Dentists appointment…

Posted on June 17, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Appointment, consultation, Dentist, Hot, Life, lift, Stairs, Time, Tired, Traffic, traffic jamLeave a comment

Well that was a waste of time!

I set out early and spent half an hour in a very hot car travelling about 1.5 miles. I had to walk quite a way due to no spare parking spaces.

I got in to the dentists and reported to reception, ‘your waiting area is upstairs’. Oh! About 20 steep steps, one handrail. If I got up I would struggle to get down. Parkinsons does not make things easy.

So I explained it was not possible. I didn’t want to fall. I asked if I could go in a downstairs consulting room. They tried their best and my dentist tried hard to see if they could fit me in later. But they didn’t ask me! In the end I stopped them. ‘why don’t you let me come back another day?’ they were relieved, I was relieved. Going back in a couple of weeks. The trip home? Another traffic jam. I’m home and hot and bothered with no treatment. I need a rest!

Morning Cat

Posted on May 18, 2025May 18, 2025 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, greeting, Life, morning sun, Poem, Poetry, Purrs, Sitting, Stairs, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

He greets me sometimes

with purrs

Mornings in the sun

Have a wash

Finding that comfy space

But sometimes?

He sleeps on a stair tread

Curled up happily

Danger to footsteps

I can avoid

But he’s too cute

To criticise!

Cat on a step

Posted on February 23, 2025 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Blank verse, Cat, Danger, Grey, Poem, Poetry, Relief, Stairs, Tuxedo cat, white bandLeave a comment

Going downstairs?

Mind the cat!

Black on dark grey

Only a band of white

Saves me from standing on him

He sleeps on one side

Of a step

Leaving the other half

For my feet.

He doesn’t want to move

Only shifting

Reluctantly.

Each morning I get

safely downstairs

I feel relieved

At the top of the stairs

Posted on January 22, 2025 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, guard, Morning, Photo, Sleeping, Stairs, Tired, Trip hazard, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

This munchkin was curled up by my bookcase at the top of the stairs this morning. He’s a medium sized cat and just about fits, he was well asleep but one of the others ran past and disturbed him. He’s like a little guard, he follows me about and keeps an eye on me. The only problem is the risk of tripping up over him. The other boy cat sleeps on a step halfway up the stairs…. And it’s a good job he has white on him or I could go head over heels!

Snap!

Posted on August 1, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged ambulance, Blogging, Broken, Foot, Hurt, Life, Pain, right foot, Snap, Stairs, step, TimeLeave a comment

Don’t know how much blogging I can do at the moment. I just tried to walk upstairs and was almost at the top when something went snap in my foot. I got downstairs on my bottom. Waiting for an ambulance! Can’t wait bear. Stuck on a chair. Thank god hubby was here x

happier

Posted on July 9, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged carpet, Found, hammer, Hubby, Lost, Pattern, Sketching, Stairs, tacks4 Comments

I just sorted something out, and I feel a bit happier. It was just a simple repair, but I needed a hammer to fix the stair carpet in place. Could I find the hammer? I’d put it in a “safe” place. So no. It was lost. Then I moved a bag with one of hubbys remote control cars in it and it was there. I found a tack and fastened the carpet back in place. The cat has been sharpening her claws and pulled it loose. Tomorrow? I’m going to buy more tacks!

My studio…

Posted on June 29, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Aching, Art, Drawing, Foot, Hurt, Life, Painting, Poem, Poetry, Rest, Sketching, Spode, Stairs, Studio, WalkingLeave a comment

Is a chair!

I have a real studio

Down at spode

Was going today

But I hurt my foot!

Going to paint

Going to draw,

But I turned my foot

On the floor.

To get to Spode

Means climbing stairs…

A really short walk

Not too far,

But my foot is sore..

So I’ll stare at my chair…

Feet up..

Growing

Posted on June 9, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Alien, Green, Growing, Horror, Life, nutrients, Pink, Plant, Red, Sci fi, Stairs, stems, Very short storyLeave a comment

It’s still growing, she shouted…

He stood at the bottom of the stairs looking up.

Oh, it’s pushed the top off the jar!

She ran down the stairs….

What have you been feeding it? She asked him.

Just nutrients, he said.

As he spoke, the stems pulsed and coiled. Pink and red cells seemed to glow. Each second the plant or creature was getting larger. Then like a coiled spring toy, a slinky, it tumbled down the stairs…

Run she said. As trailing vines skittered across the floor… But he was rooted to the spot, a tendril found his ankle.

She ran and slammed the door behind her….

Yes

Posted on May 21, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged accident unit, Bone, Broken, coccyx, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1943, Fall, Life, Stairs, tail bone2 Comments

Have you ever broken a bone?

I’ve broken a few bones in my life. Luckily they mended.

I don’t know if I should give personal information out about my health, and yet I have shared before. So I will talk about something that happened more than thirty years ago.

I will talk about one injury which was very painful. I slipped on the top stair of a friends house and bumped down every single step on my bottom. Instead of sympathy all my friends just laughed! I realised I had hurt myself, so went to the accident unit at the hospital., in those days you could get checked over much more quickly.

After about four hours of standing up (I couldn’t sit) the doctor diagnosed a fractured coccyx (your tail bone). He said he wouldn’t xray the area, but that it would take six to eight weeks to get better. In the meantime I needed padding to support my weight, so I bought a blow up swimming ring. It was very strange going to work and sitting on a blue ring covered in goldfish. I got some smart and silly remarks from colleagues. But eventually I was OK…

Asleep on the stairs

Posted on May 14, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Black and white cat, Cat, Curled up, hazard, Life, Sleeping, Snoring, Stairs, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Beware! Early morning hazard on the stairs. As the days and nights get warmer I think he sleeps on the stairs because there is a cool draught of air descending down them. It does make navigating them difficult for us. Thankfully I have two handrails and I walk carefully anyway. Rushing down (or up) could lead to a serious fall. I am also happy that he has a prominent white mark across his back which makes him more visible against our charcoal grey carpet (which the cats are pulling loose). Early morning perambulation is done at our own risk! Meanwhile he’s snoring quietly, curled up, a step full of fur asleep on the stairs.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Stairs