FORGETTING NAMES AND PEOPLE

The slow but steady decline in memory continues, but I am full of optimism about the future. My over all health is well under control and I am still writing and doing garden things. My current project is to build a greenhouse so that we can grow vegetables.It's a very low cost affair built from pallets and wiill have transparent plastic instead of glass. The wooden structure will rest on a low brick wall which I have just completed. It will work, but it does not look like the work of a master builder! The memory loss is still eneven and I mostly remember things to do quite well, but forget things like taking tablets or where I put my keys. Wheni have hunted high and low I usually find them on a ribbon round my kneck where they should be. Names and faces are my biggest problem however and although some know of my declining memory and make allowances I expect others put it down to rudeness. We are all well now and the three dogs still make a fuss until they get their daily walk, Boysie is still the leader. Bobby the parrot is great fun, but he doesn't like the current cold weather, but many days begin very cold but become warm in the sun later, so he still gets outside a good bit. We are struggling at present with almost daily electricity cuts and because of drought water shortages are threatened. Still we thank God every day for all our blessings. David Barnato. Paarl. South Africa