Welcome to blog! I started it in 2020 to chart my recovery from breaking my ankle (hence the name). I guess no-one saw a global pandemic coming. It's turned into a place where I can talk about the things happening in my life, my horse and my cats. Enjoy!
I had hanging basket envy when I visited a friend yesterday. So today I thought I’d plant some up myself.
I needed to pot on my courgettes too and I was running low on compost too. Like I need an excuse to go to a garden centre..?!
When I got to the garden centre, there was a selection of bedding plants. But they had pre-done ones on special offer! Well as they’d done most of the work for me, seemed churlish to refuse.
So these beauties came home with me. I even put the brackets up without incident. They looks so pretty and we’re attracting bees within minutes.
I love a petunia in a basket. I’ve never seen lemon ones before they have a pretty purple strip on them.
I may have ‘cheated’ a bit with the baskets, but my courgettes have been a big success. I have 16 plants potted on! Lord only knows where I am going to plant them out. I love courgettes so let’s see how many go the distance.
So 2020 was going to be my year. The year I got my life sorted after being served redundancy notice from my job in November 2019. The year I ticked off more things from my horsey bucket list. The year I got my mental health back under control and reduced stress in my life.
I had a plan. And it was a good one. Then the plan changed dramatically on 2 January. I came off my horse at speed and broke my ankle. Badly. Like all good equestrians, I got back on and rode back to the yard, sorted Buddy out and then drove myself to A&E. That’s where this journey really began...
I was sent home from A&E and told to crack on, only to receive a phone call later to say they’d missed a fracture (and a rather serious one at that). Whoops! So fracture clinic on 3 January, surgery on 5 January and home to recover.
I started this blog as a way to chart my recover back to the saddle. As I cleared clinics and competitions out of my diary and wondered what the next few months would bring, it's been a safe space for me to say how I'm feeling.
The new plan was to get a new job, to keep Buddy is kept ticking over and recover from my injury. Another good plan! I didn't expect a global pandemic, lockdown and all that happened in 2020.
This blog has changed over time but it's continued to be my safe space to share the things going on in my life, with Buddy and the cats. Enjoy!
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