Post Comment Love 30 June - 2 July

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I’ve had a week away from blogging this week, so this week there’s no linked post from me - please do pop over to Suzanne’s post, and at least one other post to share some of that love.

This past week has been another dominated by my post-op hand - at times though it’s been quite frustrating. I know I have to leave it time to heal, but there’s a fair bit to do around the garden at the moment which I can’t quite do, or do well enough left-handed. I’m itching to get back doing some crafts, but that’s tricky too and I don’t want to overdo it. I need to learn to be patient!

But equally the resting and taking it easy is hard going, and I’ve not had much inspiration or inclination this week to pick up my laptop, or edit photos, nor a clear idea on what to share.

The healing is going well though so that’s something. The stitches are out and the nurses are pleased with how it’s going, the consultant is also pleased. So pleased that he started to talk about the op for my left hand, which surprised me. I’d much prefer though to get my right hand back to normal before thinking about that, which he understood. So that’s on hold right now.

This week my photo is of the 3D card MOH got me for our anniversary - he knows how much I like cards that are a bit unusual and especially things that I can repurpose. This one kept me quiet for a little while while I pushed out the cut-outs and brought the card to life. Clever isn’t it?

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Post Comment Love 23 - 25 June

Hello there, and welcome back to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any blog post published in the last week, posts which are older will be removed from the linky. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked and share some of that love. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’ve joined us.

It’s been another lovely sunny week here, though the forecast storms didn’t hit us as bad as some other parts of the country, or even other parts of London. The weather really is quite strange at the moment isn’t it? It’s been great to mostly sit and watch our garden go through its rituals with plants coming and going, some earlier, some later than usual.

MOH is continuing to do the bulk of, well everything, and I’m so grateful to him for this - I know his patience has been tried on a couple of times (and not just by me), which as the most patient person I know, has been quite something. He’s taken the ‘supervision’ whether that be on emptying garden pots, or in the kitchen with incredibly good grace and hasn’t balked at anything whether that’s been as a chaperone, bag carrier, food cutter upper, dresser, or supplying me with even more cups of tea and cold drinks than normal. He really is a keeper.

I was so grateful to have a sling to wear at Gardeners’ World Live - keeping your arm elevated, especially when walking about, is much harder than you think it’d be. You can see in the picture though, that taking pictures still required two hands!

Over the past fortnight, I am gradually using my hand again more and more. I’m off to get the stitches out today, so hopefully I’ll be a little bit more back to normal shortly.

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Post Comment Love 16 - 18 June

Hello there, and welcome back to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any blog post published in the last week, please remember this, posts which are older will be removed from the linky. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked and share some of that love. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’ve joined us.

Thank you for all your well wishes ahead of my operation last Saturday. My surgeon deemed it all to have gone “like clockwork” and given that he said he does almost 300 of these a year, I’m happy to take his word for it! The bandage is big though, and I’ve spent most of the last week with it elevated. I’ve another week with this on, and then the stitches come out next Friday, so hopefully things will continue to go well and I’ll get slightly less frustrated with my left-handed abilities!

In fairness it hasn’t been quite as bad as I thought, though there are some things that I can do that I thought I might not be able to, and some things I can’t which I hadn’t even considered. We did manage to get to Birmingham and Gardeners’ World Live this week though, and it was great - I’ve so much to share, hand permitting!

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