I´ve been lying low for a while, both
literally and figuratively. To say that I´m suffering from headaches
is comparable to saying that root canal treatment without an
anaesthetic is like toothache. It´s nothing serious though. It just
feels like it is but these are almost certainly transference pains
from my neck bones, the only part of my spine which wasn´t treated
in the clinic due to lack of time. However, I have an appointment
with a specialist next week and I´m sure he´ll find a solution. In
the meantime, thank goodness for paracetamol!
The above explains why I haven´t been
either very productive or particularly creative recently although my
garden certainly has been with very little help from me. It seems
that I´m not the only one who´s been lying low. You may remember my
quirky white (?) rose bush and the crafty little gardeners who always
do their best to try to please the Red Queen by painting the roses
red. Well, I was rather concerned about them all summer because these
roses remained entirely white and I began to suspect that the
ferocious monarch had finally lost her patience with the little
fellows and carried out her threat. Now THAT punishment would cure
anyone´s headache! Then, just a week ago after a short rainy spell
had kept me indoors, I went back out into my garden and this is what
I saw....
It looks as if they got a lot further
with their painting this year as it´s not just a few petals they´ve
managed to paint before Her blood-thirsty Majesty caught up with them but three
entire flowers, which is a record. As usual it´s the dopey, lazy one
that got caught before he´d even started while the real culprit was
lying low in the shrubbery and got off scot free. Better luck next
year, dopey...
...and Keep Your Head!
...and Keep Your Head!
