Latest from the Sofa

Unfortunately I've been spending more time than usual on the Sofa for the last couple of weeks. An old Knee problem has cropped up again so I've been confined to the Sofa a lot more than I want to be. Its OK sitting down and its OK standing up - for a while, but the getting up bit is painful to say the least. Its the situation where you absolutely know its going to hurt and put it off as long as possible but you just have to do it eventually.

However its been easing off gradually for the last couple of days and I've managed all day today so far with no painkillers, so hopefully its over the worst.

Managed a half hour in the garden this morning and did a bit of tidying up. It really needs a concentrated effort. The grass is like an African savanna with tracks through it left by next doors cat on her daily patrols. The plum tree suddenly burst into blossom today. Its absolutely smothered in flowers, could be a good year. There was even a flower on the rhubarb though I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not. There are buds ready to burst on the peonies, and one of the azaleas has flowers and the other is full of flowerbuds. There has been a spectacular show of flowers on the Forsythia, but thats nearly finished now.