things.....
Lit the lantern in the garden for Matilda and did a posy of flowers for her of catmint, rosemary and forget-me-nots on Monday. Seemed appropriate. Also lit a candle in front of her photo on the mantlepiece, cried as I often do and then cope, its all you can do. I'll see her again one day I know. And thank you everyone for your kind words and thoughts, much appreciated :)
And kittyscarlet thank you, thank you, thank you, that was an unexpected parcel this morning, I've done as bid, curled up with the book and chocolate :D An order like that just can't be refused ;)
I've been doing various things, had to go to town yesterday as i was at the podiatrist. He's made some peculiar things for my toes to try and keep them apart, you are supposed to be able to walk with them but damned if I can! Their nearest description is like plasticine and he's moulded them to support and separate the toes. The problem is not just that the big toes now have this sharp curvature of the bone but that the toe pulp underneath is affected and painful too but the mould also touches there so maybe I'll have to just use them when sitting and at night. He's worried about further soft tissue damage and infection so at least its something helpful. As the circulation is poor my feet are usually cold and clammy which unfortunately adheres the toes together causing more problems so he's hoping to help that. Anyways he's given me some ideas to pass onto my vascular surgeon on Tuesday at Jimmys Hospital so I can start the battle once more but from a different angle. Good :)
I paid in £40 of small change to the bank which included £10 of copper and £25 of 5p's! It really does add up when you save it like that! Then went to the garden centre with my mum and spent some of it by getting one of the solar powered glow balls I'd seen and had been thinking about for the garden, then had to get yet another 'squirrel proof' nut feeder, this is the third one now, once they break through the stainless steel thick wire the feeder is soon ripped apart. So today I got a different sort, this is with very thick coated steel bars on the outside and the nuts in a wire holder inside it, hopefully out of reach. (I say not really believing a word of it!) Also got a new feeder for the fat balls because I'm sick of the squirrels buggering off with them, they hang upside down, reaching through the wire and pull and pull until they manage to yank them through the gaps. Then run off down the woods carrying the damn things contained in their green mesh bags like it was damned take-away dinner! Fun to watch their antics but they cost me a small fortune in bird food. Mind I have got some good photos of them too in the past, like this one :D
(If you look carefully at the post in the background you can see another squirrel legging it up the fence post!)
It was nice to get out, finally managed to get the girls new collars after Susies dying swan act of the other week where she collasped at my feet, (story of that here!)) Susie's now got a very glamourous red one with reflective stripes through it and Rosie has a pure silver reflective one. Also got them a new water jug, £1.49 in Oxfam, a 1950's beautiful glass one, oddly all my cats have prefered to drink from glass jugs over any other type of vessel. Posh fussy gits LOL
I'm still non the wiser as to what's going on here home wise. Got a txt from M the other day, he went up to see the Estate Farm Manager for a natter and found the house was completely empty!! They'd moved out! So there's been no Stud Manager since December 2003 and now the Farm Managers gone too. And odd things going on too, like that tenant moving to another house on the estate, one with less good facilities and higher rent?! A locked gate so no-one can get out the other way, and houses empty for over two years now. It's no way to run a business. But as long as he doesn't change his mind and evict me again I'll be alright. I hope. Interestingly M is also feeling unsettled. I'm glad it's not just me, I was being to feel paranoid! It's a year today (least I think it was today) since the eviction notice was served, then withdrawn, then maybe back again and no-one's any the wiser. Other than the landlord (who no longer lives here but spends all his time here) M is the only person I know on the estate, and as my nearest neighbour he's four fields away anyway. I want to feel settled, I'd like to put my own colours on some of the walls, I don't mind spending the money, but I do when I might not be here to see it for myself. ho hum, life is odd. And the owls are noisy tonight, there's three of them out there calling away to each other! I'm tired and awake but really not with it tonight!
And kittyscarlet thank you, thank you, thank you, that was an unexpected parcel this morning, I've done as bid, curled up with the book and chocolate :D An order like that just can't be refused ;)
I've been doing various things, had to go to town yesterday as i was at the podiatrist. He's made some peculiar things for my toes to try and keep them apart, you are supposed to be able to walk with them but damned if I can! Their nearest description is like plasticine and he's moulded them to support and separate the toes. The problem is not just that the big toes now have this sharp curvature of the bone but that the toe pulp underneath is affected and painful too but the mould also touches there so maybe I'll have to just use them when sitting and at night. He's worried about further soft tissue damage and infection so at least its something helpful. As the circulation is poor my feet are usually cold and clammy which unfortunately adheres the toes together causing more problems so he's hoping to help that. Anyways he's given me some ideas to pass onto my vascular surgeon on Tuesday at Jimmys Hospital so I can start the battle once more but from a different angle. Good :)
I paid in £40 of small change to the bank which included £10 of copper and £25 of 5p's! It really does add up when you save it like that! Then went to the garden centre with my mum and spent some of it by getting one of the solar powered glow balls I'd seen and had been thinking about for the garden, then had to get yet another 'squirrel proof' nut feeder, this is the third one now, once they break through the stainless steel thick wire the feeder is soon ripped apart. So today I got a different sort, this is with very thick coated steel bars on the outside and the nuts in a wire holder inside it, hopefully out of reach. (I say not really believing a word of it!) Also got a new feeder for the fat balls because I'm sick of the squirrels buggering off with them, they hang upside down, reaching through the wire and pull and pull until they manage to yank them through the gaps. Then run off down the woods carrying the damn things contained in their green mesh bags like it was damned take-away dinner! Fun to watch their antics but they cost me a small fortune in bird food. Mind I have got some good photos of them too in the past, like this one :D
(If you look carefully at the post in the background you can see another squirrel legging it up the fence post!)
It was nice to get out, finally managed to get the girls new collars after Susies dying swan act of the other week where she collasped at my feet, (story of that here!)) Susie's now got a very glamourous red one with reflective stripes through it and Rosie has a pure silver reflective one. Also got them a new water jug, £1.49 in Oxfam, a 1950's beautiful glass one, oddly all my cats have prefered to drink from glass jugs over any other type of vessel. Posh fussy gits LOL
I'm still non the wiser as to what's going on here home wise. Got a txt from M the other day, he went up to see the Estate Farm Manager for a natter and found the house was completely empty!! They'd moved out! So there's been no Stud Manager since December 2003 and now the Farm Managers gone too. And odd things going on too, like that tenant moving to another house on the estate, one with less good facilities and higher rent?! A locked gate so no-one can get out the other way, and houses empty for over two years now. It's no way to run a business. But as long as he doesn't change his mind and evict me again I'll be alright. I hope. Interestingly M is also feeling unsettled. I'm glad it's not just me, I was being to feel paranoid! It's a year today (least I think it was today) since the eviction notice was served, then withdrawn, then maybe back again and no-one's any the wiser. Other than the landlord (who no longer lives here but spends all his time here) M is the only person I know on the estate, and as my nearest neighbour he's four fields away anyway. I want to feel settled, I'd like to put my own colours on some of the walls, I don't mind spending the money, but I do when I might not be here to see it for myself. ho hum, life is odd. And the owls are noisy tonight, there's three of them out there calling away to each other! I'm tired and awake but really not with it tonight!