Dennis the worst of it is that the photos were on Velvia 50 and I won't get the results back for about two weeks (almost 30 shots left on the roll).
And thanks to all of you for your good wishes. I can't resist a documentary of the attention I received. Anne says men don't get 'flu, they get Man Flu, and in my case Man Injuries - as Adam was lifting and picking at the flesh of my big toe she said with great concern "Oh dear, I hope the baby's head is not too big!"
Jim shaving and Hannah just being kind

the Big toe

Adam at work

the medical supplies arrived at last

waiting for the medical supplies my surgeon reads a girlie magazine

the only one who really cared about me during this delay was my son's lovely girlfriend Hannah

pre-medical attention: the wonderful Lifesavers at Rainbow Bay had cleaned me up and patched things to this stage

pre-medical attention: the wonderful Lifesavers at Rainbow Bay had cleaned me up and patched things to this stage

pre-medical attention: the wonderful Lifesavers at Rainbow Bay had cleaned me up and patched things to this stage

butter wouldn't melt in grandma's mouth

one of my brothers just called and asked "what happened to the camera!" - safe and sound in this bag - had just slung it bandolier fashion over my back.
taken with the old 55mm f3.5 AIS micro-Nikkor, a splendid lens and I am going to start a thread about it over on the SLRs etc forum
