Last year I fell down the stairs and fractured a vertebra. Three weeks in hospital and more weeks in a special bed at home, it is proving a very long haul to recover. I’m trying to do all the right things: swimming, exercises, increasing walks, being active around the house. But every day is a struggle through the pain and exhaustion.
Yesterday, we were finishing the spring honey harvest, filtering the mead and clearing up the mess. By the end of the day, I was preparing a simple salad for supper: standing to slice the tomato was OK but the spring onions sent me scurrying for a seat. I can hardly recognise the level of frustration and impatience.
But I did experiment over the weekend with a bottled lemon and honey cordial that is delicious when diluted with fizzy water. The near disaster was mistaking an avocado for a lemon: it was only once half was on the juicer that I realised that it didn’t have the right consistency. Just about saved the day but I can’t boast that the cordial has “no added ingredients”. But still tasted good.