Perfect summer

We are so lucky to be living here despite the earthquakes we had. This summer is perfect. Day after day of lovely weather which I try to enjoy as much as I can. We are lucky with hot summer days as we do not get the humidity many others experience and which I find a killer.

In my garden each year I have swan plants. Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on these plants. The caterpillars decimate the plants.

This morning I had three cocoons hatch into butterflies (all at the same time), very exciting.

After the nurse put the correct catheter bag on George yesterday there were no further problems last night. This morning he was more aware of what was going on and really good. At the moment we are having a lot of fish salads - weather makes these a lovely choice. George loves these and always eats the lot which he does not always do with other meals. 

Something caregivers will find is that they spend a lot of time organizing for the people who come in to assist. For example each night I put out a new pullup, trousers, sox. towel, t shirt, shirt etc for the next day. This is something you need to be super prepared for. After they have been you also need to check the state of bathroom for example George has been known to go to the toilet while in the shower and this may not be cleaned properly afterwards.