Pull the other one, it’s got bells on it.

 So the latest visit to the Fracture Clinic, in quick step time, it looks like my bone is 50% healed, which is good, but by my reckoning, it’s now looking like the end of April 2024 at the earliest before the cage comes off. It might be sooner, it might be later. I ‘wasted’ a month of the time that has past, as in Greece no weight was put on the leg. So it might still make the end of March. It doesn’t really matter of course. I would rather it is left a bit more time to avoid the risk of any complications. It makes a visit back to Greece before the summer busy period more troublesome next year.

Meanwhile today, after a really lovely chat with my American friend on Serifos, I did some more work on the Christmas cards, there is just the glitter layer to do now, hopefully tomorrow during the rain. My friend with the Harley Davidson Mobility scooter who is a needle and embroidery expert took me to Sew Divine which is a shop that sells all things to do with sewing and embroidery machines. It is an amazing shop, with old school service. As the demonstrator was busy, his mother had a chat with us, she knowing my friend very well. We were treated with tea and biscuits, and the story of my leg, had to be told. The problem with the spikes has been solved with a bead fitted on each, and two bells were given to me as well, unfortunately they have no ringers, so no one will hear me coming!

The machine my friend was interested in was a fabric cutter. It doesn’t just cut material, it can cut paper, acrylic and all sorts. It can use its own preset designs or one of your own. It’s an amazing beast.

After completing the purchase, there was a bit of supermarket shopping to do for my friend and then she dropped me off at the Cosy Nook for a very late lunch. I then went home, had a rest, before making this fish pie, I imagine some cheese will be requested to be put on top of the potato by my lodger.


Finally my lodger has got to grips with the bread maker, he and it made this loaf last night. Interestingly as he followed the recipe, he spotted a typo in the list of ingredients, as it says 1 1/2 tbl spoon of sugar, it should have been tsp! Well spotted. The loaf came out well. Ginger cake for tomorrow is on the menu for tomorrow, for the Cosy Nook Christmas party, I hope the rain holds off! 



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