@variablepulserate Ooh that sounds like rather good fun. Perhaps not with a nosey Schnauzer on the loose - though most of the time I'm gardening I have to shut her indoors, because she’s an absolute pest.
@peemee You’ve had a rough time of it recently. Intractable pain is very demoralising. I hope you get some relief soon.
@variablepulserate It’s much better now. A bit tender in places, but nothing significant. And the way it responds to external sensation is back in line with my other fingers - for a while everything felt different when touched with that finger. There’s a slight dent along the line of the cut, but that’s probably less noticeable than the redness and swelling of the nearby joint which is arthritis. I was lucky, could have been a whole lot worse.
@variablepulserate That’s good news! Tendon issues are awful - I’ve had issues with various ones over the years. The pain can be really nasty.
Howling winds and lashing rain pummelling my window (unusually, as my bedroom faces East). British Summer Time starts this weekend. 🙄
@matigo Still a bit sore this morning. I was hoping it might miraculously ease off overnight, but no. I’ve got a foam roller and a “massage” ball which are helping. Well, it claims to be a massage ball, but I’m not convinced it’s not a torture device, as it has very hard spikes on it. But they do unknot muscles pretty effectively, though only in a small area. I seem to have got an issue from the top of my pelvis up to just below my ribs.
Well, as I got off the organ this morning, to go up for communion, I caught my foot in a carrier bag that had been left on the floor beside the organ ("out of the way" apparently - of everyone except the organist). I stumbled a bit, but thought no more of it. By early afternoon, however, my back was a bit sore, so I rested with a hot water bottle.
Let's just say that, after a further 70 minutes of near-constant playing this evening, the muscles down the right side of my back have gone into spasm. Pretty sure it's just muscular, but I could do without the pain. 🥴
@variablepulserate Ooh, nice!
I got some prints on paper for a reasonable price. Hadn’t considered the box prints.
@variablepulserate What’s your budget like? In my bedroom I have my most expensive piece of art, a print of a painting by Henderson Cisz. With the frame it’s pretty large, but around £350.
I do scout Whitewall Galleries and Clarendon Fine Art websites pretty regularly. One of my friends has an original by Philip Gray. Massive and beautiful, but cost her about £5K. Another friend has a number of originals/prints by John Waterhouse - we both love his art.
They have all sorts of art & I don’t like a lot of it, I’ll admit.
