20/06: FUNNY OLD DAY!

Sorry I've been a bit tardy with posting recently.
We're doing a little more hospital visiting as Richard's mum is having a few days holiday and co-incidentally the medics have started paying more attention to Richard.  He has had opthalmic and orthopaedic assessments in the last couple of days and tomorrow he is being taken by ambulance to a neuro hospital in Hackney to assess his suitability for a rehab programme there.  We have to leave home at 6am to get to the hospital at 9am so another early start for us.   But at the end of all this we should have a better idea of timing etc., assuming the hospital agree to 'take him on' we hope the waiting list won't be too long.  The sooner he starts rehab the better!!

Its my birthday today (not a Big one) and the day got off to a 'great start' when David got up to make coffee then decided to investigate why the water pressure was low from the  mixer tap in the sink.  We have one of those mixer taps on an 'extendable hose' contraption - allows you to pull the hose head out of the tap.   Having removed the head, he turned the water on full and managed to drown the ceiling, walls, windows and floors - nothing wrong with the water pressure now (but my blood pressure went up a few points)!!

But ... its also Father's Day and so he's allowed a bit of leeway :o)

We're off to the hospital this afternoon but this is where I'm at with the portrait of 'Coco'.   I was asked  to make her nose a little more brown and I have darkened a lot of the highlights on her face which I think were exaggerated in the reference photo because of the way the light fell on her.