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and I know of an eye consutant who would make gardening illegal! :-)) As it happens I got bilateral tenosynovitis from gardening. My wrists recovered, though.

Sport dying out is fine by me! I never watch or play any whatever, except waching an obscure martial art when I have to.

eye consultant and gardening...??? Why?

Was your tenosynovitis caused by an infection while gardening, or
by something linked to arthritis? I have never heard of this problem.

Because so many injuries to eyes are caused when people garden.I have poked myself in the eye once or twice, but it must be more than that!

I had done a lot of weeding in the garden of our new house (new to us!), having never done any before. The pile of weeds was pretty big, so I put my hands on top and pushed down hard expecting the pile to squash up. It didn't! Next day my wrists creaked and soon I couldn't write or paint (decorating). That was more than 4 decades ago and I can still only paint with a 2" brush or it returns. I know it seems daft but the first time I painted the outside walls of the house, I had to use a 1" brush and wrist supports!

A weird yet painful experience I imagine! I have never heard of any similar complaints! You must have put all your strength in pushing down the pile of weeds!
Difficult to understand why it did not squash up at all !

As for painting the outside walls with a 1" brush, well, ..;... it must have taken ages!

Certainly took a long time; about 6 weeks! But that did include the window frames.
I was within an ace of stepping back from the scaffolding tower to admire my handiwork- on a bedroom window. OOps...

Thanks for the new expression - never heard of 'being an ace of' -
live and learn always!

Sorry - 'being within an ace of '

Very, very nearly! In this case I had actually put a foot back but fortunately had hold of the safety rail!

Hello, Elle!
Fine day now after the rain.
Is that you back to normal now?
Yes, the young ones are safely home, but very tired, I am hearing!
I may see them in a day or two.
My grandson is coming to see me any minute now.
Be good to see him!

Good evening, Rusty!
Yes, all quiet here again, now that my daughter and the boys have gone home.
We are missing them!
We have the plumber coming next week, though, to replace the shower cubicle in the guest bathroom......so chaos of a different sort will reign for a while.
There are a number of household tasks that need doing......we are trying to work through them, gradually.
I am glad that the girls are home safely.
I expect they been "living it up" whilst on holiday......and then it is a long journey home...
So no wonder they are tired!
Perhaps you will all make it to the Pine Cone at the weekend for a catch up?
I hope you had a nice time with your grandson!