Pithy and Forthright: Recovery

On the road to it. Nearly there. Isn't it pathetic that as you age your resistance to viruses declines. One would think if life was fair you'd get a pass since you'd survived all the years. Cruel cosmic joke if you ask me! It's the 7th here. Yesterday was all about recovery which meant I did absolutely nothing but rest and relax. Finished another book, slept, continued my affair with Earl Grey and perfected the art of lounging. All done to help the body heal from the cold virus. It's still with me but the worst has passed. Feeling human again. Slept through the night without a coughing fit. Yippee. The first 2 pictures are what it looks like outside right now, 5am Belfast time. The others were snapped yesterday.

Below is my healing cocoon. Where I spent most of yesterday.

Quiet, peaceful, comfortable.

At one point in time Scott knocked on the door to announce that the famous giant crane Samson was moving the roof off of a oil platform part. Point of interest: the condos where Bernie lives are in the Queen's Island area of Belfast. Still a working harbor.

There are two gigantic cranes in the Harland and Wolff shipyard which are easily scene from the guestroom of Bernie's place. The cranes were named Samson and Goliath and they are HUGE. So, I fling open the curtains, walk out to the deck to watch and snap pics. Ta da.

The roof was over the big yellow thingee ( how great a word is thingee?!). Has now been lifted off and is being set down.

Slowly

Closer

Almost there

Wee bit more

Done.

I've already noted that the apartment high rise is also near the new Titanic Museum. Adjacent to the Museum and seeable from the deck off the living room is an open space. Recently, end of October, the Belfast Art Festival took place and a focal point was Cuban born artist

Jorge Rodriquez-Gerada's 11 acre land art portrait of a young girl making a wish. Sand, wooden pegs, grass, soil, were all used to create the face. The first picture is actually a screen capture. Bernie's apartment complex is in the bottom left hand corner. Her building, the last one facing the water.

So here's the shot I took from the balcony.

Pretty darn interesting don't you think?

Love creativity on this scale. It inspires, awes, and amazes.

Other than that I slept, read, emailed, and planned my driving route from Belfast to Dingle. Will be about a 7 hour adventure if I take a few backroads which I want to do. The gorgeous countryside beckons me and the cameras.

Off course we will have to see how cooperative Mother Nature intends to be.

If she's being a bitch I'll take the main highways but if she's playing nice some main highways and byways but mostly the wee small back roads.

More later.

It's now 4:30pm Belfast time. I'm watching an old X Files (one of those during the first two seasons in Canada) Here are 2 pics of this morning's sunrise.