Monday, November 18, 2013

A week of little things

After the stress and busyness of DH’s illness and my cataract surgery, I seem to have fallen into a state of almost suspended animation since my last post. Not being allowed to drive means that I’m reliant on DH to take me out and about, and with the exception of my visit to the hospital for a check-up last Wednesday, he seems very reluctant to do so.

His excuse is that he wants to keep me away from potential colds and flu, sneezing being not a good idea at the moment. I think the real reason is that he’s falling into hibernate (or should that be hermit?) mode and doesn’t enjoy venturing out in the cold, grey weather which has been the norm recently. Whatever the reason, this has been a very quiet week, with our only visitor the postman.

So it’s been a week of little things - small happenings that would go almost unnoticed if life were busier. Things like a welcome, steady drop in DH’s resting blood pressure, disturbed only by a few unexplained spikes. These have probably been happening for months if not years, but ignorance being bliss, we didn’t know to worry about them. As long as the trend continues to be downward, he’ll go on taking the tablets and speak to the GP at his next appointment.

For me the little things include the bracing daily experience of unpeeling the micropore tape which holds my eye shield in place overnight. On the basis of the last ten days or so, I should patent it as a new depilatory! Or there’s the growing realisation that despite some creaks my knees do still work, and that instead of the long-preferred, but now forbidden, bending at the waist to pick things up, I’m again capable of squatting down to do so and getting up again unaided. Who needs gym membership?

Apart from that my days have been a quiet round of pottering – some gentle housework, increasing amounts of reading and some fairly mindless TV watching, while clearing part of my long-neglected pile of clothes mending. It feels so good to be able to thread a needle again without squinting!

Our one sortie into the outside world proved to be more exciting than expected. Ten miles into the nearly forty-mile journey to the hospital we were appalled to discover a “road closed” notice. Several miles further on, a lorry had overturned on the winding road across the hills, which had to be closed to allow the lorry to be recovered.  A swift phone call to the eye clinic told them we would be late and DH took the short cut across the single-track mountain road to the coastal road which is the only other way to get to Aberystwyth. Amazingly we were only 20 minutes late and, less surprisingly, found we weren't the only patients to have been inconvenienced.

Fortunately Wednesday was the one bright and sunny morning of the week, so my only regret was that of course I didn’t have my camera with me on the spectacular mountain road past the remote and long-disused lead mines of Dylife. Google as usual has come to my rescue, so I’ll leave you with a tantalising glimpse of what must be one of the most stunning panoramic views to be found anywhere, and go back to doing not very much at all.






Images via Google

68 comments:

  1. Thank goodness for side roads!

    Is that a still from Google Earth? However do you manage that!

    Pottering, even if enforced, can be rather satisfying...and allows the stuff put aside for when one has time to be dealt with, too. You must be so pleased at being able to thread a needle again without difficulty.

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    1. Thank goodness indeed, and also thank goodness DH is a very good and experienced driver on roads like this. It was a complete 40+ mile detour to reach the hospital.

      The panorama is a Creative Commons image found on the internet. It was almost certainly made by stitching together a series of photos with clever software. DH has a program that does this, with excellent results.

      I'm actually enjoying the pottering, though the old brain tends to drift quite a lot. I couldn't believe how easy the mending was now that threading needles is such a doddle. :-) No excuse now for not tackling the rest of the pile ....

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    2. Thank you for the explanation.
      I've been messing around with Photostitch which I found among the many programmes on the laptop which I have never explored and will in future be taking photographs with its potential in mind.

      Pottering is quite satisfying, I find.

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    3. I remember you mentioned this in a comment to Ayak. I look forward to seeing the results of your messing about (which can be as satisfying as pottering).

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  2. I'm so glad that you're on the mend, Perpetua! I love your term "pottering around" and am going to commit it to memory. I hope that you and DH are both feeling better soon. By the way, what is it with men of a certain age and hibernating? My husband is in hibernate mode, too, just in time for the holidays!

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    1. To be honest, Kathy, I think DH was a hermit in another life. :-) He can shut himself away very happily for ages and if it weren't for me would have very little face-to-face contact beyond the family. Email is him!!

