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Another very hot day. We could really do with some rain now. Between us we changed all the bedding on both beds and then I did 4 loads of washing . It didn’t take long to dry today. I’ve still got 2 king size duvet covers and a mattress protector to wash but there’s no rush for those.

I haven’t a clue what we are going to eat tonight. It just seems to take too much energy to even think of something. It’ll probably be a quiche from the freezer with some salad.

I hope you liked the garden you visited AnnG and it was suitable for the garden interests group.

Thank you, ladies, for your advice about driving. If you have no sight in one eye but could still pass the driving test with your good eye, then you can drive and not even notify the DVLA unless you develop a health condition with that good eye. However my problem is a bit different, My right eye has compensated all my life for my very weak left eye but complex lenses in my glasses have worked fine for me. I just have to be extra careful with things like judging distance. Now, however, even with glasses my vision is very distorted and the distortion varies. Sometimes things aren’t too bad, sometimes things are very blurry, sometimes straight lines can appear wavy or static objects appear to sway. In half light I have even seen things that aren’t actually there. Until the medical team can stabilise the retinal vein swelling there’s no point in getting new lenses for my glasses as it might all change next week. I’ve gone on at length a bit haven’t I but it’s hard to explain to other people. Anyway I have already had a call from the hospital and I’ve got an appointment next Wednesday for an injection so we’ll see how that goes.

Right I’d better go and raid the freezer to see what I can find. I’m sure OH will be getting peckish soon as we had lunch early today.

Shopping came and I just went out to feed the fish and saw one of those beautiful electric blue damsel flies with the black wings. Came in for the camera and went out and it had gone.

Been up the post van and delivered a parcel but did that before the shopping came as its only there for a couple of hours.

Vera mum only had the sight in one eye and she could still drive so do as Mandy said and inform the DVLA just incase you have to drive at some point.

My mum would have been 99 today. Happy Birthday mum xxx

Morning all,

Boy it's hot out there again today, we have just been to Tesco's for a few bits and then Aldi .

Vera sorry your vision in the eye needs more treatment ,on driving my friend before she died used to drive with only vision in one eye and my nephew drives with one eye he lost vision in one eye when he had his stroke , I think you just have to Inform DVLA so your covered .

Mel I think resting the arm is helping the pain for you ,hard not to use it though but be careful what you do don't try to do to much to soon.

Anng hope the garden is one you can go to and we'll done on losing the 6 pound .

I must sort out my canes ready for my toms and cucumbers ,they are not big enough yet to tie on the canes but I like to get them in the pots ready .
The runners are now climbing the canes .

Morning all,

Slept like a log again last night. Pc says very humid and 15 degrees. It was quite misty last night and this morning was a misty moisty morning and its still hanging across the tops of the trees.

Arm a bit better so far but Iv'e not done anything yet not even turned the kettle on so I am going to do that now.

Have a good trip to the garden Anng.

Good morning all. It was a hot and sticky night and I didn't sleep that well. but it is only 13 degrees now so the temp has dropped a bit.

Vera, that must have been very frightening when you had so much trouble with the one eye seeing the letters. Amazing that the 'good' eye takes over a certain amount though. I never knew the reason but my Dad since he was in his (about) 60s had very little sight in one eye. He didn't drive far and he died in 2001; so there was not as much traffic then, but he drove until he was 85. I am assuming nobody was ever notified as he was never told not to drive. I think you are wise not to drive but, like you it is surprising that you have not been told that you should not. I thought that GP or somebody was supposed to notify DVLA. But safer to just not drive inconvenient though it is. I hope re-starting the injections will improve matters. I suspect that you were not too surprised at the outcome.

I am going to be picked up this morning to go and see a U3a acquaintance’s garden. It is so I can decide if it is somewhere the garden interests group might like to see as apparently they have a lot in the garden for wildlife. I am hoping it will not be too hot.

It's still 23 degrees here and quite humid. I'd like some rain but the computer has just helpfully told me the nearest rain is 116 km away. OH has just had the hose out again. I think it's going to be another hot, sticky night so not much sleep likely again.

I'm sorry your arm isn't much better Mel. Would it be worth just ringing your surgery.? You might be able to speak to a doctor or nurse who could advise you.

