Wonderful wisteria and a dislocated jaw

Being stuck in the house (and garden) means that one doesn't experience much in the way of "events". But I had one amusing one, although not amusing at the time. 

We have of course been enjoying some unseasonably fine weather, specifically sunny but also rather breezy conditions. Fine for sitting outside, but at risk for us hayfever sufferers. So, inevitably I was out in the garden sneezing vociferously. But while doing so I felt a sudden stabbing pain in my jaw. I had, it seems managed, to dislocate it. Now you would have thought after about a half century of seasonal sneezing I would have got the hang of the technique by now, but evidently not. 

Unsurprisingly I was a little alarmed, but apart from being a bit sore I wasn't too worried, until that is I tried eating dinner. Ouch! Chewing was uncomfortable. I would never have been able to manage canteen beef!

I mentioned this to my friend Elaine, who fell about laughing and I suspect thought I was just imagining it. But she also mentioned it to her husband who is a doctor and apparently such minor dislocations due to sneezing are by no means unheard of. I was assured that generally everything will be fine within a fortnight, and so it has turned out. Several days of mild discomfort followed, but am now right as rain.

The weather has done wonderful things for my wisteria. I read in the paper that it had been a good year generally for wisteria, so its not just that my one has reached the right degree of maturity and lost a climbing rose that had been vigorously competing for light and space. Apparently it is because we had a lot of rain followed by a lot of sunshine. I do love wisteria and it has covered my pergola in a profusion of blooms. 

 

 

It makes it a nice shady place to sit and read when the sun is hot

And the borders are coming along nicely too.

I am further cheered by my fortnightly delivery of cut flowers. This is the bouquet a week after delivery. Makes me smile every time I pass it in the hallway. One needs every bit of smiling one can find at the moment.