The Mini Egg & Black Betty.. Ho-hum !!

Hail & Greetings !!

It's a warm - actually hot !! - Friday, here in England.... B has just dropped me off, at the front door & she is now heading towards town. On a Friday - over the past few weeks, she has been attending a carer's meeting..... to learn new stuff & have a chat about this that & the other.

So - apart from the odd cat, I'm home alone !! The music is turned down to deafening & I'm sat here, with the windows drawn. Two reasons for that:

A) To try & keep the Sun out - with the curtains across, the living room stays cooler &

B) One of our neighbours - quite a nice one, I must add - has a tendency, to look out of her bedroom window, across the yard & into our house !! That's no biggy - but, I could do with out her, looking in on me, today !!

I have just come back, from the Dr's surgery..... I can not fully explain, what is going on.... but, my wound seems to be really playing up. It's not massively bad - but, it's not healing up, as well as we had hoped - leaving me, in just a bit of pain again !!

All the way, down to the Dr's - I told B, that I hoped there would be no one new, changing the dressings - I couldn't really face, having someone, who doesn't know me (or me them) looking at my back today. Thankfully, it was the usual Friday nurse - so that was a relief !!

Because things have got slightly worse, she has recommended, that I have the dressings changed, every day !! That is something I'm not too keen on, but - we'll see how things go, from Monday onwards. It's bad enough, having the wound cleaned, 3 times a week.... I'm not really sure, that I want to go thru' it all, every day of the week !!

Heck - 2 years ago, now... I was stuck in the hospital, having things done to me, every hour - or so it seemed - sooooo, having the dressings changed every day, shouldn't be too much of a problem. I just have to load up with pain-killers, before I let anyone touch it !! Ah - just like the old days !! Moving on...

We had a bit of sad news, yesterday....

A guy, who I've known, for many, many Moons 'phoned up...... his Wife has walked out, on him, after a shed load of years - he is completely devastated !!

Having gone thru' a very similar experience, myself - well.... I know the feelings, that he is having to deal with. Bless him.... I'm going to call him again, in a few days - to make sure he is Ok. He lives about 40+ miles away - but, we've both told him, if he needs to - he can come & stay with us, for a while - until he feels a bit better.

Right.... the family...

Well, I've already mentioned, that My Wife & Dearest Friend has gone into town.... as for the rest of the clan - well, ME is probably working & J... well, he could be anywhere !! He upset me, a lot, last week... so, I'm trying not to let him get to me, for now at least !! Time will tell, on that one... I guess..... !!

As for the music of the moment...

I was going to put the Nightwish Lp, back on the deck... mainly to play 'The Greatest Show On Earth' which takes up the whole of Side 4 of the 2 Lp set. It's a great piece of music - on Cd... well good - on Lp..... even better !!

Professor Richard Dawkins does the spoken parts & with the whole orchestration & choir, well - as I said a few seconds ago - well good !! Tuomas Holopainen's lyrics are brilliant, for example:

'Endless Forms Most Beautiful'

Come on, hop on, let's take a ride
Come & meet the traveler's who came to town
They have a tale from the past to tell
From the great dark between the stars

We are a special speck of dust
A fleeting moment on an ark
A celebration, a resthaven
Of life

Lay on a field of green
With mother Eve
With father pine reaching high
Look at yourself in the eyes of Aye-Aye
Unfolding rendezvous

Deep into the past
Follow the aeon path
Greet a blade of grass
Every Endless Form Most Beautiful
Alive, aware, in awe
Before the grandeur of it all
our floating pale blue ark
Of Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Beyond aeons we take a ride
Welcoming the shrew that survived
To see the Tiktaalik take her first walk
Witness the birth of flight

Deeper down in Panthalassa
A Eukaryote finks her way
We return to the very first one
Greet the one we'll soon become.

Lyrics by Tuomas Holoainnen - with "sorry's" from me !!

Of course - you should have the music, to go along with the above - sooooo, go & buy the album 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful' by Nightwish (of course() and enjoy it, for a very long time !!

Anyhoo - I'm not playing the album.... I'm listening to the Mini Egg (iPod) thru' Black Betty (iPod station).... with the intention of playing as much of 'Project 87' as I can !! With my friend's Wife walking out - it brought back some memories & 'Project 87' has been dug out of it's semi-retirement, just to give it a bit of a blasting !!

Right - I think, when B gets home... a little later, we're both going into town, to do some shopping. It might get left, until tomorrow. After coming home, from the surgery, feeling like crap - well.... the pain has eased a bit, so a trip out might be good. I'll see how things go, as I say, a little latter.

For now tho' - I must do some dishes !! Sooooo - as always, I thank you for logging in & reading my words. I might write some more, over the weekend - but that will depend on how thing go, I guess.... until next time...

Bye Bye