Lucy - Respiratory Staff Nurse, our daughter, so proud !

This is Lucy, our beautiful daughter. Back in the thick of it all, head to toe in PPE, complete with a brand new respirator, nursing Covid patients 13 hours a day. Our hearts burst with pride and love for her.

These pics were posted on the Northern Lincolnshire & Goole Hospitals webpage along with a thank you from a former patient. It has been shared many times on social media so I thought it would be OK to share it with you. 

Former patient, Pete, has thanked staff on Ward 22 at Scunthorpe Hospital who treated him for Coronavirus.

He said: "Thank you for all your care and support making me feel fantastic. I had Coronavirus and pheumonia when I came in and you put all your effort and experience into making me better again. From the nurses, to the doctors and other health workers, with all the antibiotics and oxygen you have made me breathe freely now. I'm now recuperating at home and would like to say many thanks again to all the team who worked 24 hours a day on me to make me better - I will never forget you all"

Love you to bits xxxx 

Simon and Dottie xx

 

This is Dottie, Lucy's new puppy and she is beautiful. The tiniest chihuahua with teeth like needles !  Just look at those ears ! A bundle of love and trouble and adored by everyone. 

Fly Agaric and beautiful views

 

Look for the fairies !

Spindle Tree, beautiful colours

This tree was amazing, in full fungus bloom, stunning !!

Simply stunning woodland colours

Wild Cyclamen at the side of the road

In between some tomatoes and chilies at the bottom of the garden, grows a Pixi cat x

A few bits and bobs from last week

 

Yellowhammers

Green Woodpecker

An odd coloured lapwing

Stonechats

Sparrowhawk with prey

Redwings

Meadow Pipit

Crossbill silhouettes

Buzzard over the back garden

A few pics from this last week or so. 

We should be in South Africa right now so feeling a bit gloomy, but have already re-booked 2 weeks in Kgalagadi for next September.  Will we ever be able to do world travel ever again? Will this pandemic ever end? It's like a never ending nightmare and winter is only just beginning. Trying to get us both our flu jabs but have been told by our GP that we are not old enough (even though we have had a jab in years past) and every local chemist has run out of stock and no idea when more vaccinations will be issued.  Lucy's ward is full so our daughter is back to Covid nursing and all that that entails, wearing a respirator every day for 13 hours. And we have a friend that thinks masks spread the virus and refuses to wear one. No words. To top it all, I bought a jar of honey from Asda yesterday only to find it was 6 months out of date !  Need red wine and chill !!

Hen Harrier, Skeffling, East Yorkshire

 

A bonus bird for the day. Simon had just said that this field looks perfect for a harrier and, as if by magic, one appeared !