We've had a great May bank holiday weekend, with quite a lot of sunshine and some good walks. Phil came on Friday morning and we spent a couple of jolly shopping hours in Marlborough (clothes shop capital of Wiltshire), finishing with tea at Polly's tea rooms, which still has good cakes even if the girls no longer wear frilly dresses!
Saturday morning she helped me sort out one of the wardrobes, enabling me to get rid of a lot of evening bling which even in health I an unlikely to wear again. In the afternoon we walked across the fields to the canal, passing very close to a roe deer sitting quietly in a field ditch. We wondered if he was injured but he'd gone the following day. Later we had a more lethal visitor to our garden, sitting hopefully on the fence trying unsuccessfully to find a way to get its beak on our fish!
Sunday Chrissie and Beth came laden with Farmers Market goodies such as interesting pies (Penguin Pie?), cheese and a chicken which they roasted. Then, because Beth had never watched Flash Gordon all the way through, we indulged ourselves in some family nostalgia, joining in with the dialogue and wallowing in that superb Queen musical sound track.
Today we went for a lovely 'bluebell walk' in some local woods and then had a pub lunch in The Barge Inn which used to be famous for its crop circle room. All the Croppies used to visit to find the most recent and spectacular crop circle report and discuss their alien experiences....Only the ceiling painting remains now...
As you can tell, I am not really unwell at the moment. I struggle with my temperature, especially in the night, I get very tired and I find sitting upright for too long uncomfortable as my internal organs can be squished, but I am able to carry on with life as much as possible.
We are seeing the Oncologist in Bath tomorrow (Tuesday) evening and then we might have some idea of what the future holds! Very many thanks for all the messages of love and support. I am moved and grateful but as yet I don't really know what I am going to need in the way of support. I really have no idea! But I will let you know, but I think it will be a steep learning curve, not one I would have chosen.
Saturday morning she helped me sort out one of the wardrobes, enabling me to get rid of a lot of evening bling which even in health I an unlikely to wear again. In the afternoon we walked across the fields to the canal, passing very close to a roe deer sitting quietly in a field ditch. We wondered if he was injured but he'd gone the following day. Later we had a more lethal visitor to our garden, sitting hopefully on the fence trying unsuccessfully to find a way to get its beak on our fish!
Sunday Chrissie and Beth came laden with Farmers Market goodies such as interesting pies (Penguin Pie?), cheese and a chicken which they roasted. Then, because Beth had never watched Flash Gordon all the way through, we indulged ourselves in some family nostalgia, joining in with the dialogue and wallowing in that superb Queen musical sound track.
Today we went for a lovely 'bluebell walk' in some local woods and then had a pub lunch in The Barge Inn which used to be famous for its crop circle room. All the Croppies used to visit to find the most recent and spectacular crop circle report and discuss their alien experiences....Only the ceiling painting remains now...
As you can tell, I am not really unwell at the moment. I struggle with my temperature, especially in the night, I get very tired and I find sitting upright for too long uncomfortable as my internal organs can be squished, but I am able to carry on with life as much as possible.
We are seeing the Oncologist in Bath tomorrow (Tuesday) evening and then we might have some idea of what the future holds! Very many thanks for all the messages of love and support. I am moved and grateful but as yet I don't really know what I am going to need in the way of support. I really have no idea! But I will let you know, but I think it will be a steep learning curve, not one I would have chosen.
Just to be clear: no penguins were harmed in the making of that pie!
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