One, Two, Three, Four, Five!

Once I caught a fish alive!

Summer is here once again and Ram is really struggling with so many things. He has struggled with the transition from winter hoodie to summer hoodie, and is struggling with footwear. He has worn big heavy police boots with zips up the sides for a few years ago for ankle support (his left ankle is particularly bad) as well as rigid insoles. However as he has pain on standing which means that he is reluctant to do any of his physio exercises which require standing, his orthotist has switched him to softer insoles, which help a little, but make his stability worse.

Around the house he wears big sheepskin slippers which we call bounce boots (we got them to wear on the trampoline in the winter) and he has been putting his insoles in them, but now with the hot weather they are not so comfortable. And they are no good for outside with our grass being liberally fertilised by the chickens. And the orthotist told him not to bother putting his new insoles in them as they wouldn't work.

For summer all they could suggest was trainers, so we bought Converse High Top canvas trainers. The laces defeated him. Not so much tying the knots, the OT has been very useful in getting him to tie knots although he is still slow. No, it is having to undo the laces all the way to get his feet in and out of them. So they have been worn just enough for him to decide that he doesn't want to wear them, but too much to be able to send them back!


So why am I having this moan? To give me the excuse to put some nice photos on the blog!

I was at the pond this afternoon fishing out some blanket weed with the net, when I managed to catch up a fish entangled with it! We have been trying to catch one of our 'wild' gold fish for a couple of years now to have a better look at them. We had three abandoned fish from one of the gardens that our Gardening Boys work in, and have never fed them or anything, but this year we have 8 fully grown and rather large fish. Six gold ones, and two white ones.

So, I catch a fish, but how to get hold of Ram. I yelled, but of course he can't hear me while wearing his noise cancelling head phones, so I ended up taking the fish in the net into the house with me to get him! Poor fish!

Ram came out, bounce boots and all, and held the net while I took some photos. So if you are hot and bothered this afternoon, and feeling miserable that you are stuck at home with your SEN or disabled child, or not able to have a holiday this year, just have a look at some lovely gold fish and that might cheer you up - I hope! It did me!

It was a feisty one

We were surprised at how deep it was, as we only usually see them from the top so can only see their length and width.

But don't worry, we let it have its freedom again and it swam happily off into the deep.




And if that doesn't cheer you up, how about the damsel fly orgy we witnessed yesterday!