Tina dropped me off at the hotel this morning and I enjoyed half an hour in the pool, on my own today which is great. I wanted to buy some crystallised ginger so did that after leaving then made my way straight to the bus stop. My ankle didn't seem too bad then but I have stayed in and iced and taken the pills as suggested. A pity  that it has started to hurt even more this afternoon, not sure where it is going, but not up at the moment it would seem. I usually get one sort of ginger but they had some more, darker looking, which has been crytallised with raw cane sugar, boy, is it hot!
I have been watching tennis, so not a bad afternoon, I got one of the puzzles out so that I had something else to occupy me.

This was after I had done the edges, I am actually a bit further along with it now.

Darren and Tina came up for a while when Jo Konta was playing her quarter final and Darren sat on 'Blues Chair', one way of getting this little cat onto your lap!

It has drizzled a lot of the day but is a bit brighter now, so some blue sky, the wind is up as you can see from one of these pictures.

Holby later and a new drama called In The Dark I think.

I will start with a couple of pictures of me that Anya took last night. We really enjoyed the concert and the weather was kind.

One more of the stage while Olly was performing.

The rush when leaving, we stayed seated until it was a little less crowded.

We ambled back through the park.

This morning Blue was on her usual place, on the pink chair, when Colonel came up and tried to wheedle her off! No chance, but it was cute when she started to give the 'old man' a wash!

Persuaded Anya to don one of the shirts and a mask, looks pretty good!

Anya and I watched a film from the Marilyn Monroe collection called 'We're Not Married', a old black and white comedy which we both enjoyed. The four of us went up and had a meal at The North Bay cafe and Anya got packed up when we came back. Darren took us to the station so that we could see her onto the train. A short but really great visit.
They say we have storms heading this way and from the look of the sky that could be right!

More tennis and icing now.......

A couple of pictures from last night, one sky.

And one of Darren with his newly purchased bow.

This morning Darren and I went along to the boot sale as usual. My ankle was quite sore so I only walked around for about 15 minutes after we had eaten our sausage baps. but got a set of Marilyn Monroe films and a pair of earrings so that was good, and Darren got the bargain of the day, a really nice belt to hang his archery quiver on.
We went and collected Anya from the station this afternoon and she and I had a good chat and then we all had a meal together before Anya and I went off to the Olly Murs concert. The queue to get in was unbelievable, in fact all the way to the shops by the beach. Will just post a couple of pics tonight and sort through them and put more on tomorrow.The two of us getting ready to party!

The crowd a bit later, full to capacity, over 7000.

Just one of Olly, didn't have the bigger camera but you can tell who it is I think.

It was a great show, he was on for an hour and a half and is a great entertainer.

I am trying to be good and give the ankle some proper rest, so have stayed in all day today. The reason this post is getting written earlier than usual, it has seemed a long day, and the weather outside has been very inviting! One more picture of the sky from last night.

Anya is coming up for the Olly concert tomorrow so I am hoping she will take the masks and tee shirts back with her. I had bought the spray varnish but not actually treated the masks so did them this morning. Very strong smell of varnish in the house, but the window was open and it soon wore off. Took selfies of myself wearing them, maybe I will get Anya to wear a mask and a tee shirt tomorrow.

I have done a bit of tidying and enjoyed using my Gtec cleaners. Have had the tennis on but thought I would draw another couple of butterflies from the book.

Then, as I had the pencils out thought I would try and draw the plant that I bought at Deans on Thursday.

I got a lovely thank you note from my sister's grand-daughter saying how much she loved the picture of the tree house, that was good to hear, she says she is going to take it along to the wedding and have it on display.
I have been doing the ice treatments today, will sit with the ice packs again soon, have been taking the pills regularly as well. I haven't been out at all today so it is hard to tell if it has made much difference, but it can't be doing any harm so worth a try.
Looking out of the window a little while ago it looked like there was a Christmas tree on the street. Just the way the sun was catching a bush, it is all dark out there now but it did look great.

Bit grey because I was taking the picture in the direction of the sun, but you get the idea.

I caught the bus to town this morning and went without the camera or my phone, obviously wasn't very awake today. I spent half an hour in the pool and then took a very slow walk to the studio, had a pleasant hour with Donna and then meandered home. 
Spent most of the day watching tennis and doing ice treatments or just having my feet up. Later this afternoon I got my nice colouring pencils that I got in America out, and using a book that Tina bought me with lots of butterfly pic in, did a couple of drawings.

Tina and I went shopping this evening and watched the last of the Andy Murray game when we got back.
Quite a good sky again tonight although dark clouds are heading in now.

Nothing much planned for tomorrow, but I imagine tennis will feature somewhere!

This morning I phoned to make a doctor's appointment because the pain in my ankle was giving me some concern. He was a locum and very pleasant, gave my ankle a good check over and said I should stay off it for a while, ice it a few times a day, take the Naproxin pills and maybe get a heel wedge to not strain the Achilles too much. He said I would not have been able to get up the stairs to him if I had done anything too drastic! So, I will try using it less, and see if that makes a difference.
There is a cricket match this week, and as the visitors all park on this street it is often difficult for Darren and Tina to find a space. despite this Darren took me out to Deans, I wanted to look at the ankle wellingtons and also wanted a narrow pot and a plant so that I could put something in the colourful jug. We had a nice lunch there and then had a look around. Loved this hanging basket.

And these gazanias.

Plenty of butterflies and bees about, which Darren and I are both very keen to see and help when we can but getting insect friendly plants.

Darren dropped me off at the studio on the way back. Sandy offered to take me hope later so not too much walking today.  Sadly there wasn't room for my fairy or the snail in this weeks firing so I just have a picture of the final bowl for now.

I tried some boots on as the wellingtons I couldn't get over my instep. They were expensive so will have a think about them. I bought some pots and a new plant, but they didn't work out quite as I had hoped.
So I have put the spider plant in the jug, propped up inside to make it higher.

I will try to find a suitable container for the attractive new plant.

The storm was rolling in earlier, we have had thunder and lightening and torrential rain for a while now.

This insect won't have found much shelter on my window!

Going to give my foot the shock treatment now, may not help but it is a nice sensation!

A couple of very different sky pictures from yesterday.

Last night I was really concerned about my ankle, I thought I might be getting medical advice today, but this morning it was no worse and maybe a little easier. Tina dropped me off in town and I had about 45 minutes in the pool. Another person in there most of the time, he was swimming, so I swam as well while he was in and walked before and after he joined me! I went into town and had a coffee, had a free one at Thorntons, which was nice. Caught the bus home and put the tennis on. Tina joined me and watched with me for the afternoon and Darren joined us while we had lunch. The Johanna Konta match was fantastic, over three hours and great tennis. Andy won pretty easily and it was good to see him win but not nearly as good a match to watch. Tina sat on the chair that Blue has made her own, much to the little lady's disgust. She rarely sits on a lap and if she does maybe for a few seconds. When she realised that Tina wasn't moving she sat on her lap for maybe an hour!

The tie dye shirts are dry and now ironed, I am pleased with the results even though they are not quite as I had imagined them.

Pretty funky, even if I do say it myself!! Nadal is playing at the moment, a real tennis marathon today.