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Thank you, Ros, that is very kind of you.
Yes, you are right.......it always feels like the sword of Damocles hanging over us!

Hello, Elle!
It is quite warm here, too.
I hope your husband and you get on fine at the clinic.
It must be a fair distance from you.
I am staying home until a breeze gets up.
I am not designed for heat!

Hi, Rusty!
I am definitely not 'programmed' for heat!
I cannot tolerate these sort of temperatures - especially the humidity.
Even with two fans going at full blast, I am still "suffering"!
But the good news is that I have done the 15 x 15!
Yes, I agree with you, it was a reasonable one today...
I have but two to parse .... but I shall work on those for a while!
I especially liked 3d, 7d, 15d and 25 across - they appealed to me!

Hello, Elle!
Slightly cooler here!
Today's puzzle was on the easy side, yes, I concur.
I am off for a canny dander.
Hope all is going well for you both.

Hi, Rusty!
We did slightly better than expected, and are home again!
It is very good news!!
The Xray is still clear (6 years now since the operation ) and the Consultant is so pleased with my husband's results and progress that he has now been discharged!
We are over the moon!
Thank goodness for that...it has been such a harrowing few years, as you can imagine.
Life looks good!
Still very hot here!

Good evening, Elle!
That is certainly splendid news for your husband and you!
Well done!
Yes, I can well imagine how harrowing it must have been, for both of you, and your family, too.
I think you should have an ice cream to celebrate?
I could murder one!
It is a bit cooler here, but we did not have the higher temperatures that you folks in the South did.
And your toe is healing, too!

What absolutely brilliant news, elle. Must feel like a proverbial weight has been lifted.
I'd be opening the chilled prosecco myself, but I don't think either of you drinks alcohol. Anyway I'm sure you'll find a good way to celebrate.
Far, far too hot here and I have strawberries coming out of my ears!

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, that was a very good idea of yours....I enjoyed my ice -scream!
Especially as I could eat it with an easy mind!
( I wish I could offer you one!)
It isn't getting any cooler here!
I'm not expecting to sleep well tonight.
I'm stuck on a final parse.....
14a: Caught in a sort of brake , sensible to rotate this way?(13)
I have "anticlockwise" = rotate this way
c - caught
lock- sort of brake
wise - sensible
but where does "anti" come in?
Am I being dense here?




Hello, Ros
Yes, it feels wonderful - as you say, a great weight off both our minds!
No, I don't drink alcohol, but my husband does like a glass of wine or a lager!
I'm sure he might well indulge over dinner, just to celebrate!

Hello, Elle!
You do not want "locking" brakes. Very dangerous!
You need "anti-locking" brakes.
No, not dense at all, you are not used to braking terminology, is all.
Lucky you with the ice cream!
A very nice post from Rosalind, too, in my humble opinion!

Thank you rusty.

Goodness, I just went for a walk. What a bad idea. All the bloodthirsty bugs in creation were waiting for me, even horse flies. Not doing that again in a hurry

A thunderstorm is forecast for here tomorrow. That should be fun. I go into my conservatory and revel in them- the more noise and loud rain the better. But I don't have animals to think about.

Sleep well elle, in spite of the heat.