I just wanted to wish all of you, my lovely Flickr friends, a wonderful holiday season. I miss you all!

I thought for sure I would be back by now, but we can't control what life throws at us. Everything is pretty much the same here, except I have noticed some small positive changes, and hope that it keeps up so I can recover.

I'm still not able to go out shooting, but occasionally, I go for a drive with my hubby, and usually bring my camera along, just in case. I saw a house that had the yard decorated beautifully for Christmas, and got out of the car for a few minutes to capture the beauty. I took this one with my Lensbaby Velvet.

I hope that soon I will be able to view your photos, once again.

Happy New Year!

Tags:   Lensbaby Velvet 56 embrace the blur holiday season 56mm manual lens

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It's been two months since I last posted. I want to thank all of you who keep on writing to see how I'm doing or sending me healing thoughts - I appreciate it more than you know, even if I'm not able to reply. I also appreciate all the comments on my last image and all your support.

Thought I'd give you guys an update, which hasn't changed much. I've seen the Long Covid specialist now who has confirmed my diagnosis, plus told me that I also have ME/CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) from Long Covid. I'm taking a lot of supplements in the hope that something will work. I'm still spending my time resting and am mainly housebound. But autumn is my favourite season, so I asked hubby to take me out on a wheelwalk, and I managed to get this shot.

I'm just living my life one day at a time and trying to stay positive. I believe things will turn around. I will recover and I will return here.

Tags:   Oreston 50mm autumn

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It's been a long time since I posted. But unfortunately, Long Covid has me hanging on by a thread. I have been meaning to post an update, but I just haven't had the energy. I'm in my 7th month now of being really, really sick. I don't want sympathy - just letting you know why I'm still not on here.

I am much worse than I was the first couple of months. Had a major crash that put me in a dark room for days on end, couldn't handle any light or movement. I am housebound, only going out for appointments. And of course, I have not been able to use my camera at all, hence this photo - taken one year ago today.

I will be seeing a Long Covid specialist but not till October. In the meantime, I am doing everything I can to try to recover. My life as I knew it is over, and I had to go through a grieving process and come to a place of acceptance. Not an easy thing.

When I do recover, and I do plan to, I think my priorties will have changed dramatically. But I can hardly wait to do photography again.

I miss you all. And I still plan to be back here one day....

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It's been a month since I last posted, so I thought I'd give you guys an update. Not that there is one....things are pretty much the same. I've had Long Covid for over 4 months now. This poppy pretty much shows how I feel.
My hubby was driving me around, just so I could get out and I saw these pretty poppies at the side of the road. I got out of the car for five minutes and immersed myself in the beauty of nature.

I'm now part of the Long Covid clinic here, but it's entirely virtual, as they, for some reason, have closed all the clinics physically. So many people think that Covid and Long Covid is over, but let me tell you, it's not. Apparently, there are more than 65,000 people in the world living with Long Covid, and as yet, there is no cure. Sometimes life just isn't fair. But I'm doing my best to just live one day at a time, and accept my health, or lack of it, right now. I still am not able to write an email for longer than 10 minutes or have a phone conversation for more than the same, as it uses up energy. And so does writing here, so I will leave it at this.

Please just know that I miss all of you and can hardly wait to be healthy again, one day. I still plan to be back :)

Tags:   Oreston 50mm poppy flower vintage lens

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The saga of Long Covid continues. I am no better, in fact, my hubby has gotten a wheelchair for me so I can get out now and then. This is a relentless disease that demands that I rest, rest, rest. As soon as I think I'm okay enough to do one small thing, it lets me know that I actually can't do much but rest. So I just have to accept that for now - fighting it doesn't help.

Every now and then I get out in the back yard with my camera for a few minutes. We had some bluebells in the garden and I went out with my Pentacon lens. This is pretty much SOOC.

I'm sorry I don't have the energy to comment on any of your images still. But wanted to let you know I miss you all and eventually, will be back.

Tags:   Pentacon AV 80mm vintage lens backyard bluebells bokeh ThroughHerLens f2.8 fixed aperture

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