More bad news

We have spent the last week attending one consultant after another.  It seems the routine chest xray Keith had following his stroke has shown shadowing.  As you can guess its been quite a stressful time and after scans, tests and a bronchoscopy where samples were taken of the tumour in his lung we now have to wait two weeks for the results.  Everyone we have seen so far confirm that its a tumour but as yet we do not know what type.  With a bit of luck it could be benign.  So these postcards I have ready to swap based on the theme of Indian Spice might be the last for a while.  There are still some cognitive difficulties left over from his stroke, which doesn't bother him in day to day life but under stress he simply can't concentrate on what is being said to him.  I want to give him as much time as it takes to deal with whatever is thrown at us so I hope you won't mind too much the gaps in communication.   I will blog when I have something to say and the time to tell it.  In the meantime here are my Indian Spice postcards all ready to go into the post tomorrow.

When I was in my twenties I went on an overland trip to Kathmandu in a bus, camping and eating what the locals ate across Europe into Asia.  It lasted over four months and my only regret was that I'm not fit enough to do it again.   Whenever I see Indian elephants I think of those we saw as we crossed India and the smell of spices and cooking.   The card backgrounds are a combination of two photos, one with the names of Indian spices in several languages and the actual spices.  I merged these in Photoshop and reduced the opacity so they wouldn't overpower each other.  The elephants I made with my embroidery unit, the designs are by Ace Point.  I hope the recipients enjoy them.