THOUGHT it
about time I posted another of my once-in-a-blue-moon blogs.
I’ve been
somewhat preoccupied with life, health, weather and miscellaneous other issues –
to the point, indeed, of finding myself somewhat at a loss for words, not to
mention time and enthusiasm.
So, then,
what have I been up to lately?
Well, not a
lot really. When asked how I am, I tell people I’m like the wagon still rolling
along, if only on three wheels (and two of those
are wonky!).
We had a
rather nasty blow a few weeks ago – torrential rains and high winds – and as a
result some of my raised beds look as if they’ve been trampled on by an
elephant. The metal frame of one the beds has sheered right off, while another
has got so badly bent I’ve had to use sticky tape to hold it together.
I almost
gave up on having any crops at all this year – my tomato plants looked utterly
wrecked, and the green beans and peas seemed crushed. Only my spuds seemed to thrive
on all this rain.
And yet,
amazingly, little green globes have appeared on my Black Russians and we’ve
already enjoyed some of my sugar snap peas and french beans. Truly, nature can
be wonderful.
On the
health front, I’ve been fitted up with aids to help sharpen up my loss of
hearing – but I find they become irksome after a few hours and on the whole not
a great deal of help. If anything, too, I suspect they are making my tinnitus
worse.
Meanwhile,
I’ve taken my punishment for a speeding offence by attending a four hour long
awareness day in lieu of having my licence docked; to be honest I found the
afternoon tedious and tiring, with my concentration badly flagging long before
the end.
So that’s
about it. Oh yes, I’ve had various other health-related anxieties especially
with regard to My Good Lady, but she’s already
written about those herself.
Anyway, if
you don’t hear from me for a while, don’t worry – I’ll still be rolling along.
