Departure
Josephine departed this morning. It has been a lovely visit. She stayed a day longer than she had originally planned and we were all sorry to see her go. We shall look forward to future visits.
Doctor
Elja and I went into town and called in at the doctors. I got a repeat prescription and Elja discussed the best way forward with her hip operation. It seems that the bacteria problem that caused problems in her plan to go to a hospital in Germany is regarded with very different degrees of seriousness in different countries. In France they do not seem to be very worried about it at all and do not test for it normally. The whole visit was quite reassuring. I was told to take plenty of exercise and not restrict myself and can reduce the frequency of blood tests to once per fortnight - all good news.
Bird Life
We are living outdoors as much as we can these days. Today we saw Clifford the buzzard again. He has been absent for a few days, so it was nice to see him on his old perch surveying the countryside.The photo is not wonderful but you can see him on the dead elm tree.
We also watched the territorial dispute between our two robin families, the males defying each other. The boundary seems to be somewhere in the middle of our front lawn.
It is also nice to see the peach blossom coming out.
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Yes, animals have different precepts. :-) Namo Amida Bu.
I love reading your daily news - and particularly grateful to hear of your ongoing improvement. Also that Elja's operation may not be postponed for as long as seemed possible at first.
The blossom is beautiful. We, too, have robin disputes. The frogs are back in the pond. Last night, by torchlight, I counted 20 and the frogspawn is increasing. We, too, have a buzzard visitor - sadly, the other morning, he was sitting at the far side of the pond, devouring some poor wee creature - probably one of the field mice. He needs his sustenance, like all creatures.