Recharging and a little 'creativity'

Slowly and gently I am getting a little better each day - though one thing I notice is that my cold sensor control has gone out the window - I really feel the cold and it can bring on some pretty unpleasant pain. So the solution was to buy a small electric heat pack. It is like a small electric blanket about the size of my back. At first I saw it as a bit of a hinderance as I sat at the table and was plugged in. Fiona thought it looked like I was being recharged like a rechargeable battery - a rechargeable Barry!!!

©2012 Fiona Dempster - Barry on recharge!!!

But now I find that I can have the pad wedged between layers of clothing and can unplug myself and head off to a new powerpoint. Last night Fiona had to go out to a a netball event and as part of working on getting back a bit of strength and normality I said I would re-heat the dinner Fiona had prepared. So when she arrived home there I was in the kitchen stirring the pot with myself plugged into the nearby powerpoint - it gave us both a good chuckle. Now not only a re-chargeable Barry but also mobile.

©2012 Fiona Dempster - Have charger will work!!!

Fiona's cousin Judy's son has agreed to do some whipper-snipping (weed cutting) for us. He asked if I would "make a jewellery gift for his girl friend" in exchange for some of his labour. He wanted leaf jewellery as she lives overseas; and he wanted something that might represent the gum leaves around Maleny. Fortunately before getting ill I had made a bit of a stash of leaves for earrings and pendants. So he chose an earring set and a pendant leaf form. And he wanted chains to give it a bit more funky look.

©2012 Barry Smith

I was able to sit in the warmth of the dining room and assemble the pieces you can see above. Not a big creative event but nice to be able to play a little for the first time in almost four weeks.