Up The Farway Tree

Sniffle

Having a quiet weekend as I am full of the cold at the moment.  Started with a tickly cough last week and now sore throat, sniffles and it's sore to cough.  I hate how being immunosuppressed makes everything last twice as long!   Ah well, still nothing compared to pre transplant chest infections!

To cheer me up I have booked a holiday for the end of May.  We had a week off but I hadn't got round to sorting anything, so yesterday I just bit the bullet.  We are going to Sorrento, Italy for 7 days - I can't wait!!  People say it's beautiful and it's also a great location for visiting nearby places such as Capri and Pompei.  I need to look for travel insurance next but it should be easier this year since it's Europe :-)

It has been lovely sunshine the past few days and it does make you feel so much brighter.  Seb is solar powered so he has been full of beans and nonsense.  I took him for a walk by the river yesterday and he nearly knocked a cyclist off his bike.  The guy was cycling up behind us when Seb turned round, thought he recognised the guy, and ran straight at him!  I was very embarrassed but thankfully the guy was amused and even stopped to give Seb a wee pat.   He has also been spending a lot more time in the garden and has now discovered a small hole in one of the fence panels.  It happened during the build and he hadn't really noticed it until now.  Today I spotted him with one eye at the hole peering into the neighbours garden.  Then the paw came out and he stuck this in the hole, pulling some more wood of the edges.  He then tried to mash his head through but the hole was too small, so he started again with the paw.  I have brought him into the house now but will need to do something about the hole before he digs himself out...

Dad finally got the Butterfly Kisses painting through to the Butterfly Trust - on the roof rack!  It was too wide to fit in anyone's car, which will teach me not to paint such giant pictures.   I think I need to work on some smaller ones.  I have been making quite a few cards recently as well - some based on print outs of my paintings, which worked quite well.  I will make some for mums auction later in the year, which will also be for the Butterfly Trust.

Hopefully this will be a quiet week at work and I will be back to full speed soon!  For now I am just going to lie here in the extension and enjoy the sun coming through the patio doors :-)