reprieve

Today I should be at the hospital, being admitted for surgery. But instead I'm at home, I have a reprieve.

I listened to my little voice and asked for a postponment. Just a month, til Wednesday 24 August. A reprieve, just enough time for me to be physically and mentally ready for the surgery and to knock our beack shack into shape so it will be a comforting environment for me during my recovery period.

The sun streamed through the windows in the bedroom nook this morning, even with the blinds down. It's going to be such a lovely spot to sit and snooze and read and knit with I recover.

While its not quite finished, the bedroom nook is functional enough at the moment. Its amazing how different it looks from when we moved in. 

We plan to make a long bedhead out of whitewashed tongue and groove boards with wooden crates for bedside tables and a shelf for display. Our landlord has some really nice old wooden packing crates (the shell oil kind) and I want Drew to attach them to the bedhead to form floating display and storage units.

Sorting out the lighting and plants is also on the cards. At the moment we have a candle on his side and a lamp without a light bulb on my side. Drew always seems to end up on the side of the bed closest to the electrical switch or fuse box and this house is no exception. A few tall succulents in an equally tall vase are doing their best to combat any bad feng shui.

We also need some pictures or artwork to go on the wall. I've had this painting since the mid-1990s when I bought it at an art gallery in Brisbane. It tends to find a home in the bedroom no matter where we live, but I want to add some other work to the wall, in shades of grey, and black to compliment its colours. At the moment I'm calling the style vintage beachcomber – let's see how it ends up!

One of the reasons we moved to our oversized double garage was because it was just a hop, skip and jump from the beach. Not a beach on the bay, but a real beach on the coast. A beach with surf and waves where things wash up on the shore. When I reflected on what made me happy, I realised that walking along the beach, stopping to pick up shells and stones was one of the few things that made be happy, calm and content. 

A very long walk (I forgot my pedomoter, but it took 1.5hrs) along the beach yesterday afternoon yielded the treasures photographed above. I also found a cowrie and some light blue sea glass – perhaps they'll make it into another photo. But the best bit ablout the walk? I didn't think about the surgery once.

 

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