Snakes and bushfires!

A couple of quiet weeks since my last blog, yet the past few days have presented a horrific period for my city of Bendigo in Central Victoria with the devastating bushfires which have destroyed dozens of homes and taken at least one life (a man in a wheelchair) in their wake. Fortunately for me the fires were on the other side to where I live and, apart from the haze and smoke which drifted across my region, I saw very little of their impact.

On a more direct and personal level, above is a photo taken at "Harrymas" (see my previous post) of The James Brothers (Geoff and me) and I have lost one of my support workers who left for personal reasons (problems in her family) and will possibly be changing to another service provider in the next few weeks for my attendant care.

My thrice-weekly dialysis treatments continue with the usual painful needling, but - as pointed out by several of the nurses - "it's the best alternative"... the other alternative being to go without the treatment and die!

I have also commenced another season of playing competition darts. This is with a new team (for me), none of whom I knew before, so I'm not sure how we will go. Initial indications are that we will have an uphill battle to win many games.

It's birthday month in the family with my twin grandsons turning 15 on the 13th and my brother Geoff passing another milestone on the 23rd.