tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post2006569542175039621..comments2024-03-28T23:25:07.821+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-39124136117251546632015-06-02T18:24:30.578+01:002015-06-02T18:24:30.578+01:00Some years ago a friend made her hospital stay mor...Some years ago a friend made her hospital stay more bearable with headphones and plainsong. Your husband's tastes may differ. <br /><br />Never say never on the care home idea. He would have a single room with en suite facilities, and a team of staff on hand to assist with bathing and mobility. My mother spent many years in a care home where I always found the staff genuinely caring.shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-55201123183436700432015-06-02T17:51:20.292+01:002015-06-02T17:51:20.292+01:00I'm laughing at your 'it's only croche...I'm laughing at your 'it's only crochet' comment. Oh to be so skilled to even contemplate making any one of his creations (he apparently started crocheting as a way to make friends when he moved to Australia). Is there no-one who could take you to the hospital each day?Between Me and Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863155145862706966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-61814617041460826122015-06-02T17:49:59.763+01:002015-06-02T17:49:59.763+01:00I like the Spinster Slouch though I don't quit...I like the Spinster Slouch though I don't quite get the name. (I'd have called it the Double Cross, after the dual cable crossing.)<br /><br />Just a thought... While I understand that the whole situation is incredibly fatiguing, I wonder whether you have been medically evaluated for the UK forms of Lyme disease. It exists in Scotland, there are at least half a dozen organisms that can cause it, and the symptoms, including fatigue, can sneak up on you slowly. Aaron Lewis just posted about his late-date diagnosis, and I've had it myself and been told that I was just getting old. After antibiotics, I wasn't 'old' any more.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-78771471228451834132015-06-02T17:35:47.915+01:002015-06-02T17:35:47.915+01:00ooh, pretty hat in one of my fav yarns. Mmm, malab...ooh, pretty hat in one of my fav yarns. Mmm, malabrigo. I would offer motivation to get the license dealt with, but um, mine expired over a year ago and I've yet to summon up the paperwork, courage, and anti-anxiety meds necessary to deal with it (just the thought of trying to deal with it is enough to start a panic response). I have a two year grace period before I need to retake the driving test (which would be bad as I only vaguely remember how to parallel park), so I suspect I will panic in December and deal with it then. So far (knock on wood) the only problem I've had is in being carded for booze and since I can't drink anymore that's not a big deal. I will be in serious trouble if I get pulled over or get in an accident though! So I am a very bad role model and you should deal with it once things are a bit more settled with the husband.Melfinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14939155022202916671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-35833284610110094632015-06-02T17:26:41.179+01:002015-06-02T17:26:41.179+01:00So jealous that you got to see an Andy Goldworthy ...So jealous that you got to see an Andy Goldworthy installation in person. Love his work. Barbara's comment of 'the ephemeral and the eternal' really nails it for me.hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10096332421127152188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-86459448067218362592015-06-02T14:16:56.219+01:002015-06-02T14:16:56.219+01:00Jean, thank you so much for introducing me to Andy...Jean, thank you so much for introducing me to Andy Goldsworthy. Just the kind of thing I enjoy. Love the overheard comments - sometimes (maybe especially when looking at some textile art) I just want to lie down, thinking of the labour involved. Just found a comment from that artist himself: 'He has likened the repetitive quality of farm tasks to the routine of making sculpture: "A lot of my work is like picking potatoes; you have to get into the rhythm of it.' "<br />All the best for devising, with the Elderly Care doc, a suitable strategy.<br />- Beth in OntarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-29708185486596633462015-06-02T13:56:43.562+01:002015-06-02T13:56:43.562+01:00I do love overheard conversations that stay in the...I do love overheard conversations that stay in the memory - I hope the Elder Care doctor has some help to offer you and that you get a nap in.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-12822946594576611702015-06-02T09:17:30.235+01:002015-06-02T09:17:30.235+01:00I met Andy Golsworthy's work at the Royal Muse...I met Andy Golsworthy's work at the Royal Museum of Scotland years ago... Slate tiles that made a black house. Then in Grand Rapids, Miq....I saw an arch that I knew he had made. And later, watching the DVD I bought in GR, I saw the fence at Storm King which I admired every time I drove to the house we were building in NH. I love his work...the ephemeral and the eternal.<br /><br />Jean, again you have made connections and made me remember. Thank you!<br /><br />Barbara M. In NHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com