      I'm glad you like the expression 'pottering around'. I didn't realise it wasn't well-known in the US. I find it expresses perfectly the kind of gentle, unstructured activity of the past week.

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  3. It feels very much like hibernation time here too. The bracing sensation of un-peeling the micropore tape sounds a bit 'ouch', but good to know that every day your eye is improving. Good news too about your DH's resting blood pressure coming down, As much as I only drive when I really have to, I would miss not being able to ferry myself around, though sometimes it's nicer to stay at home by the fire when the weather grey and foggy and horrible.

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    1. The peeling sensation certainly wakes me up thoroughly every morning, but thankfully I only have another couple of nights to go. DH's resting blood pressure is now very good - better than mine, if I'm honest. I do miss not being able to drive, as I'm usually the one who jumps into the car to do the weekly shopping or go to some meeting or another. I never drive on long journeys, but locally I'm often out and about. Talking of hibernation, did you have snow this morning? We had a covering but it's almost gone now.

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  4. I'm with your husband - this time of the year I want to crawl into a cave and not emerge again until next spring. :-)

    I'm glad you are continuing to make such a good recovery. My mom hated that eye patch! We went to the pharmacy and bought some tape that wasn't quite as nasty as the stuff they sent her home with. She only had to wear hers for three nights. I'm sorry you had a delay getting to your appointment, but that view must have made the inconvenience totally worth it!

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    1. With your Canadian winters to contend with, I'd be with your husband too. DH isn't naturally sociable in any case, so he happily seizes any excuse to pull up the drawbridge and stay put. :-)

      Things are getting better every day, thanks, and i only have to wear the eye patch for two more nights. The reason for the long period of wearing is that I had a larger than usual incision which needed 3 stitches, and though the stitches were taken out last week, I need to protect the eye at night for a bit longer. I have to use the micropore tape as it's hypoallergenic and doesn't irritate - just depilates. :-) As for that view, it always takes my breath away.

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  5. Hi Perpetua, I'm sorry to hear of the hard times you've had lately but it sounds like you're both doing better all the time. I'm really glad. I feel the same way at this time of year - I just want to curl up and stay warm and maybe be left alone for some of the time? :)

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    1. It all seems to have happened at once, Jennifer, but life isn't usually like this for us. Most of the time it's very uneventful. This morning even I had the urge to hibernate when we woke up to the first snowfall of the winter. It wasn't heavy and has almost gone now, but November is still too early!

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  6. Little things, maybe, but positive.
    This autumn isn’t exactly inviting great deeds outdoors, so enjoy the peaceful interlude.

    Hope all continues to go well.

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    1. Very positive, which is lovely after the past few weeks. The weather really has been very dreary most of the time, though this morning was crisp, sunny and snowy! all gone now, but I hope it isn't a sign of things to come. Otherwise there'll be lots of peaceful interludes. :-)

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  7. A week or two of pottering is good for us. The change in season is an ideal time to do it to acclimatise our bodies to different weather. I think my pottering will begin in a week or two, once the sunny weather fizzles out.

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    1. Looking out of the window I think the change of season you mention is from autumn to winter! It's snowing again, but thankfully not sticking. Definitely the weather for pottering, if not actually hibernating. I feel a strong yearning for some of your sun and warmth. :-)

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  8. There is a lot to be said for a quiet life! Particularly after the recent turmoil so I am glad you are taking time to enjoy the little things. I'm really pleased to hear your eye surgery seems to be working out so well and that you are listening to INSTRUCTIONS! So many folk skip the necessary tasks post surgery and then wonder why they ahve problems. Gold star to you dear Perpetua!

