First a detour- some of my work is being used in wikipedia and wikicommons entries. Only one so far hasn’t included me as the source. But it has put a bit of pressure on me to publish. I have better quality images, and I have new images. It’s slow going though.

But I’ve finally got some incredible evidence that I have desperately been searching for. I can’t really believe I found it to be honest. But I’m still working my way through my physical library, and that’s much harder than digitised files. I think what I have fits in and connects some of these works.

It’s not helped that there is a reason for these sporadic notes here and that’s simply how tired and sore I am. Progress in my calves is slow. The damage is just, a lot. The equivalent of scarring? The thickening of the tissue means it’s not as resilient so it takes care, but dedication, to stretch safely and build muscle. I am more springy in my walking. But if I push it too far I’m back to flipper walking.

It means using the outer muscles to offload to and yes, I look like a penguin in the last legs of their yearly migration. It’s different to my RA John Wayne walk when my hips get inflamed. But it is all about that offloading.

In kitties update, Fluffy actually spent time resting on my legs the other night. He never does that. But it’s what Boo used to do all the time and so I’ve had a flood of emotions about that and missing little Carlo too. And I’ve managed to pat little Missy’s tummy if I can time the pats to pats on her head.