Steven's knee- guest editor Hannah

Yesterday, Steven/dad fell over in the garage and dislocated his bad knee. We called for a ambulance, that popped my dad's knee back in the right place. He came home at about 12 ish that night.

The next day, Tracy,grandma and grandad-graham came round to look after us 3 (me,miles & millicent) while my mum/dad went to the hospital.

We all had lunch. Dad came back home after 2 or 3 hours and has to rest it for 4 weeks, at the momment he has crutches and a weird cover on in his leg to keep it straight. I hope it hasn't spoiled their Wedding Anniversary!

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p.s. Very little to add. Hannah did all the above by herself (having been shown how). She nipped down to the bottom of the garden to take the photograph, on her own camera, and then downloaded it into 'My Pictures'. She was such an able student and she won't forget how to do things at 10yrs, it is only when you get to 70+ that you can't remember from one day to the next.

So, I now have a deputy-editor. And some icing on the cake - Miles at 6yrs old read it faultlessly on screen. OK he had to think about 'dislocation' and 'crutches' but he got there.

Re comments:- Thanks Bungus for details of your 'exciting biting' day. The only thing I would have enjoyed was the eccles cakes and the 'humming'. Not keen on croissants. Unpleasant foreign things that crumble too much and get all over the place. Peanut butter on toast? Fine. But I couldn't face vinagered beetroot with it. Pleased Sandra's auction went well but it is a pity that she didn't get more for what was obviously high-value gear.

Pleased to report 'beard under control' due to old-fashioned safety razor plus comb and sharp scissors.

Quote for the day (my old falling-apart Penguin Quotations Dictionary (10/6d) again :-

"Charity, dear Miss Prism, charity ! None of us are perfect.
I myself am peculiarly susceptible to draughts"

Oscar Wilde (of course)

p.s.s. Reg just rang. Tomorrow WOW are going to Dovedale and I shall be able to take photos of Thorpe Cloud and The Stepping Stones etc. Boyhood revisited. We used to play Swallows and Amazons there. Blogger now claims to deal with videos, so I shall be interested to see how that last link fares.

An early night is called for, for us both. Nice to be busy, and needed though. Hope everyone sleeps well and hope Reg is right about tomorrow's weather. C atch you later.