Today is the birthday of another of my granddaughters, 23 today. I texted her this morning and had a nice response and I am currently waiting for her sister to phone. I have a feeling that I shall be waiting all evening and she won't ring. She can be a bit of a scatterbrain so might well forget, even though it was her suggestion.

We had a nice afternoon in a friend's garden It didn't seem too hot as her garden is long and shady and there was quite a bit of cloud cover. It was all very pleasant.

Unfortunately I didn't have such a pleasant morning at the hospital. First I had the eye test they do every time I have an injection and the nurse was amazed that, with the bad eye, I couldn't see a single letter on the chart. All I could see was a white blur with a darker blur on it. She kept expanding the size of the letters until there was just one giant letter on the board and I couldn't even make that out! Then I had both eyes scanned and there was a lot of tut-tutting from the lady doing the scan. Then I saw the doctor and he did his own examination with bright lights shining into my eye and lots of tests. Eventually he told me that since the injections stopped my problems have got worse again so I am not a happy bunny. After discussing the various options and him telling me I can say no to any or all of them, it's my choice, I decided to go with his recommended course of treatment which is to resume injections but with him gradually lengthening the time between them. So, they are sending me an appointment for a jab within a couple of weeks and he will see me 6 weeks after that to decide when to do the next one.

I am surprised no-one has said to me that I shouldn't drive. I have stopped driving voluntarily as my sight in one eye is so poor that I don't think I am safe on the roads at the moment. I hope I will be able to start again before too long.

I am absolutely melting upstairs in the study so I am going to close the computer down and go downstairs. No call from granddaughter yet :-(

Keep cool and have a good night's sleep. See you tomorrow.

Been up the post van and it was'nt there.

Tried to do some painting but my arm is hurting so I had something to eat and took a codine phosphate?? Hope that was alright.

Mel that is strange that it hurts when you cough although I suppose you could be pulling on the muscle. do you think you should get it looked at by your GP?

I have been in to town, it was very hot on the bus and in town and sunny too 25 degrees here now. I did stop for a coffee in M&S and bought new cropped pyjamas, bra and top. Oh yes did get my watch battery which is why I went in.

Morning all,

I have to go to the po this morning to post a parcel.

Its grey sky this morning no rain yesterday or this morning and pc says 14 degrees at present and partly sunny.

I can feel my azrm is not any better today and if I cough or blow my nose it hurts like anything. ASnother day of not doing much I think.

Hope you all slept well as I did and lately I have not been getting up in the night.

May speak later on.

Good morning all 17 degrees and it was a very sticky night, no sun at the moment a very grey sky

We actually had a couple of longer showers yesterday of more heavy rain so hopefully there might be a bit more in the water barrel now. It did make a mess of the climbing rose as that had so many blooms on it and now the petals are all over the lawn. But other plants look more healthy for a good watering.

I have to go to town this morning to get a battery for my watch.

Played with my poly clay today after feeding the chickens bantam and fish.

Arm still hurting when I type or use the mouse so I am still going to have a bit of time off the pc. Its 16 degrees here now but has been hot today with sunny times but it clouded over later in the afternoon.

Must get something to eat. I am going to have strawberries and single cream and a pear. May have a biscuit too.

Night night all see you in the morning.

Well done Ann. You have every right to feel pleased with yourself.

I envy you the rain you had. Even if it doesn’t really water the garden it does seem to lay the dust. No rain here for several days past and the next lot forecast is light rain or drizzle on 20th June.

Quite pleased with myself. Since the middle of January I have lost 6 pounds. I put myself on a low carb diet to hopefully bring my blood sugar down by the end of September That basically means little or no potatoes, carrots, bread, biscuits, cake, rice and pasta and watch the sugar in other things. Daughter has been on the full no carb high fat diet for quite a while and it seems to keep her blood sugar down She is very good, very strict with the diet. I am happy with the side effect of bringing the weight down. Easier in the summer as I have had plenty of salads with avocado replacing potato salad.

Phew, it is hot. Weather app is telling me that currently it is 26 and feels like 29 degrees and in the next hour it is going up to 28, feeling like 33. OH has been in the garden cutting back a large choisya. The other large one we have still has blooms so he’ll do that one later. He cuts them back hard every year. They are against the back fence. He takes a bit off the height but leaves them at least 6ft tall and he cuts a lot off the sides and front or they would just take over the garden. I don’t know how he could work out there this morning. He’s in now and showering.

