Tina was on Not Home Alone sandwiches again today. I usually make up the sandwiches as Tina usually has a lot of meetings on a Tuesday, including an evening one. As it happened both Darren and Tina are not very well today so neither of them have gone anywhere. Debbie, Tina's friend collected the lunch for the group and was going to stay and give the talk. My knee had been really painful in the night and was still bad this morning, but I did some exercises and managed to ease it a bit. So caught the bus and went in to see Sandy at the studio for a bit. I picked a couple of vases to paint up as gifts when I am resting after the surgery. They will sort out some of the under glaze paints for me to have at home. Before I went out I made some phone calls to try and sort out getting home after the surgery. At the moment I have been told that they will teach me how to go up and down the stairs on crutches before I am discharged. If I don't get on with that I presume I will be bed blocking!
I went into town after leaving Sandy, got a bit of tasty shopping at M & S and then caught the bus home. The road the bus usually goes down was fenced off, this meant I had to get off near the prison again, that was a bit of a pity as the ankle had started to be quite painful by then and it is a reasonable distance from there. I came down Tennyson Avenue the other day and the gulls are very active down there. This one was sitting right by a house and there were a couple more on the roof. It is strange because it is a narrow and quite enclosed feeling little road.
While I was away I watched Country File with Rachel and Skip and there was a lady who did quite funky pictures using feathers. Not the feathery part but making them like a quill. Lots of splattering, but very effective. I haven't got many coloured inks now and I haven't got any feathers, so had a play with some cocktail sticks!
The cats are funny, it seems now that the most comfortable and companionable place to sleep in outside my shower room!
Nothing like a cat obstacle course when going to the loo!
A house full of germs is just what you need! You definitely don't want to be catching bugs that might delay the surgery! Going out was probably the best idea, but walking part way back isn't so good. Still, sorting out pots to paint is a good idea and will fill a bit of convalescing time. I know you'll find plenty of other things to do too. I just hope you don't have to stay at the hospital longer than needed. I think being at home helps you get better quickly. Too many sick people in the hospital :-)
ReplyDeleteThe kingfisher turned out well. I didn't see the thing on the telly you mentioned, so can't really compare. But I like the finished article, so that's all that I look for.
Let's hope that your landing being infested with cats doesn't cause any problems when you're hobbling about up there. Tripping over one of them is really a no no! A long pointy stick might be the answer :-)
The birds she painted were much better, but I will have another attempt as it was different using a bit of stick!
ReplyDeleteI know the size of the pots so can think about a design to put on them.
Tina has just heard that I sewer collapsed on North Marine so that was the reason the road was closed.