbly walking when I first started weight bearing on the crutches, but I am getting a lot better now. Although I am still using the wheelchair for doing my general chores around the house, I am doing two or three walks up and down the hall each day now. I started […]
There can’t be many people who wake up to a view like this. My temporary bed in my office faces french windows which look out over Beinn Bheula. At this time of year, dawn breaks very early and lying awake on my fevered bed of pain (this is a joke btw – I’m not in […]
My Mum is 85 years old today. R and I went to see her – I am now hobbling along on crutches, trying my best not to put more than 50% weight on my healing foot. I managed the three steps up to her front door with no problems. We had wild mushroom soup, luxury […]
This morning R went to put seeds out for the wildlife and discovered that a squirrel had managed to get itself locked into the shed. He opened the window and it exited rapidly. Lucky was lurking outside and made a play for it – but it was too fast for him and got away into […]
I saw the nurse at Ross Hall today and had my stiches removed. There was what seemed like yards of gauze soaked in dried on blood around my foot, but once she had peeled everything off it was fine, with the wounds themselves largely healed. My ankle and foot seem a great deal straighter than […]
R had to go away for a conference overnight last night. The dates have really worked out very badly with my operation because he had all this booked in advance. But because we were just presented with a fait accompli for the operation dates, not only did I have to cope with the pre-op and […]
There is what is rather euphemistically called a “waste water substation” about 200m away from the end of our drive. This is what we used to call a small sewage works. On a side topic, when I was a child at secondary school we were given the option of going on two educational visits to […]
I’m off to the hospital on Thursday and should be able to switch to partially weight bearing on crutches. I’ll be honest and say that for the last couple of days I have slightly cheated in that although I have not practiced putting any weight on my foot through the crutches, I have stood up […]
Here are some pictures of the (now full) moon from in bed. They have not turned out that well but you get the idea… I am reminded of a poem which goes When I am sad and weary, When I think all hope has gone, When I walk along High Holborn, I think of you […]
