Day 3 - Bokeh

The streaming sunshine

After the early morning rainstorm

Brought gifts of bokeh.

The night air was heavy and humid and my fan on the chest at the end of the bed

 was set on 'silent night'!

How wonderful to be woken up by claps of thunder and flashes of lighting

and then hear the rain bouncing off the pavements.

The air felt fresh and breathable again!

A later morning walk right after the rain

and these Larch tree branches looked so lovely in the sunshine.

Let's hope the cooler temperatures won't rise too quickly again.

We'll have to wait and see!

Quite Unexpectedly

Just as autumn's colours were gracefully coming to an end

and the golden and tanned leaves

had nearly all fallen...

some gorgeous red berries reminded me

that I could start thinking creatively about Christmas preparations.

I just love everything about that.

Preparing homemade decorations and presents.

Crochet for the long winter evenings.

Mincemeat to make for the traditional mince pies.

Cards to make

and cookies to bake

and imagining how to creatively use my new Christmas lights.

BUT

then it happened in a flash.

A very slippery floor and an unseen plastic bag

and down I went

and my right wrist is fractured,

So 

everything is on hold for about six weeks.

Can you imagine that I got to choose the colour of my cast?

I could have had purple or neon green, but chose French navy instead!

My morale is excellent despite some frustrations in everyday living.

I can do much less and everything takes much longer.

I know you will understand if I leave less comments on your blogs,

but will be coming in to visit you all.

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"life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans"