- Thank you to everyone who commented on the holiday photo posts. It's lovely to see that they brought back memories to folk who had visited or lived here in the past .
- Decided the large fir cone definitely had to go from the Autumn display so I pulled out the coloured artificial fabric/paper leaves that have been used every year for around 8 years. I gave them a bit of a wipe with a damp cloth to refresh and it now looks much better. In October I'll add in the few Halloween bits.
- The British Heart Foundation charity shop in Stowmarket, which has been there for years, closed down with no notice. The volunteers were just told 'This shop is now closed'. I believe they did the same thing in Diss a few years ago. Very odd. The shop is still full of stuff.
- Very mixed Autumn weather this week, very windy on Monday and Tuesday and wet and nasty on Wednesday and really chilly. Then milder on Thursday and positively Hot on Friday. Difficult to know exactly what to wear everyday.
- I've spent some time this week feeling ugh! Have I become intolerant to something I eat that previously hasn't affected me? Didn't have much energy in between jobs, so plenty of reading time. I read two of my own books while waiting for the mobile library to bring my reservations. Also watched the World Athletics Championships from Japan. How they run in that heat I've no idea.
- Because of the weird stats numbers I've been looking more often and last Saturdays post had a crazy number of page views...........over 7,000 by the time I wrote this post. I hope AI is enjoying my ramblings and adding them to their knowledge of how to speak Suffolk!
- Ed Sheran and his family are deserting Suffolk to go and live in the US - he's the main sponsor for Ipswich Town FC - hope he doesn't abandon them. He says it's while he's touring and writing Country music - so maybe he will be back eventually.
- Now I've reached the right age I've made an appointment for shingles vaccination next week, are there any side effects that I should know about?
- We need some more people for the Keep Moving exercise group, people are not coming as regularly as they once did, some weeks recently we've been down to just 7 or 8 of us. Three ladies are poorly, two more came once and then never again. Perhaps I will put a message on the local face book or next door website pages again, it worked at the beginning of the year.
- I managed to get through the whole week without seeing any TV coverage of the State visit here from a certain person. That's a win in my opinion.
- Quite a lot of garden clearing done this week, cutting back one of the buddleias and a lot of other bits until the garden bin was full again. Then I got the grass cut on Thursday, it was getting long due to me being away and it mustn't get too long or the battery mower struggles and I have to get BiL to cut it - try not to let that happen as he is always so busy.
And here we are at another weekend, decent weather is forecast - best to make the most of it with the equinox on Monday there's no getting away from the fact that Autumn is really here.
Back Monday
Sorry you feel unwell, sometimes ingredients change although I know you eat little ready prepared or processed food. I had a reaction to shingles vac that included a very itchy scalp and neck, like a mild dose of shingles really but it didn’t last long and without the pain of shingles. Lots of fields being ploughed here in Dorset, so real Autumn feel. Sandra.
ReplyDeleteCoincidentally I felt 'off' last week, very tired, little energy. After a few days a fever emerged and very achy limbs but that only lasted for 24 hours and then I was better. The fatigue was the precursor of being ill. Just mentioning it because this mild virus seems to be going round here.
ReplyDeleteHope you feel better soon.
Penny
What a shame the bird count at Minsmere was not very good for you. Good to be out and about by the coast anyway. Checked out "shingles jab" on my old blog posts. Think it was the 2nd one, and it made every bit of me I'd ever hurt ache, and I had a headache and was not at my best for a day or so. First one had no side-effects from what I remember. I had a sore arm from my 2nd Hep A this last week, but I survived.
ReplyDeleteI have crazy viewing numbers too. 19059 yesterday!!! Those AI bots are obviously everywhere.
Singles vaccination side effects seem to vary by person. My partner had a slightly sore arm with the first and a very sore arm with the second. one friend felt really grotty for two days with both. Prepare for the feeling grotty and don’t plan too much and hope for the sore arm only.
ReplyDeleteI was fortunate not to have any reaction to the shingles jab - but I had planned to have a couple of quiet days after it anyway. I did not realise it is in two parts , and I have to have a 2nd one in November, 6 months after the first. I hope yours goes ok.
ReplyDeleteI have had every vaccination going, and never ever had a reaction other than a slightly sore arm. Until I had the Shingles vaccination - it knocked me flat for a few days each time. But that was definitely better than potentially getting shingles in the future.
ReplyDeleteNo reaction to the shingles jab and I’m someone who has to factor in a day off after each Covid jab as they always leave me wrung out. x
ReplyDeleteI had no reaction to the shingles jab so hopefully you don't. The weather here in East Sussex for the weekend is dire, rain and more rain! Yesterday was glorious and temperatures in the mid 20s. Bizarre. Regards Sue H
ReplyDeleteThe ‘Shingrix’ vaccination has a black box warning regarding Guillian-Barre syndrome, please check it out and make an informed decision, I have refused the vaccination as shingles is a treatable condition here in the UK. Jan
ReplyDeleteNo reaction here from the shingles vaccination.
ReplyDeleteAs for the anonymous comment regarding the vaccine, yes shingles is treatable but it is an extremely painful and debilitating condition that can last for quite some time. Good for you refusing the vaccine. Each to their own.
I had some occasional shooting pain for a couple of days after the vaccination - bit like an electric shock and enough to make me realise that the disease could be very painful and glad I was taking precautions against it.
ReplyDeleteI had my shingles vaccines two years ago -the first one had no effect but the second one a few weeks later gave me a sore arm. I did the usual after each jab which was to take two paracetamol and a big drink of water before I drove home. I didn’t think I would need the jabs as I have had shingles but apparently it is still beneficial to have them. Hope it goes well. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI don't remember any adverse reactions to the shingles vaccination, so hope you will be all right.
ReplyDeleteFood tolerances/intolerances change over time, I find. I can't eat pineapple now, not that I've ever eaten masses of it. Radishes, the same.
Very odd about the charity shop, my SIL used to work as a manager for the British Heart Foundation shop and they were a bit ruthless, she had to increase on the takings every week - it was not an easy job.
ReplyDeleteI have no thoughts on the vaccine - I never had chickenpox so won't get shingles so don't require any vaccine. I could catch chickenpox though from someone with shingles! I nursed my own daughters with chicken pox and all 4 grandchildren but still didn't catch them - I must have some kind of inbuilt immunity.