May 2014 Fairford

May has been a very quiet month with Annie out of action for most of the time.  Annie had her right knee replaced at the Great Western Hospital at the beginning of the month.  She has made good progress but has suffered excruciating pain for much of the time.  The pain was not unexpected but I think the severity was a nasty surprise.  Annie is now able to walk a mile without sticks.  Gerry has struggled through with the house work, cooking, shopping, washing and ironing.  It was a good way of reminding him just how much Annie does for him!!!!!!  Annie still has a long recovery period ahead.

We had lovely visits from Jenny, Mark, and the children for a Sunday Lunch and also Hannah, James and Rosie stayed for a night.  Rosie was very near to crawling for the first time!!!

Finally our friends, Gene and George Bland from New England spent a couple of days with us prior to their return to the USA.  

Gerry took Gene and George for a walk around Fairford and came across one of the swans’ nest.

  The swan kindly stood up to show us the eggs (8 we think) but refused to turn to face the camera!