Holiday pics.....

OH and I went away for a week. We didn't much care about the weather. We drank in some silence, peace and enjoyed doing nothing in particular. As I don't manage much at the best of times the change of scenery was fantastic.  Its not that I am a fan of warships if that is what they are!  Its that we were near, well not so near that I was uncomfortable, but in the vicinity a Naval port, so they kept appearing by stealth, along with helicopters and I am sure submarines eek.  Anyway that is why they are in the pictures.  My preference as you can see is for rocks. I don't think its represented well here but those rocks were beautiful to me.  The colour variations just beautiful to my untrained eye.  Although many were taken on zoom ooooooom on my tiny snappy camera, as EDS and accessing beaches such as these are not compatible.  We enjoyed our time together.  The dog came too as being rescued he rather felt to be left at home would rather miss the point of being rescued. Husband enjoyed walking him.  We stayed as you can see near an old naval lookout point, accounting for the cube like concrete objects in some of the pictures.  From my vantage point comfortably ensconced in the living room on a huge sofa I was able to watch some panoramic sunsets. I wish the little cottage which was ours for a week was ours forever.  We went in the first week of September, shows how often I blog!  They may seem boring to some but for me they represent a week that I wish had been a lifetime.... serenity.

It doesn't look as bad as it was

This is a picture taken a few moments after I got OH to remove wedding ring rapidly, much as I love firefighters, I didn't particularly want to bother them to ask them to cut off my wedding ring. Looking at the picture now it doesn't look as bad as it was. I am going through a bout where by evening my hands are swelling anyhow, so my normally skinny fingers look very unatractive to me indeed, EDS hands have a habit of looking older than they are.  All I did was open the kitchen door, which has a handle a two year old child could open with ease.  Husband and I were sharing a rare moment of peace together.  Then it happened.  AGAIN.  This time on my ring finger.  Often I dislocate/sublucate randomly and there is no swelling.  This one was dramatic. No pictures of how large it grew as I was too busy, bemoaning my lot. Life is never boring with me around.  Since I broke my hand a few years ago, I have favoured my left hand for most tasks and most tasks are painful at the best of times.  Fortunately I am blessed with the good old EDS sense of humour and actually I am brave, even if I do say so myself.  Bearing in mind, practically all of me hurts a lot most of the time, a dislocation like this one provides enough drama in a kitchen of an evening I think for a weekday night for most.  I wonder if a medical professional looking at this would say, can't see much going on there myself, had the picture been taken a few moments previously I imagine they would not have believed I was able to relocate said joint myself.  Just a snippet from a day in the life of me,  Just to get me going after a bout of bloggers block.  Comments disabled on this one.  I think it speaks for itself.