Today was sunny and warmer. I made my way this morning down to Roger’s footpath and back. This was more of a hobble than a ramble, but the swelling on the knee has subsided and I have left off the Ibuprofen.
To be found in the verges of Downton Lane are:![Crocuses](http://derrickjknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/crocuses-3.jpg)
Crocuses![Buttercups](http://derrickjknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/buttercups-1.jpg)
Celandines
![Primroses](http://derrickjknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/primroses-4.jpg)
Primroses![Primulas](http://derrickjknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/primulas2.jpg)
Primulas![Celandines](http://derrickjknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/celandines-1.jpg)
![Celandine](http://derrickjknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/celandine1.jpg)
More celandines![Daffodil](http://derrickjknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/daffodil-1.jpg)
Daffodils![Grape hyacinth](http://derrickjknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/grape-hyacinth.jpg)
Grape Hyacinths![Budweiser can](http://derrickjknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/budweiser-can.jpg)
and drink cans, like this one from Budweiser which will soon be nestling in ladies’ bedstraw.![Celandine blue](http://derrickjknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/celandine-blue.jpg)
We have blue celandines in the garden, where![New bed](http://derrickjknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/new-bed.jpg)
Jackie has continued work on the new bed,![Chain](http://derrickjknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/chain.jpg)
and we have erected a plastic chain to enhance the barrier at the end of the drive. This seems at least to have deterred a plumber’s van.
![Chaffinch](http://derrickjknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/chaffinch.jpg)
When the tits give them a chance, chaffinches are now visiting the bird feeders.
This afternoon Jackie drove us to Lymington Hospital for my pre-assessment to see whether I am fit for surgery for the fasciectomy. After completion of a questionnaire, checking of blood pressure and pulse rate; measuring height and weight and calculating BMI; taking swabs from nostrils and groin to check for MRSA; applying an ECG; taking blood tests; and anything else I might have forgotten, it seems that I am. The operation should take place some time in April.
Elizabeth came for a visit and, later, we drove off to Lymington’s Lal Quilla in our separate cars, and enjoyed the usual excellent meal and friendly service, including a chat with the chef who really loves his work. My meal was king prawn naga and special fried rice. We all had onion bhajis for starters and drank Kingfisher.