The Summer is always such an infectious whirlwind of activity, sucking one along. I’m still trying to let go of the trivia of everyday living but tempted to indulge in it the stronger I feel.

The vegetable garden has transformed itself from this....



into a colourful jungle...



I’ve allowed so much space for poppies this year that the sugar peas are in danger of being swamped.

The build-up over the last fortnight, to the prestigious ceramic fair ‘Potfest’, was overwhelming but sales made it all worthwhile and it’s lifted Christine’s spirits to have experienced such a positive reaction to her work.
Meanwhile the hospital consultant continues to be pleased with the results of the transplant: haemoglobin almost back to normal, a healthy number of neutrophils, and a chimerism of 98% donor at the last count, about a month ago. The big gap remains in the Lymphocyte count (hardly any) and its associated protein CD4 count (stuck around the 100 mark) - they’d like it to be over 300 before they dare reduce the dependence on all the ‘anti's I’m on just now. However, so far so good, no infections to speak of and managing to keep out of harms way. Fingers crossed. X