I took this photo earlier in the week - if you click on the link to flickr you can look at the whole set which I took of the sunset. I took them on Sunday last week I think. It was definitely when Jason's parents were staying with us. We had just had dinner and looking out of our dining room window at the front of the house I noticed some pink clouds. Within a few minutes the pinks had turned to reds. It was quite spectacular.
I might try and do some art work with my pastels based on theses pictures of the sky.
I was extremely glad that I was able to take these pictures and enjoy the sky whilst being able to see again after my op last Friday.
The eye surgery went well although it was another very long day at the hospital. Nearly 11 hours of waiting. This time I found the anaesthetic a lot worse. Not sure why but I felt more groggy and found it harder to get over it at the weekend. The actual trauma to my eye was a lot less this time though. I have had very little eye pain and have been able to get on with most day to day stuff.
I'm still waiting for my vision to settle in my right eye. Its great close to but anything more than 3 feet away from me becomes increasingly blurred the further away it is. Watching the TV is a bit hard even with our huge screen! But I can read a news paper again and books so I'm not having to rely on my Kindle with super size text.
The experience of suddenly losing my sight in one eye has taught me a lot and I hope to write about it more on the blog in the coming days. But for now I just wanted to let people know that everything went well and I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that it stays this way.
Last time I began to notice that something wasn't right on about day 12 after the op so when I get 2 weeks out of the way i will feel a lot better. I'm at day 8 at the moment!
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Saturday, 30 July 2011
clouds like fire
Garden July
Garden July, a set on Flickr.
I haven't been able to devote as much time to the garden lately - due to my eye sight not being too good and the weather being lousy for much of July. But the weather has picked up and after my op last Friday I can see more. So I took these pictures earlier in the week as a record of where the garden is now. Since then one of the Lilies has flowered - the pinkish red one called Maru. I'll post pictures of that later.
The garden is just brimming with insects from the bumble bees and hover flies which love the lavender, dahlias and flowering herbs to the ladybirds and there lavae which love keeping the green fly at bay off my roses and tomatoes!
This week I've even seen a few white butterflies which has cheered me up no end. I'd had quite a few very pretty moths including those beautiful pink ones but no butterflies. The insects seem to be attracting more birds now including swifts, house martens and even small sparrow like birds. Being a new development its going to take a while for the birds to realise we are here!
Thursday, 14 July 2011
A weekend of theatre
Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass;
I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty
To strut before a wanton ambling nymph;
I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion,
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,
Deformed, unfinish'd, sent before my time
Into this breathing world, scarce half made up,
And that so lamely and unfashionable
That dogs bark at me as I halt by them;
Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace,
Have no delight to pass away the time,
Unless to spy my shadow in the sun
And descant on mine own deformity:
And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover,
To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
I am determined to prove a villain
And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,
By drunken prophecies, libels and dreams,
To set my brother Clarence and the king
In deadly hate the one against the other:
Monday, 4 July 2011
Garden July 4th
Garden July 4th, a set on Flickr.
I'm having a few Internet issues, so I hope this entry makes my blog! Just a few pictures from the garden I took this afternoon. I'll try and blog properly later.