Well my space isn't creative at all... but I am sharing the birthday cards I received - other people's crafting!
I have an appointment at the hospital tomorrow to pick up my 48 hour heart monitor so they can see what my heart rate is up to now I am a bit more mobile (as opposed to sitting on a hospital bed) and then on Monday next week at a different hospital for the heart MRI
Hopefully they will find nothing and I can get back to being normal!
I did go to Kew on Saturday, and the photos are on the other blog here (feels so good to be able to link to that again!) Hope you enjoy them!
I did link a few pics to FB on Saturday whilst I was there, in the rain including the one of me with big hair
I am thrilled to report that I now have an appointment next week to have it cut and coloured again. Cannot wait
(you will have to though as it is for next Thursday so after next week's desk reveal!!)
I coped well with walking for nearly 4 hours so I think I am ok!
I'll catch up with your desks after work as there won't be time for visiting before I head to the hospital first thing
Happy desk day!
37 comments:
Isn't it great to know you have a hair appointment Helen. Mine is next Tuesday and I can't wait. Hope you had a good birthday. The cards are fab. Stay safe and happy WOYWW. Sarah #2
Morning Helen. Golly - I can't believe how much your hair has grown! Hope today goes well as you learn all about using the heart monitor. Great photos of your cards - you had some great ones! So glad you had a really long time in your favourite garden - must pop over to peek at the photos. The sea holly is amazing.
Take care. Stay safe. God bless.
Margaret #4
Now I wonder why most of your cards are flowers? Hope you had a good birthday. I am off to the hairdressers at 12.30 inbetween sewing group and ladies group. Oh busy Wednesdays. Ani
Lovely cards even if I couldn't see them in great detail - isn't it nice to know people have spent time making a card for you?
Good luck with the heart monitor, I've had my share of those things I hope it proves there is nothing wrong but if you are having an MRI that gives lots of information.
Glad you managed Kew, bet you and Kew gave a big sigh as you walked in, it probably missed you during lockdown.
Hugs, Neet 5 xx
Beautiful cards Helen **Happy Belated Birthday** It's so nice to see you out and about and enjoying Kew like before, it must be so uplifting for you after lockdown and that horrid accident of yours. I can understand your joy over the hair appointment.. well done on reserving a spot, it will be like a day out hee hee.. Take care and all the best with the hospital app Hugs Tracey xx
A lovely collection of cards and well done for walking/strolling for 4 hours. Your photos of Kew Gardens are always a pleasure.
Have a Lovely week.
Sandra de @10
Lovely to see you back at Kew - I'm so glad you had such a nice day there! I'm sure the monitors/scans will show nothing amiss but you weren't normal in the first place, so you won't be going back there, lololol!!!!
Hugs LLJ 6 xxx
What lovely cards xxx Enjoy the pampering hair cut, I made hubby cut mine while i instructed him . Have a lovely Week . Soojay #11
Mostly lovely cards Helen, it seems a fair few have a similar colour thing going on, what a coincidence. Well of course I’m hoping that the heart monitoring thing reveals nothing, but also hope the appointment goes smoothly and your blood pressure remains constant! So glad you got to Kew, it must have felt lovely to have all that space and the photo ops again. Bit jealous about your hair appointment, luxuriate in it, wont you!
Lovely cards, Helen!
Love that sea holly too.
My hair is out of control - now more than 4 months since it was cut. Hope to make an appointment soon...
Stay Safe!
Susan #12
Happy Belated Birthday !!! WOW, what a nice collection of birthday cards. Awesome! - An idea: When you take photos with the light in the background you might either use a mirror behind you (behind the camera) or a big piece of white carbon or paper. As a former photographer, I often used those tricks.
I really understand well why you love Kew that much, I did too when I was in UK several years ago.
Thinking of you tomorrow!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Happy WOYWW
Mariane #20
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Happy belated birthday Helen! I don't know how I missed it on facebook - well to be honest I am not very active on FB. Very nice cards you got from your friends and I think your photos from Kew were stunning - I love the sea holly! I think it is an amazing flower!
Love and hugs,
Cardarian
I love that sea holly! I'm wondering if I could grow that in my garden. Funnily enough, I thought it was a thistle which would have matched rather nicely with the wonderful resist card I can see among your lovely cards. Best wishes for all your appointments this week. Have a lovely week, Lisa-Jane #15
Hi Helen, I've kind of got used to having long hair but as it's very thick it will be good to get it trimmed. I have an appointment on Saturday so not long to wait. Loving your card collection, so many beautiful designs. Hope the hospital visits go well too. Happy woyww, Angela x20x
I was thrilled to see you back at Kew cos I know what it means to you. Really hope all the health tests go well...I chuckled at Jan's comment...how rude :-)
I was really desperate for a hair appointment when it was really hot but now it's cooled down a bit I'm coping better and as yet I'm not rushing to go anywhere where there are small spaces and other people.
Hugs,
Annie x #13
I couldn't resist a look through your Kew pics - they really are lovely - so much colour and variety - thanks for sharing = so glad you could get back even in the rain. Raindrops on roses - these are a few of my favourite things!! xx Jo
4 hours walking, wow! Kew is so pretty and your photos are magnificent. I hope all of your tests go well and you can get on with life. I had pushed my hair appt out until July 17th. I am so nervous to go. It's a small salon and masks and sanitation practices are in place. I'm just nervous. But I would like to get a cut and color before another complete lockdown gets enforced. I think the last time I was in for all that was in January so I am more than overdue. Well I need to go make some more tea. But you take care, my friend. I am glad you feel good. That is a good sign.
hugs,
Belinda #31
So nice to see you back a Kew. Love the slate towers too. I had a bit of a Kew experience only this morning, finally bumped into a couple from dancing who live nearby and got to see their garden and two next door gardens via a joining gate, all of which had been in the open gardens scheme earlier this year. BJ#23
A belated Happy Birthday! Such lovely cards!
