I’m getting irritable. Twitchy, moody and irritable. There’s talk of Birch tapping. The sun has been out. The temperature is up and the catkins are drooping in their fresh green finery. I even heard a lawn-mower going a few days ago. And I’m still sitting here with a cast on! Is it really 128 days (a third of a year) since the original Achilles Tendon Injury?
I am forbidden to put any weight on this last cast under any circumstances. The last time when my foot was manoeuvred into the “neutral” or flat position I was given a shoe and I was allowed to wander around. Not this time.
Well, the good news is that there’s only one more week to go. Next Friday I will have the final cast removed. The consultant warned me that I will be going back into the Aircast for a while, but at least it will be weight-bearing and I will be mobile again. I suspect I will be able to take it off every now and again to build up the muscles around the injury. I agree that this time I’ve got to be ultra cautious and for a month or so the Aircast will be staying on when I go on any trip to the woods.
Of course I’m glad that this is coming to an end. So is my bank manager. I’ve spent a small fortune on leather-making stuff! Mind you if it wasn’t for the injury I wouldn’t have discovered it or had the opportunity to practice.
So far I’ve made a sheath for my EKA W11, a laplander saw holder, a large possible pouch (in a sporran style) an axe holder and a notebook cover. They could all be improved especially the stitching.
I’ve called this series “Antique Oak”. I’ll now move on and produce something in a different style. Not sure what yet. The Badger print embossing tool was kindly manufactured by Jim (Kerne) over at BCUK.
Thanks for the visit.
Pablo.
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Glad to hear you’re nearly there Pablo. Awesome leatherwork…..putting that fertile imagination to good use and setting the standard again…
Glad to hear that things are still on track with your achilles,take it nice and easy.
That is some lovely leatherwork you have produced there Pablo
All the best
Martin
Hi Pablo, I know only too well what months of incarceration means. It can be so easy for folk just to say ‘hang in there’. Time though is the only healer though,serious injuries such as yours are frustrating. You have the right attitude though, turing your hand to new skills, using your time to develop a burgeoning talent. Your leather work is beautiful, it is something to be proud of. In years to come you will handle the peices of work and look back and smile, remembering how it all began, a new found craft born out of frustration, for surely Pablo, you would not have gone so far in this wonderful work where it not for your misfortune of the injury. Out of trial and tribulation, out of adversity and frustration blossoms something good Maybe trite words Pablo, but be patient, you will heal, come summer you will be back out in the woods once more. Yes maybe, slower and having to take far more care and having to wear an aircast. Maybe though that will work to your advantage, giving time to just sit under some old tree and meld in to your surroundings, observing and just savouring the life going on around you. Keep up the leatherwork and of course you writings and by the by, you have done wonders with Woodlife, bringing together a worldwide community all with a common interest, sharing and communicating, exchanging ideas and knowledge, well done. Dawn