Today Anthony was perky, lucid, vocal and even sarcastic!
I had picked a double camellia bloom from our favourite tree but forgot to take a photo (sorry, flower-lovers!)
Well, he loved it but its stem was too short so one of the carers brought a bowl in so we could somehow keep it alive until tomorrow. There were many admiring exclamations from staff and I felt quite the gardener – ha! On this first day of Spring, there will be many more blooms and I will take them in every day because it gives Anthony such delight.
My mother, Meg, visited this afternoon and she, too, admired the double bloom.
Meg: This is a potentially prize-winning flower, Anthony!
Anthony: Yes.
Me: Ants, it’s my tree – remember? I paid a small fortune for that tree!
Anthony: Yes, but I nurtured and loved it.
Meg: I think God created it but did you have a hand in it too?
Anthony (smiling): Yes.
Me: I’m the one with the foresight to buy a rare tree!
Anthony is silent.
Me: Have I upset you, Ants?
Anthony: No, but you are irritating me.
A lot of banter followed this, then my mother went home. I put the food channel on for Ants and, as usual, pretended to go shopping for chocolate or blue cheese, saying I would be back later.
So, after a very panicky few weeks where I thought Anthony was on the brink of death, he has now come back to life it would seem. Surreal! How does this happen? It is beautifully scary but so disconcerting.
The last thing he said to me as I left this afternoon was “You are such a galah, Jules!”
Yep, I agree!
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