11/3/2026 new crutches trial

After several large coffee’s and a bite to eat in the unit, I was feeling energised enough to go and try out the new crutches. They are epic. What a difference. I went down to the beach and walked quite a way on the walkway, before stopping at one of the many benches for a rest.  Just over the road from Kohi beach is a really nice coffee shop and restaurant. I’ve not been in before because I feel disloyal to the one in St Helier, but that one was just a bit far today. I could have hopped on the bus but basically I couldn’t be arsed. Instead, I sat there and contemplated lots of things as the world passed me by. Going back to the unit was significantly slower than the walk away from it, but that's ok,  its all progress , I also took a different route too as it's nice to explore, look at the beautiful houses and find more short cuts. 

The weather has changed dramatically this afternoon and we had torrential rain. I have found a mindfulness colouring session to go to on Wednesday mornings in St Helier. I was too tired today to go, but it's good to know and something to aim for next week. Also it's another way to force myself to speak to new people which I’m still having  to convince myself is a wonderful thing to do.

I've hung up all my clothes, and, as there are so few, it took less than a minute and it's nice to not be living out of the sturdy one for a while. 

The rest of the day has been spent editing and trying to decipher what the hell I've written in the other blogs and getting photos uploaded. I definitely need to type slower, and then I won't need to spend so much time editing! Also I use them as a brain dump, and while rereading some of them has been beneficial, you, my lovely friends and family do not need to have been reading some of what I wrote. So count yourselves lucky. 

My short walk down the beach was enough physical exertion for me today, and I’m trying really hard to pace myself a little better. I’m hearing Simon's voice in my ear a lot at the moment which is sometimes a comfort, but also triggers rage towards him for not being here and putting me in the position where I have to learn my limits again and find ways to do things that won’t wipe me out completely. This time I chose to listen to that voice and settled down to some more study stuff on the bees. That’s not to say I didn’t send a stream of curse words in his general direction.

Im looking for a new Bee keeping suit at the moment, it needs to be much thicker than the old one with good ventilation particularly as i’m intending to increase the apiary size, which will mean more time with the bees. Hurrah for that and the calm they bring me. It very obviously needs to be a bright pink suit as well. 

A quieter day and an early night. Morgan didn't come down for dinner tonight, I'm very conscious that I'm potentially becoming a burden on him, which is the last thing I want. He did however message me and say check out the sunset and sent two photos from his room.

I'd drawn the curtains in the unit quite early, I like to block out the world so I hadn't noticed it. I was vaguely aware of a warm glow coming in through the door. Oh my goodness it was simply beautiful, just a rainbow of blues, pinks , oranges and yellows and reds hues, one of the nicest I've seen in a while and it did make me smile. Even if my photos failed completely to do it justice.

There is at least something today that has made me smile and I am grateful to be able to witness it when others can’t. I  know when Si and I did our last trip some of the best sunrises and sunsets were in Australia and New Zealand, it probably had something to do with the time of year it was when we were here. 

Much Love

Mrs Leonard

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