One of the things that has taken me by surprise since my surgery is how utterly rubbish my concentration has been.  Trying to read anything longer than a page or so or to take in a TV porogramme over 30 minutes long is a disaster, so I have a big pile of books and DVDs waiting for me to recover the wherewithall to appreciate their loan.

I was also lent two jigsaws and the one I'm working on seems to be doing the work of rebuilding my ability to focus and concentrate (phew!  I didn't want to be dozy and distracted for the rest of my life).  I find I can sit, backache notwithstanding, for a couple of hours at a time and work at a section of the picture.  Maybe a 1000 piece puzzle is a bit adventurous for the first one in 40 years, but I'm getting there!

After about 12 hours I've got this far...