A Whale of a Time

Unfortunately, for the next month or so at least, I can no longer go on the morning beach walks. My foot injury (plantar fasciitis) which I've had for 12 months now has flared back up again despite wearing the recently purchased expensive orthotics and joggers on my walks. After a phone call yesterday to the Heel Pain Centre to get their advice, it seems I've been doing all the wrong things to aggravate the injury plus the ONE time I went barefoot on the beach last week sealed the deal. Beach walking, walking up and down hills, going barefoot are all big NO, NO's. So, feeling a bit sad and sorry for myself I stayed at the caravan this morning and did the washing while Stephen and Angel went off on their respective walk and run.

It was while I was hanging out the washing that I noticed several people standing around looking intensely out to sea. Like the busy body I am, I took a glance toward the sea as well and there to my delight were 3 or 4 whales close in to the headland just in front of me slowly making their way northward. WOW, this was the first time I'd ever seen whales this close in the wild. They were magnificent to watch. They were just hanging around off the coast leisurely rolling around in the sea taking their time to get to where they needed to go.

I realised how very lucky I am to be here, that the foot will get better eventually (although I've had it now for 12 months) as long as I give it time and that there'll be plenty of time for walking along beaches. In the grand scheme of things, it's not that big a deal.

So now that the annex is up, I've got somewhere to do my sewing. I've got a little project underway to make something to wear to our niece's wedding next month. Also, I've signed up to do a short overlocking course at the Spotlight in Port Macquarie. Although I've had my overlocker for over 20 years, I've never done anything more with it than neaten seams and I know there's a whole lot more I should be able to get it to do. The course is only 3 hrs a week for 4 weeks and hopefully, my ancient overlocker will be able to do all the things they are going to teach.

Anyway, that's all for now. Good night!