It's been ten days of happy hellos and wish-it-wasn't-goodbyes, with lovely family members to spend time with - a comforting interlude in a cold January. And now they have safely returned to their homes, there have been other things to wave to ...
A hopeful hello to finding ways of making very dark chocolate more enjoyable: the 70% cocoa solids sort, supposedly brimming with good things. In truth, I prefer mine a little less 'pure'. But I'm trying coconut and almond milk with a sprinkling of spices ...
And a heart-warming hello-you! to a little hanging-on-in-there hedgerow rose, as I held tight to Himself to lean across a lingering patch of snow and snap it with my phone ...
And a glad goodbye (for not all goodbyes are sad) - to my sling, as I fold it up gently and tuck it away, hopefully for a very long time ...
And so, onwards and upwards. Literally, in my case, as this fortnight's physio task is to work at raising my outstretched arm up to shoulder level - here's to actually waving hello to you very soon!