I hope your ankle gets a clean bill of health, too!

As for the heat, eat lots of cucumbers and melons because, when chilled, they actually make you feel cooler.

Your birdies make such a lovely display.
Very clever of you!

Lovely birds and I love fruit too. Yum!

You know, those birds would make a great quilt pattern.

I adore your birds. I wish I had your talent. Seriously.

I took a friend of mine to the Dr. today for a release to physical therapy after some surgery on her hand and the best advice they gave her (in my opinion) was that if it truly hurt she shouldn't do it *laffs*. Some discomfort doing the exercises that they gave her was fine but anything that really hurt wasn't a good idea and to LISTEN to what her body was telling her and she'd be fine.

I think that's fine advice for you, too!