The Monster is asleep on my bed. I've just dunked his foot in a weak Hibiscrub solution, dabbed some of the old dried blood off and then dried it (make up remover pads work a treat). I have to do this twice a day.
He was beside me on the sofa last night. He felt cool and his breathing was heavy - like he was worried by the cone or it was pressing on his throat. I put the little pink blanket over him and a warm hot water bottle and he was soon purring away, but his breathing still looked a bit laboured. He was tucked up in the living room overnight and seems a bit brighter today, though really fed up that he wasn't allowed out. I was out this morning but when I got back, carried him out to sit on the side lawn for a few moments, but he wanted to Go Exploring, so had to come back in again.
I went to see my friends Pat and Pam. Had lots of horsey cuddles with Pat's horses and a good natter. On the way back I took the little lane up to St Mary's Church, hoping it might be open, but no . . .
Memorial slabs inside the porch.
How frustrating that it remains locked. I can't really find on-line details of the alterations you can see in the wall or earlier windows, entrances. Perhaps I will be better informed when I can finally get inside.
The drive to Carmarthenshire today was through such a beautiful array of wild flowers. The Bluebells are such an intense blue at the moment and many of them are lining the hedgerow side of the verge, laced with the purest white of the Greater Stitchwort, and the mid-pink of Red Campions. The Hawthorn hedges are just coming into bloom and act as a creamy white foil behind them. Nearly all the trees (bar the Ash) have their leaves now, and of course the Oak trees are a murky olive green just yet. It was so beautiful.
Lots of Ash trees round here look like they are really suffering from the die back this year - it's catching up on bigger trees too - so sad.
ReplyDeleteBefore we left Carmarthen, thousands and thousands of ash trees had the orange marker which condemned them. Not a lane was free of orange splodges.
Delete‘Je remets mon ame dans ta main car tu m’as racheté’ means ‘I place my soul in your hands, for you have redeemed me’.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why this inscription was written in French?
Elaine
Thank you for that translation Elaine. Perhaps a travelling merchant died there? Someone important enough to have that memorial in his memory.
DeleteThat window must be a wonderful sight when the sun shines through it, just like the hedgerows at the moment. It really is the merry month of May plant-wise.
ReplyDeleteMay is the most stunning month of all with leaves unfolding and so many beautiful wild flowers. I will have to try to get in when there is a service.
DeleteSad you can't go inside the church it has a lovely simplicity to it and it seems to be well looked after, I wonder if there are any Sunday services there.
ReplyDeleteEvery three weeks I think. Will have to check the dates.
DeleteI hope Little Whale is better soon and such a shame the church is still locked. Are there any contact details of a church warden who might let you in? The countryside is looking so lovely at the moment. We had a lovely walk earlier this week through a Wild Garlic wood.
ReplyDeleteTwo steps forward and one back with him. I'll do a post. I will check when there is a service on.
DeleteWild garlic :) Don't ever be tempted to sit down in it to rest!!
How infuriating, closed yet again! Sending healing hugs to L. Whale. Oh, the country lanes and byways are a treat this time of year. I have noticed Horse Chestnuts looking extremely splendid with their creamy candles, but other trees are still in tight bud. Hawthorn is on our list to study this month, I am sure, but ours are a way off flowering yet.
ReplyDeleteMany churches are open but some of the ones I really quite want to see inside, aren't. There are some Chestnut trees in flower hereabouts and they look stunning. Hawthorn just coming out here in the hedgerows but further along in Carms.
DeleteLooks fascinating even from the outside.
ReplyDeleteHope the poor little puss cat is feeling better.
Alison in Devon x
Poor little puss cat is proper fed up as he is back in his collar again . . .
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