So let me start by saying I am a little one handed this week as unfortunately I got bitten by a dog on the back of my hand. I stupidly put my hand in-between two adolescent entire males, one who was grumbling at the other. I thought to diffuse the situation by moving the non-grumbly one away with my hand and restraining the grumbling one. Unfortunately it mistook me touching it as an attack from the other dog and retaliated on my hand 😪
So after an afternoon spent at A&E and then plastics I got the all clear that there was no major damage to ligaments or tendons and was stitched and bandaged up.
I have had it checked since and there is no infection so stitches come out next week and the bandage has been reduced in size.
I have ordered some rose hip oil so that I can start massaging the area as soon as the stitches are out to help prevent too much scar damage. I must also remember that I use a high factor sun cream on the back of my hand as the new skin growth will be much more susceptible to the sun and will burn easily.
Luckily before this happened I had made my nephew’s birthday card. A pop up design that was all about the folding of the inside. I found a video on Pinterest
Obviously with only one working hand I have not been able to cook that well so Mia has been helping out and last night made a delicious air fried silken tofu in a miso noodle soup. It’s the first time we have tried doing the tofu in the air fryer and whilst it was very tasty, we both agreed that the outer tofu should be crispier. We will be experimenting and when we crack it I will let you know.
With the elderflowers in full bloom, my garden smells amazing at the moment thanks to them. So time to make my elderflower champagne. I still have a few bottles left from last year’s batch. This year I have just made 10 bottles without using champagne yeast and I think I will make another batch this week using yeast to see if there is any difference in flavour.
I will leave you with a photo of my beautiful climbing rose that only looks this good for a couple of weeks but is magnificent and smells amazing.
Until next week.
Stepping Into Sixty and Out Of The Comfort Zone 