Up and out on time this morning, just after 8am, to take cardboard, a bag of green waste ( brambles), the old ripped polytunnel covers and a "dead" vacuum cleaner and fan heater to the cowp...the tip, or recycling centre.
It is run by a private company for the council.
Unload all that, then fill my four bags with free compost (council bags, £2 each then yours to use again) ..no more than four at a time, but as many visits as you want. Since lockdown you have to book every visit, but that is no big deal.
It isn't perfect, you do get a certain amount of woody material..and are advised to use it 1:1 with garden soil. I do that, plus using it as one of the layers in the compost heap.
A quick visit to the nearest small town, Cumnock, the home of Kier Hardie, for a small top up shop....
And back to see how Pirate was getting on.
The district nurse yesterday had advised a doctor's phone call...and thankfully the doctor asked him to call by the surgery..verdict, fluid on his lungs. Not surprising, with a serious bout of pneumonia 70 years ago, plus covid two years ago, plus weather too cold and wet to keep walking after his op....luckily there is an alternative to penicillin (which he can't take)...
Picked up the new meds..we are so fortunate to have a medical centre and a pharmacy in our village, just 200 metres apart.
Then he had a bright idea....lunch out! The first place in the next village was full....we should have thought before going on to the next place..a garden centre cafe....it wasn't overfull, but he couldn't relax and eat even half...
Back home, him for a nap and me to do some research...which was confirmed by next door's daughter who is a nurse...I am doing the right things!
Then our daily walk, this time IN THE SUNSHINE!!!! and the walk was slow but steady, not painstakingly slow any more.
It does feel like Spring..even if we are heading for a cold snap.
Hopefully I will be able to get out on the garden and be destructive and constructive tomorrow... weather permitting!!
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Of course you are doing all the right things!
Hope Pirate continues to feel better.
You had a busy day. Apart from the fluid on lungs things sound as though they are progressing for Pirate.
and, hopefully, that will be cleared up soon.
Destructive and constructive. I like that. No tiptoing through the Tulips.
...I hope that on the medical front, that things progress.
Your a perfect nurse and doing all the right things.
I need to get out into the garden and start pulling out the summer crops.
Just need the energy It will come to me I’m sure
Slow but steady takes the race!
All in all, a good sounding balance for the equinox day! Sunshine definitely good for all. Slow and steady as some tortoise proved.
Good to know you are doing the right things. The walk looks to have been lovely.
Sorry to hear Pirate has had a backwards step with the fluid on the lungs. Hoping that the a-b's soon kick in and he is back to walking again - AND that the weather improves too so you can get out more.
Lovely pictures in the sun.
Well, I'm glad you got the word about Pirate's lungs and are able to take corrective action. Thanks for the "cowp" clarification. :)
A little setback after a major surgery sometimes happens. With good meds in hand, Pirate should recover nicely. You caught this quickly and took action and that is the best you can do. Lovely photos.
It looks cold . Very cold
Because of your artwork, I always see the bare trees in your photos
as (possible) linoleum block prints…
A bit of sunshine really does make life a bit easier to endure, doesn't it. We're coming off a long stretch of cold gray days, and I really find myself struggling.
Sorry you are having problems with comments Debby..hauled them all out of spam now!
It seems to have runs of picking on people..then ok for a long time.
I think some of mine have disappeared lately...and like you it's on blogs I regularly comment on!
GZ: Your comment to Debbie inspired me to go check my spam – – and there were three comments from you! How odd…
You apparently are a very accomplished nurse! Keep up the good work and tell Pirate to do the same as he continues to heal.
From what you are writing it sounds as if most people would think Pirate was doing very well for his age, even though YOU know he is currently not himself of course. It's just harder to bounce back quickly the older you get, and we have to fight for what once came more easily.I thought of this when K, who is 10, developed pneumonia over 10 days and finally had to be admitted to hospital in January. They gave her the right antibiotic for her and exactly a week later she won a borough-wide running race! But really, arent we lucky that we all had the chance to be young once!
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