Looks like it could be a bonnie day ....
16th
March 2020 (Monday) 07.30 ..... It's a a nice enough morning;
even though there is a lot of low cloud
about there are blue patches showing through.... in fact it’s an interesting
sky. I haven’t been to the beach; in
fact I have yet to have my first cuppa of the day .... but the kettle is ‘on’. No plan for today but I must phone
the surgery and get advice re anti-tetanus injection and maybe even have have
the nurse look at my hand. Orf to have
that cuppa.
09.30 The sky has cleared and we have a nice,
slightly cold, sunny day. I have an
appointment with Laurie (Nurse) at 10.10 (Pittenweem) to have my hand looked
at; after which I’ll go down to the
harbour and have a bumble around there. Time for another cuppa. |
| Fisherman's Memorial - Pittenweem. |
16.30 My hand has been sorted and I’ve had a booster anti tetanus jab.... and looking forward to going out to play.... tomorrow. On the way out of Pittenweem Surgery I washed my hands with the gel; the plasters fell off about half n hour later Obviously the adhesive on the plasters didn’t agree with the gel. I have plenty Elastoplast so that wee problem has been sorted.
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| Pittenweem. |
As planned I went to Pittenweem harbour and took a few
photos; and saw Steven (Wood) when down
there. Steven used to work on the golf
course but left a number of years ago to start a fish round. He doesn’t look that different from when I
last saw him.
Back
at Ivy I had a light lunch then decided to have ‘50’... and woke up an hour and
a half later feeling.... ‘well rested’.
I hadn’t done anything to make me tired so I guest the booster jab made
me drowsy.
One
of the most annoying things that can happen to a person living on their own is
an itch in the middle of your back that you can’t get at. Luckily it’s a rare occurrence but if it does
happens it is very very annoying. When
Maggie was around there was no problem, she would rub cream on the appropriate
spot. To overcome the problem I cut a bent stick
from the Rowan tree, attached a pad to the end of it and, this stick; not as bonnie, nor as efficient by a long chalk
but affectionately known as ‘Maggie’,.... does the trick.
It
has started to rain.... I wondered why it had turned colder: the heating has been
turned ‘up’ .... and the
kettle switched ‘on’.
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| The 'middle pier' Pittenweem. |
19.00 Although I haven’t done much I am a happy boy
because my hand has been sorted:
tomorrow I might get back into a normal(ish) routine. Watching the ‘News’ is not the most
cheerful programme on the tele just now, but we have to keep up to date with
what is happening. I watch the news
once in the morning and once in the evening;
watching it more often might be depressing. Anyway we are in for a ‘long haul’ .... and
long period of self isolation for us older folks: let’s hope we have a good Spring and Summer
to cheer us up.... and enjoy in our own back gardens by the sound of things.
