I am a lizard. At last! The sun has climbed high enough up in the sky to beam into our little sunlounge. Where lounging in the sun has to be done. It is so nice to feel the warmth of the sun on one’s back when out for a stroll. More and more flowers have been enticed to show their colours, with yellows and purples adding to the early white of snowdrops.
What a glorious treat the winter Olympics have been with the many breathtaking exploits. The curling proved to be an unexpected delight with its technical aims and frantic ice brushing.
As I realised we are already nearing the end of February, I made haste to pick up the phone to wish a couple of friends happy new year before it really proved too late and into the Easter season.
My arm continues to be a bit painful although I am gradually getting more movement in it. The escapade brought joy into people’s lives as they could not process how a non-slip mat managed to slip me up. It could only happen to me!
At the Norman Lockyer Observatory I was privileged to show the Lockyer telescope and archives to a guest speaker from the Met Office, and found we knew the same people. Not really surprising but made me feel a bit of a dinosaur when told some of these had trained that person and were now retired. I still feel in my forties. The guest really was.
So, with advice seemingly everywhere to keep supple, eat well, move more, I shall endeavour to get back to where I was in January when I was exercising along to an online exercise chap with the evidence becoming apparent in my arms. Pottering in the garden beckons, alongside trying my hand at some water colouring of the pretty plants. Unable to see the stars outside due to the clouds, I was delighted to be given a starry jigsaw courtesy of my local library.
Karen Hedges 