After a glorious sunny day on Wednesday, we’re back to rain today – Thursday. A lot of the UK is forecast rain today, so it’s not just Wales being lashed by wind and rain.

On a recent walk with the dog I found what looks for all the world like an olive tree! It’s not a small tree, and is on public land, so I’m keeping an eye on that. I took a leaf from the tree and looked up olive trees, and it does look like it’s an olive tree. How weird is that? My sister is coming up soon for a meal, and I’ll take her to have a look at it. It already has small green ‘fruit’ on it, so she can offer a second opinion. I’ve also noticed 2 trees that are awash with cherries, both easy to get at, so I’m going to keep an eye on those too. I’ve also remembered where I saw damson trees a few years ago, also on public land. The cherries may need to be cooked as I doubt they’re sweet cherries, but you never know, and I’m always open to free food. :)

Speaking of free food, my sister mentioned that her neighbour buys packs of vegetables, uses what she needs for the one meal, and then gives them to my sister because she doesn’t want to keep them. I’ve offered to take some off her hands if she has too much lol. She usually brings me eggs too, so that will be good. It’s her Birthday soon; none of us has much spare cash, so I’m making her and her BF a nice dinner to celebrate. I got some steaks recently on offer, and we’ll have baked potatoes and salad with it, and crusty bread. Hopefully by then I’ll be able to taste food again.

I’ve had a really bad cold, and have been poorly since Friday. I woke with a raging sore throat, went to work anyway, and it’s been downhill ever since. I was really poorly over the weekend and stayed home, and had Monday and Tuesday off as I felt quite ill and had a raised temperature. I’m feeling a bit better now though my stomach muscles and ribs ache from coughing, and I’ve been awake since 4am due to a coughing fit. On a whim I googled my condition and immunity, and have found that large studies have been done that show people with this condition are twice as likely as the general populace to catch colds and flu. How lovely, though it does go some way to explain why I seem to be catching one cold after another. I’m usually ‘suffering’ with hay fever by now, but I doubt it can break through the cold germs!

It could be worse; my poor sister has just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Dinner will be okay, but I can’t make her a Birthday cake due to the sugar content, so we’ll have a fresh fruit salad; it’s better for us anyway. So, no more popping to the Portuguese bakery for coffee and custard tarts any more, unless she can be good and just have coffee with no sugar. I just hope she takes this seriously, and keeps an eye on her general health. As her ‘big’ sister, I’ll certainly be keeping an eye on her and will give her short shrift if she doesn’t look after herself; that’s what big sisters are for ;)

When I started this blog I wasn’t sure what to write about; I didn’t do too badly lol. I’ll stop now. Enjoy the rest of the week and have a lovely weekend.