What a week.

I really don't think that the photos in this week's collage of 365+1 photos show anything about what my week has been like.  Firstly though the good news, an update on my great-nephew - he is home from hospital and just going back for antibiotics as a day patient for another few days.  It will be another 3 or 4 days before the definitive results from the lumbar punch are back but it would seem that it was possibly a virus that led to a form of meningitis.  Such grateful thanks go out to the wonderful staff at our local hospital who took it so seriously, so quickly.  We are quick to criticise our NHS when things go wrong but on this occasion they deserve nothing but the fullest praise.
I have come home from work today to find that my son and his girlfriend have taken over my kitchen to cook an anniversary meal.  4 years together today.   So I have retreated with the dog to the study to do my collage for the last week.  Jennifer over at Jennifer's Jumbles has posted a tutorial on photo editing with Picmonkey and I love trying something new so have used that for this week's collage.

As the Year 10 kids at school would say 'It's well easy to use' and I may be using this instead of Picasa for a while to decide which I prefer.
Frayed - well my nerves were certainly frayed this week but it's easier to photograph a pair of my daughter's cut off jean shorts
Sparkle - when I was 50, my friend gave me this pretty photo album with a bit of glitz on the cover.  I filled it with photos from the trip to Paris that my husband arranged that year as a birthday surprise.
Vintage - a bottle of whisky that we were given for our 30th anniversary
Colourful - I love this red panettone tin that I use for storage in my kitchen
Roadside - a particularly stressful day and I almost forgot to take a picture, so this is the roadside in the dark!
Gate - little Coco has dragged me through this gate on many an occasion this week - she soon learnt her new route for afternoon walkies in our local park
Reaching up - as you can see, Coco is well rehearsed in making herself as tall as possible as soon as someone mentions the word dinner.


Good things that happened today

• I woke up to an email to tell me I had won money on the lottery.  Only the minimal winnings of £10 but it's so nice to have something good happen
• J & S are celebrating their 4th anniversary together, having survived 3 years apart while he was at Sheffield university and she was at Manchester, they still seem so happy together.  
• Baby Jacob continues to improve
• One of my daughter's friends won tickets to see Usher in concert tonight and has asked her if she wants to go with her.  She has such good friends and they are really rallying round her
• I only work half day on a Monday