Who knew...

...that Potatoes grew such pretty flowers? I didn't!

Took the day off as so needed a rest, plus K kindly went to visit Dad in my place. After this morning's phone call (see below, if you're interested) I needed to keep busy so have been working in the garden and trying, and failing, to get the house straight. A muggy day of 23 degrees, though the weather app tells me it felt like 27.

Worrying call from orthopaedic surgeon at 9 this morning regarding Dad's knee. His words, we're "stuck between rock & hard place". In anyone younger they'd operate but at Dad's age any surgery comes with great risks, and having a knee replacement makes things even more complicated, requiring reconstructive surgery at specialist hospital, which in turn might lead to amputation. Lesser of two evils is to wait and see and hope skin heals itself, but if it continues to deteriorate then surgery is only option.

What he couldn't say was how quickly that could happen. Explained I was meant to be going away but wouldn't if the above could happen in the next couple of weeks.

Am still shell shocked from the conversation... 

Thank you for your kind words and stars.