A couple of days ago I had a message to say that my Classic colour scheme was no longer available, so I am now writing to you using a brighter set-up. It’s strange, Nature has got by for millennia without needing an alternative scheme but WP can’t. Having said that, if Nature had a marketing department and the ability to use email, there’s a good chance we would be looking out of our windows at something in a brighter green most of the summer, followed up by an autumn palette with more blazing gold and more skilful use of the Colour Wheel. As November slid round, with mist and bare trees, the greys of the mist and the sky and the blackness of bare branches would be a gift for an interior designer with a Gothic turn of mind.
Crow with Scotch Egg
But enough musing. I have a list to help me through the day and I intend having a useful one.
I have been thinking about it and have come to the conclusion that I may have had a touch of Covid. I had a distinctive sore throat and have been very tired, so it could be Covid (which seems tom, get less distinctive a s time moves on) or it could just be a higher level of hypochondria, though, with my visit to the internet, it could also be cyberchondria, as I believe they call internet-assisted hypochondria.
The magpies and crows have been very active in the garden for the last few days – four magpies and two crows all competing for food this morning already. One of the crows had a distinctive white-laced appearance. I, of course, did not have a camera to hand. It’s ready now, but the crows have gone.
Pretty thin stuff to day, a possibly imaginary illness and some crows. At least it makes for a decent title.
Magpie
I did not know the difference between a crow and magpie. I hope your on the mend soon!
Thank you. I may now have to blog about rooks and jackdaws. 🙂
Glad you are feeling better! Hanging had Covid recently, I know that it is no fun at all. I really enjoyed those bird pictures.
🙂 Thank you Laurie.
I hope you are well now
Yes, feeling a lot better thanks, though I’m still not sure if I was really ill or not. Possibly just getting old. 🙂
It does get increasingly hard to distinguish between the two.
That is true. A few years ago I started to notice that if I read a list of signs and symptoms I had a significant number of them. I note, for instance, that joint and muscle pain can allied to itching and a rash can be signs of Dengue Fever. However, they are similar to the symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis. It’s like the loss of intellectual acuity that occurs with long Covid – I had that for years before Covid was even heard of. 🙂
I think we get the answer when we feel better
Yes, it’s happened a few times in the last few years – waking up feeling well, then realising I must have had a bug.
In Darwinian terms, this is not a good thing. 🙂