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Mar. 4th, 2020 08:38 pmCampers, please check out the comm.
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FIL had his first cataract done yesterday, so Beast and I are now sharing the administering of eye drops and ointment several times a day. He was filled with trepidation beforehand, but seems to be doing quite well. I was interested to see that he came out of the clinic wearing a transparent, domed eye shield: when my Grandma had hers done, probably around 20 years ago, she had a bandage over the eye, and later, a pirate-style eye patch.
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This sore throat is blighting my life. I can't sing, so no rehearsal for me tomorrow and no competition on Monday evening. It is very sad. They will maraud onto the stage, and I shall miss it! On reflection, I could possibly go and watch.
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I did spend quite a lot of Monday working on a bit of embroidery/beading, on piece of fancy felt that I acquired at Fibre East or somewhere of that sort at least a year ago. It was very pleasant to sit in the dining room, listening to 'The Amber Spyglass" read by the author, and with characters voiced by actors, and sewing. Frustrating, though, how often the thinnest of needles and the slenderest of silk thread nonetheless would not go through the bead holes, so that I had to thread the silk through and re-thread the needle. Very time-consuming.
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Read a delightful book yesterday, "Swordheart" by T Kingfisher, which![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
vae kindly lent me. A nicely down-to-earth sort of story, fantasy but not about Saving The World, just getting a few practical matters sorted. And very funny indeed. The word 'Yay!' will forever have fresh connotations for me, now, and will probably make me giggle helplessly.
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FIL had his first cataract done yesterday, so Beast and I are now sharing the administering of eye drops and ointment several times a day. He was filled with trepidation beforehand, but seems to be doing quite well. I was interested to see that he came out of the clinic wearing a transparent, domed eye shield: when my Grandma had hers done, probably around 20 years ago, she had a bandage over the eye, and later, a pirate-style eye patch.
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This sore throat is blighting my life. I can't sing, so no rehearsal for me tomorrow and no competition on Monday evening. It is very sad. They will maraud onto the stage, and I shall miss it! On reflection, I could possibly go and watch.
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I did spend quite a lot of Monday working on a bit of embroidery/beading, on piece of fancy felt that I acquired at Fibre East or somewhere of that sort at least a year ago. It was very pleasant to sit in the dining room, listening to 'The Amber Spyglass" read by the author, and with characters voiced by actors, and sewing. Frustrating, though, how often the thinnest of needles and the slenderest of silk thread nonetheless would not go through the bead holes, so that I had to thread the silk through and re-thread the needle. Very time-consuming.
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Read a delightful book yesterday, "Swordheart" by T Kingfisher, which
vae kindly lent me. A nicely down-to-earth sort of story, fantasy but not about Saving The World, just getting a few practical matters sorted. And very funny indeed. The word 'Yay!' will forever have fresh connotations for me, now, and will probably make me giggle helplessly.