March

Today I actually felt the heat of the sun on my back and it was glorious. We should be sitting in Sydney right now, we had planned a two week break to see friends and I was so looking forward to it but as usual, plans change and instead my darling husband underwent open heart surgery. It has been a hard month as he was found to have an aortic aneurysm that meant it was too dangerous for him to leave hospital and then he got an infection, then another one but finally he was operated on and came home last week. The good news is he is well, it will take time for him to recover but we got through it. 

I thought I would share what got me through some pretty bleak times. I decided no book would do, nothing would be just right but in my mind I have always remembered that P G Wodehouse has been so highly regarded as the funniest writer ever and I decided to give his Blandings series a go. They were absolutely brilliant, I started with "Leave it to P Smith" and found myself picking it up each time everything got too much and just a couple of lines was enough to transport me to a world of Lord Emsworth and the goings on at Blandings Castle. The caustic wit is superb and I found myself laughing on the bus, at Michael's bedside in hospital, waiting for a doctor, it just made me laugh out loud and took me away from everything and I am working my way through the series and I really do recommend them.  I couldn't get into Jeeves and Wooster because all I could hear was Stephen Fry's voice and I am not a fan of Stephen Fry. 

I have also been trying to find some beauty through my camera, lots of pictures of flowers and buildings. 

I can't actually remember what I watched on TV over the last month except I did watch the Demi Moore film - the substance - oh my goodness it is so worth watching, so thought provoking and my daughter watched it after I had raved about it and as a 33 year old she really enjoyed it too. I found it so interesting as an older woman in a perfect world as I watch all around me try botox and ozempic, what is it all for? it really is a fantastic film to watch. 

So now that Michael is home and life is now very quiet as he recovers and I need to hover around him and take him to various doctors appointments, I thought I would start a month of photography to get me back into looking at what is in front of me at home. 

Day 1 is the massive bowl of fruit that I am trying to tempt him with. They say that heart surgery can affect our taste buds and he has no taste for much at the moment but hopefully that will change soon. One day at a time.