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    1. Like you, we're past masters of the quiet life when necessary, Sian. Today's first touch of winter just reinforces that. It's definitely the weather for curling up in front of a warm fire and doing the mending with the TV in the background. :-)

      As for following instructions, I've learned over the years that I always recover better from surgery if I do as I'm told and don't try to rush my recovery, however much I feel tempted to do so. In this case, knowing that I'm at greater than normal risk of complications in these first weeks after surgery I don't feel tempted in the slightest. Pottering rules OK. :-)

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  9. It's good to hear you are both making good progress. Slowly slowly catchee monkey.
    What I did find slightly worrying was your comment about the depilatory affect.
    You have hairy eyes? !!!
    Enjoy your respite while you can particularly in respect of the current weather.
    HugsX

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    1. Yes, we're both being good and doing as we're told, Ray. As for the hairy eyes, that made me giggle. Not hairy eyes, but hairy eyebrows and the usual face fuzz, neither of which reacts well to the unpeeling of the tape. My eye shield is enormous and covers an area from my eyebrow to the middle of my cheek!

      We woke up to a covering of snow this morning, which makes staying put at home a very appealing prospect. :-)

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  10. I was at that very spot just the other week, early on a sunday morning after leaving Mach. yes, stunning - despite the windfarms, to the north. Ggrrrrrr....

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    1. It's a long time since we went along that road and it's particularly spectacular when heading towards Mach as we did. You're going to hate me for saying this, but after so many years of having the windfarms around, we barely notice them at all.

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  11. I so enjoyed reading about your week. It may have been quiet, and it might seem that you didn't have much to write about, but in the end, you really made it all sound quite appealing. I understand the monitoring of DH blood pressure. This is exactly how it has been at our house.

    I also can relate to the part about depending on your husband for transportation. I went through that a year or so ago. I was not a happy camper and felt like such a burden.

    Finally, I had no idea that you lived near Aberystwyth. My heart literally skipped a beat with longing for that beautiful part of the world when I read how you were on the road to get to this part of Wales that I visited nearly 20 years ago now. I had a dear friend living there and stayed for about four days with her. Oh how I loved that area. I loved the panoramic view you included. Where exactly do you live? Oh how I wish I could get back to Wales the land of my ancestors.

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    1. That's the joy of blogging, isn't it? We get to know each other, so that even a post about little things becomes interesting in that context.

      We're monitoring DH's BP particularly closely at the moment as he doesn't want to have to increase the dosage of one of the meds which is giving him some side-effects. Not driving for a while is just a niggle in comparison.

      I'm so glad the view brought back happy memories of your stay in Wales, though I'm sorry it also gave you a pang. We live in the hills above the valley of the River Severn, almost 40 miles inland from Aberystwyth. You can actually see the valley (though not the river) in the photos on my last post. We've been here for 40 years now (with a couple of absences) and love the area very deeply. However much we may travel, this is home.

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    2. You live in such a beautiful area. I came into Aberystwyth via the train. Did I go over the hills near your house? I also left via the train and went north. I have a friend in Ceredigion. She was living in Aberystwyth when I visited her there. She then moved to Ceredigion.

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    3. If you came to Aberystwyth by train from England, then yes, you would have passed within 5 miles of where we live. The train doesn't go over the hills but along the valleys and then the coast. The countryside around Aberystwyth and Ceredigion is stunning.

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  12. What fun Perpetua to hear the old Busy Doing Nothing song! That will stick with me all day, as I plan on doing rather a lot of nothing myself. We have had a few scorching hot days when really it is too much trouble to do anything but sit and keep cool! I am very glad to see you are recovering well, and HB blood pressure is continuing to improve. Best wishes to you both.

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    1. I had fun tracking that down on YouTube, Patricia, as I couldn't remember what it was called. It just seemed the perfect theme song to my week.:-) It sounds like summer has already arrived for you, just as winter arrived for us this morning with a covering of snow overnight! Hibernation suddenly seems like a very good idea, as we both gently continue to recover.

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  13. A week of little things sounds like a wonderful week to have, Perpetua, and I will humming the Busy Doing Nothing song now for sure. To me, this sounds like a near perfect week, though, I'm sure you are getting antsy to do a few things, especially should the weather clear.
    I remember that patch every night and what a bother it was. Soon you will be without it, I'm sure. In the meantime, I hope you will continue to heal and DH's blood pressure will continue to stabilize. Before you know it, you will be making mince pies.

