<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3157 alignright" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/logs-cutfeb16-200x150.jpg" alt="logs-cut(feb16)" width="200" height="150" />I suppose it depends on what you might call a high but I certainly know what a low is. I've managed to keep busy - swimming on Tuesday morning,; U3A meeting on Thursday and some shopping for shoes; cutting wood on Friday and back into the paper work on Saturday.

<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3152 alignleft" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/primulafeb16-200x150.jpg" alt="primula(feb16)" width="200" height="150" />I was quite pleased with myself because when Jane was undergoing chemo we didn't go swimming in case she caught an infection so after an 18 month lay-off I still managed 24 lengths of crawl. I confess my arms felt like lead afterwards. The shoe purchase in Lincoln was "interesting" because it was the first time I'd bought shoes on my own since 1969.

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I've got to be thankful that we (Jane in particular) had such a strong network of caring supportive people who keep in touch and lift my spirits - thank you to everyone who has called, texted, emailed or WhatsApp'ed this week. After the funeral it was one hell of an anti-climax - I needed to know you were out there.

<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3154 alignleft" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dwarf-irisfeb16-200x150.jpg" alt="dwarf-iris(feb16)" width="200" height="150" />Jane's garden continues to lift my spirits with flowers and her potatoes are still edible after sitting in the ground all winter.

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And of course I couldn't complete a post without mention of Maisie who requires my attention from the moment I get up until I go to bed. She does like being out in the evening but I've got her trained to come in whenever I whistle - she's more like a dog than a cat.

<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3155 alignleft" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/maisie-office-chairfeb16-200x150.jpg" alt="maisie-office-chair(feb16)" width="200" height="150" />Here she is sitting on my office chair so I couldn't get on with my paper work - who needs a better excuse?