It is sunny right now, and this is in accordance with the revised forecast that shows a few hours of sunshine coming up now, but less sunshine later. Hopes for another bright sunny day are now fading, but there will be sunshine later, and most importantly it should still be over 20° C, but maybe not over 21° C like yesterday. It seems counter intuitive, but tomorrow is currently forecast to be very sunny again, but the temperature may not rise above 14° C.


   I sort of rested for quite a while yesterday morning. This was partly to cool down a bit after washing my hair and a hot shower, and also to let my hair dry. It was also because I wasn't planning to walk very far, and I wanted to be in Lewisham Park at about quarter past 1pm.

  I was hoping that Angela might be there. She wasn't. That was surprising because it was deliciously warm and sunny out. I have a suspicion she may not have been at work, although how she can take so many days off is a mystery.

  The other, and perhaps main reason I didn't walk very far was that I was not sure how my right knee was going to feel. On the whole it was OK, but maybe I was feeling a little tired after the previous day's walk. I found I was in the sort of state where I could have pushed myself to walk further, but rather glad I didn't.

  I must admit I was quite happy to get home again, and then stupidly had a meat pie for lunch. The most stupid thing is that it was not nice enough to justify the probable effect on my blood glucose level. After eating the pie, which was at least a small individual pie, I went through the photos I took - which wasn't many at all !
  I was using my Canon SX420 camera yesterday. It gets very little use, and is not really that good - at least not on auto, but it is really the sort of camera where it is far easier to use it on auto. I guess the pictures are probably better than most mobile phones can manage, but there is still something not quite right about them. The picture above, or the daffodils on the river bank was taking facing into the sun because that is the only direction I could take it from.
  I tend to call these white daffodils, but I think that they are actually narcissus. (Strange, my spell checker seems to agree with my guess spelling - that's good !). To the naked eye they look very distinct, but in this picture they seem to lose definition, and yet I can zoom into a fairly sharp image of an individual bloom.
  I did look these up, and they do have their own special name, but I forget what it was - they are just another variation of a daffodil to me.
  As I mentioned yesterday morning, it was my intention to wear shorts for yesterday's walk. I though it may still have been a bit early in the year for above the knee shorts, and so I wore some "cargo shorts" with all their useful pockets - not that I was carry much for just a short local walk. It did feel sort of good to wear them, and the cooling effect on my legs was useful, and stopped me feeling too hot. I must admit it did take 10 or 15 minutes to acclimatise to the heat - even if in real terms it was even 20° C when I first went out.

  Once I had checked and edited the photos I used - a just a mere 5 of them - I laid down to read for a while and fell asleep. I think I needed some extra sleep after my poor night sleep when my aching knee kept me awake. I think it was after that sleep that I had a big snack. It was spam and crackers with mustard. The crackers are a naughty source of sugar, but I could seem to care for some reason.

  When it eventually came to dinner time I was thinking of just having some fruit, but a couple of big navel oranges, and maybe a couple of apples can also be a fair supply of sugar. I doubt it was the case, but I thought some sausage and stuffing balls might be safer, although in terms of health they were probably a worse choice. That doesn't even consider the negative effect of the sausage and onion flavoured burps that happened after !

  I had another lousy night, last night. My knee didn't seem to be so painful as the night before, but maybe only because I had learned a few positions where it was less painful. The problem was that I didn't seem to feel sleep enough to fall asleep in those safe, or safer, positions. I guess I must have slept for a few short periods because I couldn't remember the time passing, but it felt like I didn't really get any sleep until gone 2am this morning.

  Strangely enough, I don't feel too tired this morning, but that doesn't mean I won't be grabbing any handy opportunity for a snooze. My blood glucose remains high, but at least it is the same as yesterday morning, 8.6mmol/l. My eating choices yesterday were not always the best, and it probably surprises me more that it didn't go up than the fact it didn't go down. My knee continues to give trouble.

  I noticed that walking to the toilet from my bedroom could be quite painful, but walking back again wasn't. It is like when I am walking - keeping it moving stops it hurting. If left too long it seizes up. This is probably not good, and probably is a good indication of just what is wrong. At this point I don't know if it is arthritis or failing cartilage of the knee joint. I did have a similar problem with my right hip 4 or 5 years ago. It really felt like I was building up to a hip replacement, but one day I suddenly realised what ever it was had cleared up, and I suffered no more pain. That was when I was commuting to work, and so I couldn't even rest it. I am rather hoping this knee problem will suddenly go away - and hopefully in the not too distant future !

  I have a few vague plans for today. I want to go to the mini supermarket on Catford Bridge as early as I can to buy a few things. I might go via Savers, where I will probably put on a mask while I am inside to avoid being throw out by their security guard. I would probably top up some of my pills in there, but mostly I want some extra sticking plasters to protect some bits of my feet while on long walks. At lunchtime I am considering walking directly to Lewisham Park with a book. The idea being that the book would keep my company as I wait in there from as much as half an hour before Angela's lunchtime, until half an hour after it, in the hope she may go there today. If it is not bright and sunny it may not be worth it. What I really ought to be doing today is some gardening !