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    1. My week of little things is certainly a huge contrast to your very stressful week, Penny, and I'm busy counting my blessings here. I can imagine that you and Tom wish for nothing more than a quiet week at home together. Here we've had the first light snow of the winter, but the sun is shining now.

      The patch is a bother as you say, but it's amazing how we get used to it. Only a couple more days and I can say goodbye to it. As for the mince pies, i have some beautifully mature mincemeat left over from last Christmas, just calling out to me from the cupboard. :-)

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  14. Honestly, Perpetua, I think maybe DH is making a good choice to keep you close to home. It would be a terrible thing right now to get a cold or flu, but all in all, perhaps it's feeling good to him to slow "it" all down after the last few months of so many emotional spikes. I am just so glad to hear that you are both doing better. Sometimes a little mindless television is just what the doctor ordered! It let's our brains rest. LOL! ox

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    1. I'm sure you and he are right, Debra, especially after your recent bout of flu. Up here we're well away from the current germs, so it's probably best to sit it out for a few weeks longer. DH is certainly enjoying his quiet life at the moment and now he's mended his exercise bike he can even exercise without going out. :-)

      As for mindless TV, it's amazing what one can watch and enjoy if one stops being critical. I'm getting hooked on The Mentalist at the moment. :-)

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  15. Pottering can be quite satisfying at times. It seems to enable us to calm our minds as well as our bodies. It seems like your eyesight is improving by the day and I am pleased. And DH is improving too...that's good.

    You need to tell me how you are managing to get up from squatting...I can't do it unless I have something to hold on to. Your knees are obviously in a far better state than mine!

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    1. Oh, DH and I are past masters at pottering after 6 years of retirement. I think it's being forced to potter, rather than choosing to do so, that's making me a little bit restless. Aren't I contrary? Still, I will contain my soul in patience until I'm given permission to drive again.

      Where squatting is concerned, I will admit to preferring it do it where I can put my hand on some furniture to steady myself and help me get up again, but I don't need a helping hand from DH any more and increasing I can squat down quickly and get up again without any support. Practice is definitely strengthening my leg muscles and improving my balance. :-)

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  16. There's a lot of good in here, isn't there? I can just imagine that you are raring to go and DH is quietly chilling and ...not raring to go. I think the winter has arrived at the right time to keep you in gentle pottering state until such time as you are properly healed and your thighs are firm and strong. By this time, your eye will be well enough for you to work on the waistline again! Come spring, you and DH will be like new people and will burst from your cottage like butterflies....unless, of course, you have plans to do a bit of 'transitting' as is your wont? Do you stay put for a while?

    Wherever and whatever you're doing, I send you a hug,
    Axxx

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    1. What waistline, Annie? At this rate it will have vanished beyond recall by the time I'm allowed to bend again. Did I mention that lack of activity has never been known to lessen my appetite? The thighs are certainly strengthening, but again I fear firmness is beyond them. :-)

      Actually I'm really enjoying the gentle pottering and it's so satisfying to keep noticing things I can now do properly again, like threading a needle. By the time we head north next spring, I shouldn't have any mending left to do. :-)

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  17. Sounds great that you are better now after the surgery. Keep your body safe from flue and cold. Eat well to improve your resistance to get rid of all the diseases.

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    1. Great advice, WW (may I call you that?) and we're following all of it. We eat huge amounts of fruit and vegetables, which is, I think, the reason neither of us has had even a cold for at least two years and certainly don't want to catch one now.

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  18. Dear Perpetua - I think that our bodies react to this time of year, when like the animals, we feel like hiding away and keeping cosy. It only takes a day like we have today - blue skies and sunshine to reverse the feelings.
    Delighted that your eyesight is continuing to improve and that DH's blood pressure, apart from the odd spike, is also getting better too.
    You will both be raring to go by the time Spring arrives again.

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    1. I'm sure you're right, Rosemary. I'm certainly not being tempted to go far outside, as even when the sun shone today it was very cold. We had our first snow overnight and a little is still lurking where the sun couldn't reach. However it looked wonderful from the warmth of the house. :-)

      I'm still revelling in how much better i can see and DH too is much happier now his BP is close to normal (as is our GP). We'll have a quiet winter at home in Wales and see what the new year brings. :-)

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  19. Glad to hear you are both improving. From what I have heard you are set for a very long, cold winter over there. I hope you have plenty of firewood to keep yourselves warm.

