Dampness The Bane Of My Lungs

As you know I have written about the bad weather we have been having of late. On Thursday night, the mercury dipped to 21.8 deg C - about the average day-time temperature in Hong Kong during winter.
The bits of sunshine did bring out birds and I had the pleasure of observing this baby sunbird try to feed itself for the first time. It was hilarious as it tried to stick its beak everywhere in the hope of hitting pay dirt. Mom flew off and left it to its own devices.
Well I should have known better but I obviously didn't. I didn't see the need to keep myself warm so I've come down with a bad cough from taking walks in the cool damp air. The dampness has settled in my chest just like my last bad bout of bronchitis in Paris. This bracken shoot is how my lungs feel coiled up ready spring to try and expel the lungs out of my chest.

I have also gotten a royally stuffed nose and a very horse voice thanks to all the hacking I've been doing. Today, I closed the family kitchen and declared quarantine so that the family will stay away as I felt like a beat-up ole truck.

After the morning grocery run, I told my helper that I was going to sleep and she laughed as sleeping in the day for me is a totally alien activity.

However, in my befuddled state, I did get about 30 minutes of shut eye. I spent the rest of the day lying in bed reading a book that I had bought last week. Thanks BC it was an interesting read.