This and That

 Hello again.  Thank you for your Easter greetings and I hope that you had a good Easter.  

Unfortunately Mr P has not been well lately.  It started with aches and pains on his left side where he had the hip replacement and then he came out in a rash which we thought was an allergy to some anti-inflammatory cream the practice nurse at the medical centre prescribed recently.  The rash continued to get worse and after being able to send photos into the doctor at the GP surgery he was diagnosed with shingles which is a painful and uncomfortable condition.  Antibiotic tablets and other medications have now been prescribed for the next few weeks. As you can imagine it has been even more of a low key Easter than normal despite the lifting of restrictions to allow meeting up to six other people outside. Our daughter M and grandchildren sent us some homemade flapjacks and fudge to cheer us up and, of course, other members of our family have been in touch by phone.

We've also had mixed weather like most others up and down the land.  Thankfully, it's much brighter again and the snow blizzards didn't last long.  I managed to get to the park and up to the Common on several occasions before Mr P's diagnosis of the shingles.  Now we're keeping in the warm and taking life very quietly.  I have plenty of craftwork I can get on with and books to read, but mainly I'm looking after Mr P, hoping he'll feel a lot better very soon.

                                   

 Mr P's vegetable and tomato seedlings.  The cacti in the hanging basket and pots are in bloom again for Easter. The amaryllis is starting to produce leaves so hopefully we shall have another season of flowers in the near future. All the plants are indoors where it's light and warm in the covered yard or on the living room window sills. They're doing well.

                                                                      

 The magnolia in the front garden.

At the entrance to the Common to my delight the narcissi were in bloom as well as the miniature daffodils. Daisies open up in the sunshine.

the library in the park

      The rockery in the walled garden in the park.

 

The volunteers are busy at work in the walled garden and it looks as if new sheds are going to be installed in the kitchen garden.

I've been having trouble with my photo files and I have to label them at the moment when I download them which is a slow process.  Consequently my blog posts will be even less frequent and I shall be reading your blogs with interest, but due to Mr P's illness will not be able to spend much time on the computer or reply to your kind comments that are much appreciated. Thank you for your visit.  Have a good day, weekend and week ahead.