Sunshine.

Hooray! We've had a dry, sunny day with a little wind which helped to get the washing on the line partially dry.

Unfortunately I had too busy a schedule to get that last bit of wall done. What I did do was to paint the first coat on the cement render of the porch. I'm fed up with waiting for the guy who is supposed to be coming to spray it white like the wall of the house on that side. At least this way the colour will match the brighter white of the low wall by the pavement.

Before that I'd been down to the surgery to talk about my annual blood tests. Those results were fine but then this occurred - "You're here for your atrial fibrillation review." says he. "I don't have atrial fibrillation. "says I. Puzzled look from the doctor. I explained that it had been thought at first that I had AF but after the consultant at the hospital had looked at my ECG results he said I didn't have AF. It took the doctor (not the usual guy) a while to find the letter that said this but he's now going to change my records so that I don't get called in for an AF review each year.

Then I asked about the shingles vaccination. I had my initial vaccination last December and at the time nothing was said about needing a second injection (NHS says 6-12 months later). It was only in a casual conversation with someone that I found this out. Luckily I'm just within the 12 months and now (because I asked) my second injection will be done next week.

I came home, painted the porch wall and then it was time for our Zoom class. I had a bit of a panic at the start when instead of pressing the small square symbol to make the screen larger I pressed the 'x' next to it and wiped out all bar one of the people on my screen. It took a moment but fortunately I got it back without having to log right out and start over. Today's class was all about 'I was born' and 'I was brought up'. It's a different format because it's in the passive voice and there all sorts of mutations including a different sets for he and she. We had to do lots of practising or what our tutor calls drilling.

After class, as we're due more heavy rain (amber alert) I spent some time clearing the back garden. I picked the last 20 tomatoes and I'm afraid all the green tomatoes are going to the compost. I know you can make chutney with them but we don't eat much chutney and I've got too many other things to do.

 

Winter flower jasmine .... flowering.