Sunshine And Showers.

'Blustery showers', said the nice weather lady on the tv and that is just what we had all morning. The chickens had to wait for their breakfast until there was a break in the weather. Later in one of the sunny spells I went outside to do some deadheading of the buddleias. I had to be careful as bumble bees often sit on the flowers during the rain and then wait for the sunshine to dry them off. This one did wave his legs at me when I accidentally moved his branch but he was too soggy to fly for some time.
Things dried up very quickly once the sun came out again and in no time the bush was covered in butterflies and bees.

I even spotted a newcomer, a Comma butterfly, so called because it has a little white comma mark on the underside of its wings.

This afternoon I went to the hospital to see the orthopedic consultant, or at least one of her minions. I got sent down for x-rays and the good news is that there are no signs of arthritis in my hips at all. There are signs of bursitis which should be treatable but most of my problems are in my spine. (That all dates back to having children.) So now I have been referred for some vigorous physiotherapy (like at the chiropractors ?) to try and sort out those vertebrae.

When I finally got home this afternoon I had a lovely stroll around the garden just looking at colour combinations and interesting shapes.