this week has been pretty mind numbingly boring with back injuries and enforced lying around.

my peripheral neuropathy has run rampant pain wise. not happy.

missed my last two pool classes too :-(

it has been relieved by the installation of my new shutters in bedroom and living room .

so expensive but sooooo worth it.

i love the effect and the look of the filtered view of the outside world .....

especially the  light of summer that is so  hash.

 the dog has started to learn to move the slats with her nose

.......which is good and bad.

 life  has also been helped by a massage last night by the very very skillful  Joni .

son freaked when he saw the number of teeny teeny tiny ants on the bench the other day..

 and took a photo. they are the worlds tiniest ants i do believe. here in my house.

lucky lucy me !!!

the photo is included as a sign of my boredom.

another positive is the dehumidifier that i also caused the arrival of......
for what i (not even jokingly) call the "mould room".

that room i refuse to enter which houses my sons way too large collection of stuff he finds interesting.

and which needs protection from the elements of a damp summer.

the view thro a slat of the shutters......all the beautiful blue flowers are  running down the side of my driveway

part of why the vet wants dog to loose some weight

the view from my pillow