A Chatty Catch Up.

My mother is also in a home it is so hard not seeing her i know she misses us   I write her letters every week and ask the carers to read them to her ..I hope she reads them herself too and they give her some closeness to me ...I try to make them cheerful but its hard as I dot go anywhere exciting  I feel so guilty and I miss my old mother we got on so well when she didn't have dementia but now she's so mixed up ..I have my turbt on Monday so trying to keep positive ..take care and try to keep smiling  

I'm not going anywhere at all never mind exciting. Last left the house apart from exercise on foot round the estate for Mr D's jab last Weds. My sister [no kids] couldn't understand why I kept reading for two hours to our four year old grandson on zoom this afternoon.

But what joy it was, 'Babar's friend Zephir,' 'The Flying Trunk,' long chunk of 'A Bear called Paddington' from the beginning, Spike Milligan's 'On the Ning Nang Nong,' and several from Shirley Hughes'  'The big Alfie and Annie Rose Storybook.'

If you need cheering up, look them up and listen or buy to read...When his Daddy finished his working-from-home and Mummy got home too, we treated them to a very loud re-chant of 'On the Ning Nang Nong' together.

Roll on next Tuesday...!!! 

Denby

Hi Hou,My mum has dementia too and i miss how she used to be.We have always been close and had shared interests.I shall be thinking of you on Monday.Best wishes for a smooth turbt.Love Jane xx

Morning Denby, we read 'On the Ning Nang Nong' yesterday as part of my granddaughter's Y2 remote learning. We were looking for alliteration and onomatopoeia! My word the infant curriculum has changed since my day, but I too like Spike Milligan poetry with little ones. 

Hello Hou, good luck for Monday I will have my fingers crossed for a good outcome. I'm off for my last of this 3 BCG doses this morning, will have had 24 doses. x

All the best for Monday.

Gandulf.

Thank you  hope all went well this morning  x gosh are those real words   xx

Many thanks  hope you are keeping ok ...you have had great results so happy for you  keep smiling  

Hi,It’s a sunny day here in our part of Somerset so I’m sitting out on the balcony enjoying the view.The care home are starting up visiting again soon.I should be allowed to visit mum though the staff say she no longer recognises people.The dr has withdrawn all her medication apart from pain relief.I feel so sad to think of mum ending her days with such a poor quality of life.It sounds as if the staff are doing all they can to make her comfortable though.I am not up to doing much in the garden but enjoying the spring bulbs.I was out in the garden on Friday when I heard a strange bird noise.I was amazed to see a parrot sitting in a tree at the back of the neighbours shed.It had flown off a couple of hours later.I mentioned it to John and he checked the community site and no one had lost a bird,same at the vets.I’m having a Covid vaccination today.Now that spring has arrived I might feel more motivated to get on.Love to you all.Jane xx

Pleased to hear you're enjoying the sunshine, It's quite disproportionate how hugely our small clumps of golden crocuses and snowdrops under one bush, seen from the kitchen window, lift my heart. And just seen a blackbird lunching off the fatballs which is a new one here, usually only the robin and passing tits.

Hope your jab has no side effects. And commiserations about your Mum's decline. I hope as you work through her archive you will be cheered by her former achievements.

Regards the parrot, was it bright green? I fear it's the advance guard of the dreaded parrokeets. They were a novelty on an art trip to Kew Gardens nearly twenty years ago [Henry Moore exhibition], but I was horrified last time we took our grandson to Longley Park in Sheffield, to watch a flock of them. They were definitely chasing away native birds, even ones as big as them like crows and magpies. And their shrill squawks are not easy on the ear. Radio 4 "Broadcasting House" did a listener survey recently mapping them across the UK.

Love to all, Denby

Sad to hear that about your Mum, winkers. I hope that she is happy despite her cognitive decline. My dad had Alzheimers but my Mum managed to keep him at home until he had a stroke & died in hospital. He remained an utter gentleman to the end, despite not knowing who she was in the later stages. 

We had our jabs (AZ) on Thurs. Reaction kicked in 12 hours later - I think I had all the common symptoms listed! An unpleasant 24 hours, but much better after that, although I still feel a bit tired & giddy. Worth it though!