Had some strange dreams where I had no arms. They are both still painful from the jabs. I'm staying in bed and having a sick day because, quite apart from the pain, I'm exhausted. It's raining outside so I'm going to watch Sleuth in bed x

That nurse's angry/sad resentment keeps bugging me. She needs support, and I needed an appointment focused on me. Good news is, the 3 stone I'd imagined I'd put on isn't true, so that's a plus. Body dysmorphia does my head in.

Time for a big mug of tea and a belgian bun. Both arms aching from jabs and all the blood from one arm extracted for blood tests, so i deserve it 😁

I've now got a few days with no appointments or anything, so I'm going to chill and have quiet time as I'm very peopled out 😳🙂 It's dull outside, I'd like a bit of blue sky like last week 🌱

1st shingles jab done, and bloods collected. A mildly aggressive nurse who wanted to know why I'd been given the pneumonia jab in 2014. You aren't immunocompromised etc etc. Didn't bother reminding her that medicine was preventative back then, and asthma etc was a good enough reason.

It was delicious 😋

I've been trying to catch up on all my health stuff now that other shenanigans have settled a bit. I've a shingles jab tomorrow and bloods, and then I'm hoping for a lengthy period of just quietly living 🤞

I have green olive and parmesan bread in the bread machine. The house smells divine and my tummy is rumbling 😋

It's a bit wet and dull today but the roses and lupins are thriving and filling the garden with colour 🌱

The first Foxglove has opened its pink flowers in our garden 🌱

Close-up of a flower of the Perpetual 'Oxford' Geranium in our garden 🌱

Visited a local optician who has been in business for decades. Fantastic service and an amazing optician who completely reassured me re my eyes. Last week newmedica told me I couldn't drive without specs and that my distance vision wasn't good 🤷‍♀️ I have 6/5 distance vision, ie better than most 🙄😁

What a fabulous thread

Finally cooking the turkey crown i bought but didn't eat at Christmas. I'm doing it in the air fryer.

It's raining and will be all week so here's some pretty bits from the garden this weekend 🌱

I had my covid booster yesterday so my left arm feels as weak as a wet noodle. This week I've got the opticians, a shingles jab and a blood test. I'm getting very peopled out...

Some pretty bits from the garden today 🌱

The lupins are fully out now, but are getting very battered by the wind so I'm not sure how long they'll last. 🌱

Lots of baby goldfinches are flitting between the trees, so beautiful.

European Goldfinch posing for the camera in our garden 🌱

My picture of lupins a couple of days ago was very popular, which I appreciate, however I'm baffled as to why there were so many, often male, references to wolves and to some, unknown to me, comic character, on what was a simple gardening post 🤷‍♀️ You all need a real life reset.

A Solitary Mining Bee, with lots of pollen on its legs, feeding on the Woad in our garden. 🌱

I think the roof top ward is a good idea but this concept isn't new. On the day I was born, in February 1961, I was placed in my cot on the open air balcony of Clatterbridge Hospital. Over 100 years ago the benefits of fresh air and greenery were well known

Lettuce and peas are growing in the raised beds and there's mooli in the left bed. The rose is zepherin drouhin and I've never seen so many blooms on it 😁🌱

A Bumblebee getting nectar from a Lupin in our garden. 🌱

This is my M. He is photographing everything beautiful in our garden.

Rosemary Beetle on Sage plant in our garden. 🌱

Asda have ALL of my order. I'm still sitting here in my pjs. I'm going to have to move.

Having my coffee under the veranda with my favourite view, listening to the birds 😁🌱

I made these 2 pairs of pj bottoms out of scrap fabric to try and get the sizing right on 2 different patterns, one for stretch fabric and one for woven. They've both worked out very comfortable and go well with some of my nightshirts so I'm happy 😊

This year the lupins are giving me such joy, I can't capture the rich jewel colours properly but they are delightful 🌱😊

Today has been tiring. A less than satisfactory sign off on my eyes, involving a long wait and complete panic on my part with the agoraphobia kicking in. Then a horribly long call re benefits with someone whose 4th language was barely English. I'm done in 😳

Had my final eye check up after the cataract ops and he says I'll need specs for driving but I don't drive any more anyway. I've made an optician appointment and we will see what they say. Not at specsavers obviously 🙄

I've sewn some pj bottoms. They are yellow .

I've decided to crochet up the tiny balls of leftover yarn. Each round is like a continual game of yarn chicken 🧶😁

Google have ruined fitbit and my favourite sunglasses have broken so I'm grumpy. How does the world not understand that I need peace until I'm properly awake, at maybe 11am 🤷‍♀️😳

27C here today. I've spent a couple of hours in the shade but I'm retreating to my lovely cool lounge. Plus the aroma of firelighters and weed is a bit off putting 😳

I've never noticed this before but some lupins follow the sun like sunflowers do. Last night they were pointing to the left 🌱

What a bank holiday! ☀️ Both doors open, a slight breeze and the birds singing 🌱

This is the recipe for falafel that I followed. I cooked them in the air fryer. Delicious and not at all claggy like the ready made ones can be, plus they taste of my garden as I used an assortment of fresh herbs from the garden. www.themediterraneandish.com/how-to-make-...

It's not that bright today but yesterday I took a picture of the cones on the pine tree, they are such a lovely colour 🌱

The lupins have started to come out over the past couple of days, gorgeous colours 🌱

@helenintgarden.bsky.social the perennial leeks are up by the veg beds, and I found a space nearer the house for Celia's raspberries against the school wall in quite a sun trap. Thank you so much xx 😘

Happy Saturday. I'm making some falafel this morning and some caesar salad, and then I will be supervising the painting of summerhouses and fences etc 😁🌱

I'm low on my homemade salt free stock, so, on the hottest day so far, I've a stock pot going 🤭😁

I'm really loving this new palette and playing with a new range of watercolours. I've plans to change this room to give me more working space, and I'm going to be glad when that's sorted because I keep knocking stuff onto the floor 🙃

My order from Jackson's arrived so the day has disappeared into swatching and arranging watercolours in a new palette 😁

Freddos are 39p!

A fascinating video about restoration of the library at Alnwick Castle which has books back to the 1400s. youtu.be/GcwQYm8gXKg?...

I've finished the bits and bobs crochet blanket. It's 1m square so great for a lap or shoulders when sitting on the couch. It's going in the donations pile 🧶