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    1. yes, progress is continuing, much to our satisfaction. The tabloids have had some screaming, doom-laden headlines about the coming winter, but the Met Office is being more restrained as yet. We're well supplied with fuel (we use mainly coal in our room heater) and the store cupboard is reassuringly full. :-)

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  20. Hope you both continue to improve and enjoy a bit of hibernation. I'm hibernating too after an operation last week. Noticing some of the little things again.

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    1. It's certainly the weather in which to hibernate, Nancy, with the first light snowfall of the winter this morning.. I do hope you're recovering well from your operation. Take care.

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  21. Glad to hear you're still on the mend - perfectly ok to take it steady, especially at this time of year - did you have snow today? My Other Half would happily hibernate as soon as the weather gets into single figures!

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    1. We did indeed have snow, Anny, and still have the scattered remains lurking in the places where the sun couldn't reach. I think we're in for another hard frost, but we don't need to go anywhere now DH has collected his supply of tablets, so we're staying snugly at home. :-)

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  22. Glad to hear that you're both experiencing improvements in your health and hope the imposed rest, except for that long distance drive to and from hospital appointments, is of benefit. Also hope your weather improves. The sunshine here today is uplifting, although it's very cold and not a day to linger long outside.

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    1. The rest is doing us both a world of good, Linda, and I'm glad to say that all being well, we've seen the last of the long trips to the hospital. My next (and hopefully final) appointment will be in the Outpatients Dept. of our local cottage hospital only 6 miles away.

      We woke to a beautifully sunny morning with snow on the ground, and after a couple more heavy snow showers it brightened up again to give a beautiful, cold afternoon. Tomorrow's forecast is for heavy rain, so we'll just stay snug by the fire, I think. :-)

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  23. Hello Perpetua! So glad to read (below) of the little joys you are beginning to appreciate again with clearer eyesight. This can only improve. :-) Thanks for a peaceful read. It's in the little things that real beauty is to be found, isn't it. DH sounds like a wise man to me - I feel as he appears to, as the weather begins to close in - somehow the early darkness that falls from 5pm brings with it a desire to stay in and hug the fire. All the best to you for a speedy easy recovery - and I hope your DH's bp continues a stable downward trend. Yx

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    1. Hi Yvonne and lovely to see you in blogland again. The last couple of weeks of seeing properly again have been a revelation. I hadn't realised how much detail I've been missing for so long and I simply can't get over the clarity and the colours, as I rhapsodised in my previous post. It really does feel miraculous.

      Normally at this time of year we'd be up in Scotland, but this year we're staying very close to home until the winter is over and we're both feeling 100%. After that there may be no holding us.... :-)

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  24. Hi Perpetua, I didn't read all the comments (I usually do), but 42 was a bit much when I'm trying to catch up. But I did read *your blog* and was happy to know that you are "puttering" (US term) along nicely. As for the hermit temperament, my DH has that one pretty well locked up. And as much as I do like 'time to myself', there are times when it's good to get out of the house. It sometimes takes a lot of convincing... and the possiblility of a treat?

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    1. Glad you made it to the blog, Rian, and I don't blame you for skipping the comments. I sometimes have to do this too when I'm short of time and behind with reading. Yes, I'm puttering or pottering along happily and looking forward to discarding the eye shield very soon.

      So you have a hermit husband too, do you? When I can drive I don't notice his hermit tendencies so much, but I've been missing social contact just a little since my op. :-)

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  25. Let's hope & pray that you don't get snowed and frozen in like you did earlier this year before you can escape to the far Northern regions!! Just make sure you're well stocked up with milk - or milk powder (very useful at times!) If you need supplies and DH wouold prefer not to go out, let us know - we still have the mentality of the intrepid explorers despite our advanced ages!! H xx

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    1. We're not heading north until the spring, so I reckon we could well get snowed in again at least once before then. :-) The rain overnight certainly got rid of the last traces of yesterday's snow and it's the usual grey and soggy again today, with the odd glimpse of the sun. Thanks for the kind offer, but we always stock up well before the winter and indeed have a Tesco delivery arriving this evening. Online shopping is a life-saver up here. :-)

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  26. I've enjoyed visualising two things you describe so well in this post - your DH as a hermit & yourself squatting :-) Enjoy your pottering & may both of you continue to improve in health.

