Not a lot to report this week! From my point of view just routine stuff going – platelet/plasma donation session on Tuesday, which at least means that work pays me to spend an hour or so with my feet up, being served tea and biscuits, while reading an book on my i-pad. My recent optician appointments a couple of weeks ago still cause a few ripples. A slightly high pressure in one eye resulted in a recommendation to see my Doctor for a diabetes test, which I duly did on Friday morning. My blood sugar was exactly as expected, but since I haven’t darkened the surgery door for a few years, the Doctor suggested that a full blood test would not go amiss – diabetes, cholesterol, and maybe prostate test. I was reassured that this is all from a blood sample. When I see the nurse, I do hope that she won’t be putting on a rubber glove…
Chantal has had a busy weekend, a trip to Hawes, North Yorkshire, to photograph red squirrels from a dedicated hide. Facebook will soon be awash with red squirrel pics. I was tempted to photograph the greys on the bird table, and Photoshop a bit of crimson onto the grey fur…
I was kept busy in Chantal’s absence, taking Andree to a neighbour’s funeral on Friday, and continuing the house clearance, with Pauline, at Dad’s yesterday. This afternoon Friend and neighbour Richard came round, and between us (well, Richard, with me making the coffee and passing the tools) fixed the wood burner, installing new counter-weights to the sliding doors, plus various associated works. I had the stove lit ready for when Chantal returned home. No point in trying to gain credit for the job. Chantal walked in, saw the lit stove, and exclaimed “WOW! Has Richard been round?”.
Technically we live in Oaktree House, but sadly the tree had to go.
We now have a thriving Oakstump at the front of the house.
