Random photograph taken down the street from home.

"Open your eyes, and see what you can with them before they close forever..."

Anthony Doerr

'All The Light We Cannot See'

This is the book I'm reading just now, I'm not one to read a book on war.. but of course the title caught my eye and I am glad it did.. 

We need to remember things we didn't live through, if you see what I mean.. 

Reading about houses bombed and people stealing openly.. silver ornaments artworks.. more.. everything and anything carryable without impunity..

But not just in war.. I remember so well so many memories of the lady in Wales.. 

Her house went up in flames when she was away, worried sick about her parents and aunts.. getting back home and approaching up the driveway... Coming down towards her.. villagers with her families belongings! Her things.. incredible! People who knew them, who appeared as friends.. wransacking their home. Were they jealous? Bitter? Happy for the disaster? A total disregard of someone else's feelings.. To take from people who have lost the roof from their heads.. is a final knife in their hearts.. Losing something more important almost than the roof. Because trust and friendships, what they thought of people who appeared to be, if not friends but at the least good people who they had supported over decades .. 

Maybe the 'people' hadn't felt the same way, I understand that, very different levels of society.. 

But, still.. such a total indifference.. 

My mom's favourite quote was "nothing so strange as folk" So true.

Changing subject.. 

A couple more photographs from Las Casillas.. reflecting light.. reflecting sounds.. sounds not included..

And this little chap, I picked him up from the pathway, worried a cat would be off with him.. I tested out his wings all looked good, and placed him on a raised surface, hopefully safe from animals or children! 

I am thinking he arrived tired and just needed to gain strength, they come from Africa and fly to the UK and Europe above us.. so we're a stopover they usually spend a couple of weeks.. providing us with beautiful spectacular aero gymnastics.. dynamics! 

His eyes were bright and I checked on him a few times.. my last check on him at night, in the dark.. he had gone.. and I am just hoping he flew off and nothing awful was done to him.. 

Good news! I have my job back for the summer! So can relax now.. knowing this, I was so excited it's a wonder people didn't think the feria had arrived a week early! 

Not so good urgencia yesterday afternoon, I was there for three hours, longest I've ever been in there and the most people! 

More intravenous antibiotics, more intravenous pain meds.. more antibiotics, pain meds and muscle thingy meds... To aid progress and shrink the stones..

Today I am flying high on pain meds and inner arm looks like .. well, actually doesn't look good at all! Big lumpy bruise and dark red patches .. bit odd..

Still two weeks to urologist.. nearly there now.. Need to visit hospital before appointment, not been there for five years and don't want that visit to be the first, could be emotional for me.. 

M.

'We are known forever by the tracks we leave'