Maria Donovan

Once again I take camera phone and laptop in hand to join in with Bushboy’s Last on the card photo challenge. Always a surprise…

I was expecting some kind of pale food. On Saturday 30 September I was preparing for another procedure and had to eat the kind of diet I’d usually label ‘unhealthy’: lovely soft white bread and white rice. No vegetables, no fibre, no nuts. Nothing with bits in it.

Instead, I find I’ve taken a photo of the kitchen clock. Maybe to remind myself that I was not allowed to eat anything after 3pm (and for the next 24 hours).

It seemed best to stay away from the kitchen after that in case food of any kind jumped into my mouth.

Just above the bird clock is part of the tide clock, which is surprisingly accurate. The bird clock keeps good time and is supposed to sing or call on the hour with a succession of different noises.

Disappointingly, none of the sounds it makes are anything like the birds they represent. I think we were expecting a recording and not some strangled electronic noise. Luckily, you can take the batteries out for that bit and still have a working clock, which ticks the time away.

24 hours soon went by and by the evening of 1 October I was home again. I want to repeat my thanks to everyone I saw at Dorchester County Hospital that day for carrying out investigations like this on a Sunday!

If you want to join in with bushboy’s Last on the Card challenge have a look at his post here. It’s a nice photo challenge for amateurs like me, as the idea is to post your unedited last photo(s) for the month just gone by. No comments are required. Some of us just can’t help ourselves…