On my way.

Thank you more than I can express, for all your kind and loving messages and emails. Every one has been read and appreciated so much. I feel I have a huge prayer support system from so many lovely people.

Thank you.

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 Case packed.

Covid test taken.

Masses of planning for my husband's live-in Carer done.

Freezer full.

Succinct lists for family.

And so on. I'm being picked up at the unearthly hour of 6am on Wednesday 25th, and taken to the Wellington Hospital in London.

My laptop won't be coming with me, so I wont be reading any posts, sadly. This is a close down for me now. I'll hope to recontact you all in a few weeks time.

Little glimpses of colour in the garden.

Something of a surprise

 I mentioned a while ago that I was waiting for surgery, and with the backlog in the UK I didnt expect to be called any time soon.

Yesterday I took a phone call from the Cardiac nurse who told me that my surgeon was taking some of his patients to a private hospital in London, all transport arranged. Would I be interested?

When? 

August 26th.

Cue mild panic and a wander round the garden. Deep breaths.

The reason for the change is that the hospital in Plymouth has to cancel many surgeries due to emergencies and Covid, and a private hospital won't have those same emergencies so far less risk of cancellation.

I have decided to go to London and get this done.

I'd be grateful for your prayers , not just for me, but for my husband who will, I know, be very anxious.

Seasonal things.

 It's tomato time again. This is a variety called Marmande, which I grow from seed every year, just ten or twelve plants. Some are given away, and half a dozen are planted in my greenhouse.

Every year I wonder if my crop will be as good as the previous year, and this year looks like being a good one. These are the first few, picked during the week. My next job is to process them into Tomato Sauce for the freezer.

It's birthday month again. My  husband and I, two grandaughters, daughter in law and a friend, all have August birthdays!

These lovely Thai orchids remind me of some of our travels.

Dahlias are beginning to flower. It seems to be a slow year but hopefully there will be plenty of flowers now we have had a little rain.

This is Labyrinth, who last year had flowers the size of a tea plate!

Hair cut. Very seasonal.

Our hairdresser has had to cancel so many times due to other clients with virus warnings. So at last my hair is the right length. For a while.

Thank you for kind messages about my husband's health. He is home now, frail but gradually getting strength back.