I’ve made a large banana loaf for a coffee morning next weekend. It will have to go in the freezer for a few days as I know I won’t have time to make one later in the week.

Life of Pi is a strange book AnnG. I really enjoyed it. It made me think but it wouldn’t be to everyone’s taste.

It sounds as though your arm needs resting Mel so take it easy and don’t overuse it and, fingers crossed, it will recover quickly.

I’ve got an appointment at the hospital tomorrow morning to see the doctor and find out how my eyes are doing, then hopefully I’ll be able to get my glasses sorted out. Then in the afternoon we have been invited for tea and cake at a friend’s so I won’t be doing any washing or h/w as I usually do on a Monday. It wasn’t a difficult decision - tea with a friend beats h/w every time ;-)

Try and use the other hand/arm Mel.
It is 23 degrees here, grey sky and we have just had a heavy shower, not enough but it will help.

Morning Anng and all,

Quite sunny here but not full sun. Pc says 16 degrees adn partly sunny.

Arm is ok while I am in bed but the minuet I get up it starts aching again especally when I stand or start typing or scrolling the mouse so I am going to have another day off the pc but will look in now and then to see what you have been up to. Its such a nuisance when I want to do things in the garden.

I really need to have a tidy up in here so maybe a little of that today will be ok and if it really starts I shall stop.

Good morning all, I had to check Alexa twice as I thought I had read it incorrectly but it is saying the temp now is 21 degrees PC says rain coming which will be good, we did have a shower yesterday evening which didn't do a lot for the garden but everything smelt fresh.
Not a lot to do today. I was going to change the bed tomorrow but My best watch has stopped so I now need to go to town to get a battery. So I have stripped the bed and the bedding is in the washing machine.

Vera Glad you enjoyed the film, I chose not to go when it was here. I read the book a long time ago and can't say I enjoyed it, found it very strange. Our studio is like yours, the last time we were really cold as they had not managed to get the air con right. Of course, especially these days, they do need to get air in there but it doesn't need to be icy. And, with my aids the sound is too high. Lunch sounded nice.

Mel, hope your shoulder/arm is easing off now.

It's 27 here at the moment as well and iPad says it feels like 30. I had one quick walk round the garden and came back in. I think it's going to be a warm, muggy night tonight so I have got the fan out ready. I had a reasonable night. I woke a lot but managed to get back to sleep quite quickly and my head feels easier today though I did take a painfiller before I went out.

We got to the car park across the road from the theatre at about 10 am and there were still plenty of places so we parked, crossed the bridge over the road to the theatre and had a cuppa in the restaurant there before going to the studio for the screening. It was the National Theatre performing at Wyndham's Theatre in the West End and it was wonderful. If you don't know Life of Pi it is a strange story and you are left wondering if what Pi is saying is true, or in his imagination, or is the author using it as an allegory. The script for the play attempts a bit of an explantion which I thought was a shame but maybe theatre goers don't like being left with an enigma. That was the only slight criticism I have. Apart from that it was superb. The acting, staging, sound effects were all wonderful and the animals were the sort of puppets they used in War Horse. It was well worth seeing.

One problem was that the air conditioning was going full blast and it was freezing. We had thought of this and taken warm jumpers but there were people in sleeveless dresses or T-shirts who were coming out shivering. Also the volume was a bit high for us as we both have good hearing. I realise that the theatre has to cater for those who are hard of hearing but most people with that sort of problem have hearing aids of one sort or another. and we did feel a bit deafened at times.

We had ham, eggs and chips in the theatre restaurant when we came out and it was a very generous helping. Even OH couldn't finish his chips and he usually clears his plate. Half the amount would have been fine for me. We got back just after 3 pm. I feel quite tired now even though I've had a very relaxing day. I don't have to do anything for the rest of the day, not even cook, so I think I'll carry on relaxing.

I hope your shoulder and arm are feeling a bit better today Mel. Take it easy and don't be tempted to do much outside.

I think I'll have a nice cold drink and a read of the paper now. Stay cool and enjoy what's left of the day.

Even hotter out there now 27 degrees and very close. I am waiting until later to put plants in, I got two in and other pots prepared but it was just too sticky hot out there, despite there being a breeze.

gosh it is hot our there, alexa says 22 PC says 24.

I have been out there in the shade, sorting out the tubs to put the pl;ants I bought yesterday in but I won't be doing that for a couple of hours now I think.