Here we go again - off to hospital !!!!!

Many of you who follow my blog

will know that for the last two years

I've been in hospital in October.

Unbelievably I will be in hospital again.
Tomorrow I will be operated on as a result of an abdominal hernia caused by last
year's surgery .

To say I'm nervous is certain.
To say I wish to hibernate next year so I WON"T have to go into hospital again is certain.
To say will you all keep your fingers crossed for me is also certain.

I'll post to you as soon as I can and I'll also look forward to catching up on all your posts.
There's no internet at the hospital sadly.

The beauty of lichen

Some weeks ago I went to an exhibition

in a tiny chapel.

The work was based on lichens

and marks that nature makes on 

walls and floors etc.

I love lichen and mosses and their wonderful textures and colours.

The pieces are the work of a Dutch artist called Lizan Freijsen.

I really liked the work, the colours and its textures.

I couldn't resist taking photographs of the wonderful old stone slabs in the chapel.

Definite inspiration for art work.

I just love the little red ochre pieces of stone set in between the slabs.