Surgery

I had gall bladder and gallstones removal (laparoscopic cholecystechtomy) last week and I am on the mend.
This hasn't been the best of summers after all!
Spotting beauty everywhere though!
Stairway to ....surgery.

 Old weathered door at the hospital.

 Flowers from a dear friend.

 Recovering under the trees.

And reading this exceptionally good book Scenes from the life of Matias Almosino
by Isidoros Zourgos, a fellow teacher.

I hadn't spotted the light till I uploaded the photo on Instagram. I am sure it's coming out of the book and not falling on it through the tree leaves!!!!!That's how good books are!

(Thank you to the surgeon, all the doctors, nurses and my family and friends who stood by me during this unexpected ordeal!)
This post is linked in Our Beautiful World.

I was going to tell you....

I was going to tell you ....to have a nice month and show you pages from my many different calendars (sea glass and non sea glass) that I got  as  gifts this year...but I won't...
I was going to tell you ...what the mail brought recently...but I won't....
I was going to tell you about the framed art I got from my framer's...but I won't...
I was going to tell you ....about the great time I had yesterday with my two University students that did their practise in my school  and I was their mentor and the surprise they had for me...but I won't...
.....maybe I will tell you about all these things later...maybe next week....but now I feel they are all so shallow and non-interesting....
so today I will tell you about the shock I got when a fellow colleague told  hubbie and he told me that one of our former students was diagnosed with cancer and is in hospital.
My 14-year old star student (smart,handsome,a great boy with humour,a good boy) was diagnosed a couple of days ago with Lymphoma Hodgkin.We went and visited him this afternoon and are hopeful that things will get really really well with him.I am sure you all share positive thoughts with us!