It's cheering to wake up to bright sunshine for a change, even if I slept less than I needed and felt sleepy for much of the morning. Clare made rye flour pancakes for breakfast, with a distinctive pleasant flavour and texture of their own. Having run out of the medication tick sheets Owain devised by Owain when I came out of hospital with several extra drugs to take during the day, I found his original pdf among my files on Google Drive, and was able to amend it for a re-print. As I wondered how to make the revision I discovered that Google Chrome lets me edit a pdf and print from it on my Linux workstation. Useful!
After lunch I slept for an hour, making up for the hour's sleep lost in the night. Then I walked in Llandaff and Pontcanna Fields until tea time. It was bright and sunny. but there was a chilling wind again. At least it cleared my head, and sharpened my vision a little, prompting me to take a few photos. I was grateful for the absence of rain showers making it feel even colder. Owain called me when I was out in the park and Kath called us at supper time, both checking that we're OK, which fortunately we are.
Summertime ends tonight and the clocks go back an hour, which means that sunset will be even earlier in the afternoon. An extra effort will be required to get out earlier for a walk, to avoid walking in the dark. In the past I didn't mind, but now I'm no longer seeing as well in low light and navigating confidently. I hope that the clot dispersing medication I'm taking will reduce pressure on pathways between the optic nerves and the brain and improve visual clarity and sharpness. It's certainly better than it was a month ago, but I won't know if there'll be a legacy from the stroke until I visit the University Optometrists.
After supper I watched a couple of episodes of a Dutch spy thriller until it was time to put the clocks back.
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