Apparently more chemotherapy would be destructive. I’m ‘enjoying’ freedoms I have so the decisions been made to let things run their course naturally and nobody knows how how long I have left.At least I will have a quality of life left that is tollerable.

It turns out the recent falls are symptomatic of the return of the tumor. A recent MRI has shown the tumor has increased it’s size after we discovered in April it had shrunk a little. I am now dividing my time whilst waiting for a revised course of chemotherapy between dealing with social services and waiting for wildlife to visit the garden. A recent edition is Grey Heron and a recent couple of near misses have been Adder and Pole Cat. In addition Tania swears she had a Nightjar fly down the drive yesterday evening.

A slip in the shower led to another radiation dose at the hospital when it was suspected I had broken my toe. Which the x-ray found to be completely unfounded.

It turns out the worst part of falling in the shower is getting back up. Tania and I struggled for about 20mins to get me out of the shower, we couldn’t do it. It wasn’t until Tania called our friendly Lovell builders who supplied the necessary braun to get me of the floor thanks goodness they were around.

In what rapidly turned into a retake of the wrestling scene within Oliver Reeds “Women in Love” the guys managed to grunt and groan me back vertically.

Special thanks to Dave & Will.

Thankd also to neighbourJames who helped qhen a aililar siyiatioon developrg on the 19th.

Many of you will know Wendy Jones, Wendy was a frequent customer on many of my tours quite often when I introduced a new tour she was the first person to book. Sadly Wendy’s daughter advised me that she had passed away this week after a short illness. Her attendance on tours and her ongoing correspondence will be sadly missed.

Wendy on our last trip to the Isle of Skye

Some of you will remember I was asked a couple of years ago to help some cinematographers film the peregrines hunting Knot at Snettisham. I was told today by friend Ian The film is now on BBC iplayer, Do a search for ‘The birds’ by Martin Dohrm.- it’s worth a watch.

This was the very first photograph I ever took. t London Zoo what I was around five years old. The bear was in a shameful mental state and pacing backwards and forwards. It put me off zoos ans caged abimals for the rest of my life.

It’s absolutely imperqtive thqt we qll tqke our own little spqce qnd make it as friendly as possible for wildlife.

Having some time to myself this has been possible at Dragonfly Way – I thought I would share some ideas.

The closest bird we have to a dinosaur is the Southern Cassowary. The bird I photographed in Queensland deserved to be immortalised in acrylic again produced by saxon Digital in Norwich – it mskes those colours pop. The Dragon Tree has been added to make it a little more Jurassic park.

Llllmoving homev has givven me the opportunity to sort out the artwork I have accumulated over the year so I’ve created aave an Ian Lewington Wall,

Clive Byers and Jan Wilcultzur Wall

john Hirst

Steph Thorpe Wall

Wren Hathaway wall

HOWEVER Today being my birthday Tani has bought me my first James McCallum so I’ve started a Hames Macallym wall wirh a beautiful watercolour of the Eastern Black redstart we saw on Christms day which was redelivered personally by the artist along with a copy of his book ‘the long wild shore’

A first of several from thiss wall from a renowned local artist

I lovge surroundingg myself in beautiful art that reminds ne of my time on the planet is my

goal herHere’s an image of James’ paining – such a fabulous painting of a fabulous bird