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    1. Glad to have furnished your imagination with some entertaining images, Ricky. :-) DH has always had strong hermit inclinations, which just strengthen in winter and poor weather. As for the squatting, I think what I can now achieve qualifies for the term, though I don't ever linger in a crouched position or I'd probably fall over. :-) The pottering is happily continuing for both of us....

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  27. Hari OM
    Slow and steady is just fine!!! You are right about that photo being tantalising - and i am sure you enjoyed the sights that would have been missed (perhaps) had the truck not decided to change your plans for you!

    ACYIKAC is one of my all time favourite classic movies. Good clean fun!! YAM xx

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    1. Oh, we're definitely more tortoise than hare, Yam. :-) You're right that we thoroughly enjoyed being forced to take the mountain road again, though next time I'd prefer to take it at a slower pace and with camera in hand.

      I'm glad to have provided you with a snippet from a favourite film. It's not one I'm very familiar with, though I know this song.

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  28. So glad you are on the mend Perpetua and that DH's blood pressure is coming down. This is definitely hibernating weather. At the moment it is dark and dismal outside and very very cold so I'm quite happy to stay in the warm. I had a fall at the weekend and am nursing a broken thumb so it's difficult to do much at the moment anyway and like you just pottering.
    Patricia x

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    1. It does feel good that we're both making progress, Patricia. Today's dreary weather is certainly conducive to hibernation and i'm getting far too well acquainted with daytime TV! So sorry to hear about your fall. That sounds very painful and will make life awkward for quite a while. Hope it heals quickly.

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  29. Your week of doing not much of nothing sounds wonderful to me. Guess (no actually I know) I must be a would be hermit like your husband. Your days by the fire with a little snow on the ground sound wonderfully cozy and comforting. Here it's beginning to get cold and there are leaves yet to be raked (quite a few!), I can't find advertisements for wood in the paper as is usual this time year so no warming wood fires to cozy up to, so I could use a week of doing nothing with some nice filling soup thrown in to recoup my energy.

    Enjoy it while you can.

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    1. I think there are far more would-be hermits around than most people would guess, Victoria. :-) With modern communications we can stay snugly at home and still be in touch. Sadly our snow was soon chased away by heavy rain and high winds - typical November weather. Despite that there are still quite a lot of leaves on the trees. I do hope you can find some wood for your fire. Nothing nicer on a cold winter's day than a crackling wood fire.

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  30. I meant to add: "Despise not the day of little things" or something to that effect, couldn't find the exact verse. Out of context of course but to the point since all these little things add up to something bigger than themselves.

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    1. A quick search on Google tells me that it's Zechariah 4.10. Well remembered. :-) You're quite right - little things can really add up.

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  31. Great to hear of your improvement, and also the lowering of DH's blood pressure. Perhaps this time of 'enforced idleness' has a reason? It is amazing how much one does relax when we know we simply cannot do particular things that otherwise might send us into a slight frenzy. It is wonderful to find out that one can actually survive without constant 'entertainment'.

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    1. I think you're absolutely right, Shirley. Being forced to take things quietly is probably doing us both a great deal of good, even if we do kick against it a bit, metaphorically speaking. :-) Luckily neither of us has ever needed a mad social whirl to be happy. In fact as we get older, we're increasingly content just to be at home together.

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  32. It sounds like good news all round with regard to the health of both of you :D

    And yes ... your part of Wales is spectacular, and particularly those upland vistas!

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    1. It really is, Annie, and it's such a relief after all the earlier stress.

      I think Wales is pretty amazing wherever you go, but will admit to an overwhelming preference for the hills and valleys of Mid-Wales, which will always be home for me.

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