Hope all goes well with the hospital visits!
And to have a hair appt! That always makes one feel even better!
Beautiful flower!
Have a great week!
Carol N #29
Lovely birthday cards you received, Helen. I am so glad you managed to get to Kew! It must have been like a fix, after a long absence! I shall hop over and have a look at your post in a minute. What lovely curls you have got!! Still, I expect like most people you'd rather have it straight, just as I, with my straight hair, would rather it was curly!! So good that you've got a hair appointment lined up - another first after a long break. I am sure the hairdressers will be rushed off their feet.
Thank you for your visit - I am looking forward to my second telephone appointment about my bladder tomorrow and seeing what she says. I have sent her my bladder diary already so she's got time to have a look at it before we speak. I have to set the timer to remind me to go, and then I leave it in another room and don't hear it, or I can't find it!!
So glad you like my green cardigan. I can't actually believe I've finished it at last, after 25 years...
Happy WOYWW,
Shoshi x #7
It appears I will be late visiting for awhile. I am trying to learn my limit, since my "good eye" is also the one that is under the patch and my "less good eye" tires easily. I hope you understand why I'm late visiting to wish you a very belated, but heartfelt birthday. Sorry I can only read and write for so long until my eye gives out. Obviously not playing, just wishing you a happy birthday and hoping against hope all is well with your heart.
Hi Helen, I'm going to start making a note of people's birthdays and anniversaries, then I can remember to make and post cards! You received some lovely cards. I love the photo of your big hair - but I'm sure you will be happy once you have had your trip to the hairdressers. I haven't contacted mine yet - I will do eventually. Have a lovely week, Heather xx #16
Gorgeous cards and I love your big hair, although I know it isn't what you prefer. Enjoy your trip to the hair dresser. I'm so glad you got to do your weekly trip to Kew again. Happy WOYWW. Take care and stay safe, With love & God Bless, Caro xxx (#17)
Oh Helen thank you for the visit. So many great photos. Wishing you well with your appointment and hoping for a great recovery.Your walking will help all.
Love that sea holly, we have thistles that resemble this, lots of stickers and farmers don't like them in the fields. They spread too fast. What a lovely grouping of cards. I quit sending cards out of USA so many not letting mail in or out I made a few for Christmas before the pandemic and I don't know if they arrived or not. Happy week ahead and enjoy a Good WOYWW kind of day
Hi Helen.
Thanks for your visit earlier. I've just been swooning over your Kew photos, and agree that you can't beat poppies! Also share your passion for sea holly. There was a swathe of it at our local park last year, and I was absolutely obsessed! I gathered some seeds and planted them in a pot this spring, but sadly none of them grew. I'm determined to get some growing in my garden one day though!
Hope all goes well with the testing and scanning, and glad you were on the receiving end of all those lovely birthday cards - must have been lovely to open them!
Have a good week.
Amelia #30
Happy WOYWW Day! Fab photos as always, my lovely...
Hi Helen, hopefully the monitoring goes well and painlessly and the new hair do has you feeling like a new woman :) Happy Belated Birthday! ~Stacy #31
A wonderful selection of birthday cards Helen, and lovely to hear you were able to visit Kew again.
Wishing you all the best for your hospital appointments.
Alison xx
Happy Belated WOYWW and thank you for your earlier visit. Gorgeous birthday cards - must be hard to put them away. So glad you enjoyed your trip to Kew and coped with the walking around. We went there a few years ago and I did struggle with the distances (lots of sitting down to rest, cafe stops etc!). Hope your hospital visits go ok. Ali x #18
Happy belated birthday! Good luck with the tests. I’ll be thinking about you. Thanks for your earlier visit to my blog. Dorlene #33
A belated happy Birthday and a happy WOYWW . Not a great birthday being in hospital, but the cards you received are lovely. Thank you for your comment x Angela #38
Ah that's a lovely post hope the heart monitor, hospital appointments are all positive for you hun, off to check out your Kew post
xxx
That's a lot of cards you received, and isn't it the nicest thing to find all kinds of (self-made) cards in the mailbox on your birthday? I always look forward to open the mailbox when it's my b'day! Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier this week, and your compliment about my new hair/look, I hope yours will turn out exactly like you wish too (but you'll have to wait a bit longer...) Happy, belated woyww and hug-from-a-distance! Marit #26
Hi Helen! What a lovely bunch of cards! You must feel so loved! I hope your visit to the hospital goes well. Good for you for walking for 4 hours, that's a lot of walking! Thanks for your earlier visit, have a great week! Lindart #34
Fabulous cards, sorry I didn't send you one!! Glad you got back to Kew too! I hope all goes well with your appointments! You know where I'm headed now!! Hugs, Chrisx
ooh some fabulous cards and hope the hospital goes ok, sounds positive that you managed 4 hrs round kew, that is some serious walking not including getting there and back too!
kyla
Oh yay! So happy to see you've been to Kew... I'll be hopping there next - what a glorious thistle (okay, sea holly - didn't know that, love it!). And what a fabulous array of birthday cards too. I like the hair, but I get that you'll enjoy celebrating with a cut and colour soon.
Alison x
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