Unhealthy, unwealthy and unwise

My heart specialist asked me a while back to have a cholesterol test. To my knowledge, I'd never had one before. Got a referral from my GP, fasted for 14 hours overnight and arrived at the pathology place not long after it opened. The nurse couldn't draw the blood from my left arm - and she wasn't sure she'd be able to draw it from my right, either. Instant trauma. Thankfully, the right arm worked OK. She said the doc should have told me to drink heaps of water. I only had one regular glass when I woke up. So now I have two sore arms...but at least it's over with. Will be interesting to learn my cholesterol level. I believe I eat a healthy diet. That isn't always enough, though, as sometimes (aging) bodies struggle with certain tasks. There's honestly not much room for improvement with my diet, so if the reading is too high, I may need medication to fix the problem.

Wanted a Jolyne fig. This'un had the prettiest face. Among those that didn't cost hundreds, I mean.

After a couple of blissfully warm days during which the lawn (mostly) dried out and I was able to garden again, winter is reasserting control. It's grey, windy and the temperature is dropping :-(