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gennepher said:
Your reflections in water look good @Muddy Cyclist

Brilliant work with those two paintings in 40 minutes.

You'll get your You Tube video worked out, and may I throw in some good wishes for you all as well in this Quintet project.
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Thanks, at the moment we are only working with sound that's hard enough, once we have cracked that then move onto video, by the time we have cracked it we will either be too old to care, left this mortal coil or virus will be long gone and we shall be able to perform together in person. Give me folk music any day, jam along, free and easy feel your way, this classical stuff, a Minuet, is very restrictive timing so important.

Thanks for painting compliment, I wish I could be that quick and free when doing a 'proper painting' I am going to try with the next one I do.
 
gennepher said:
A bit windy, but sunny and nice out there. Going back out to do some more things before the wind gets up.
Here is a sunset in soft pastels. An hour and a quarter...

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Brilliant Genn.

going to use that as my desktop wallpaper for a while.:happy:

and while late on parade..

BG 6.4 temp 36.6

i did find a good news story, and no it's not cummins has gone,
though he now appears to have wandered far and wide on his travels,,
so i now guess the NORTH is not as important OR as scary as LONDON was during the Covid pandemic
Circa March 24 - May 23rd :rolleyes:

but THIS. is real people caring for real people

https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/19/kind...afe-cook-dinner-elderly-customer-87-12725760/
 
Fbg 7.1
Not sleeping well last few days because of the heat. It’s a bungalow, so the heat is retained in the attic space, and I cannot go downstairs to a cooler room to sleep like you can in a house.
I definitely feel sleep deprived now. So that seems to be affecting my fbg.

Temp 36.1

Still windy out there, broken tree branches that need seeing to, but I need to catch up on sleep first.

Not quite light enough to paint yet. But wind is from the West or Northwest, so this means being able to paint my pastel from my thatched swing is relatively sheltered...

Take care. I am going to put my steam eye mask on and try to chill out for an hour. And get this reading down....

Enjoy the day.
 
Good Morning and 5.6 for me today.

A dull and still very windy day here. Looks like an indoor adventure so more music more art.

Enjoy dreaming of all the things great or small that you have done, going to do or would like to do. Take care.
 
Muddy Cyclist said:
I have a new respect for Virtual Musicians, those who playin isolation and record themselves and someone edits it all together for us to watch on YouTube. Today Mrs MC and I have been recording our parts to some Recorder Quintet Music sent by our Musical Director. Involves listening through headphones to melody and playing and recording your part, took all afternoon only to be told that timing is not quite right and the five parts could not be merged, so we have to start again. We are only compiling a Quintet, how on earth do whole orchestras manage? We shall win.

So my rushed watercolour for today is another sketch, two in fact, both A5 and part of some ideas I have for reflections in water. First is the stand of trees by Fairoak Pools the second is some fence posts taken from the Internet, they are similar to some I pass on my bike but have not yet managed to draw Plein Air or get a photo of. 40 minutes in total.

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Love the artwork and so reminiscent of similar places when on walking holidays. Thank you.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 7.1
Not sleeping well last few days because of the heat. It’s a bungalow, so the heat is retained in the attic space, and I cannot go downstairs to a cooler room to sleep like you can in a house.
I definitely feel sleep deprived now. So that seems to be affecting my fbg.

Temp 36.1

Still windy out there, broken tree branches that need seeing to, but I need to catch up on sleep first.

Not quite light enough to paint yet. But wind is from the West or Northwest, so this means being able to paint my pastel from my thatched swing is relatively sheltered...

Take care. I am going to put my steam eye mask on and try to chill out for an hour. And get this reading down....

Enjoy the day.
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I don’t know if this will help but a 2lt plastic bottle filled with frozen water (on a tray) in front of a fan cools the air.
I sometimes stand in the shower for a while if I wake up during hot summer nights.
 
Today I am a man of leisure because the dark skies of @Muddy Cyclist world are also my canopy. The beauty of living alone is that you can walk around naked when it's muggy without the background sound of someone gagging ;)

Mind you, I'm not only naked when it's Muggy, but also on Tuggy, Wuggy Thuggy... :)

I'm so fabulous today with a 5.2, I need to slap myself with a crumpet ;)
 
dunelm said:
I don’t know if this will help but a 2lt plastic bottle filled with frozen water (on a tray) in front of a fan cools the air.
I sometimes stand in the shower for a while if I wake up during hot summer nights.
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Not thought of freezing water in a bottle and standing in front of the fan. That would work easy enough @dunelm
Thanks.
I'll have to try the shower trick tonight, if I am still awake...
 
dunelm said:
Love the artwork and so reminiscent of similar places when on walking holidays. Thank you.
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Thank you, and here is to more of those walking holidays from which memories can be made. Enjoy your day.

Alien Aspie said:
Today I am a man of leisure because the dark skies of @Muddy Cyclist world are also my canopy. The beauty of living alone is that you can walk around naked when it's muggy without the background sound of someone gagging ;)

Mind you, I'm not only naked when it's Muggy, but also on Tuggy, Wuggy Thuggy... :)

I'm so fabulous today with a 5.2, I need to slap myself with a crumpet ;)
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A winner was given but you need a FUNNY also as you brightened up my dark skies by giving me a chuckle.
 
Good morning everyone from a still inulin ladened, tree shaking morning in the dark and dangerous north.

The wonder wheel of braised things and a quite reasonable steak came in at 4.8 this am

Leaves. Leaves. More Leaves. They will have to look after themselves until this current blowout runs out of breath. It does though look rather more puffed out than it did yesterday, he said hopefully and I want to get some seedlings planted out.

Quiz night last night. We managed a reasonable 5th place out of the 15 sets of players. There is some talk, barely a whisper at present, of keeping it on until at least the end of the year.

Hope that you have the very best day that you can, koffy calls and the call is strong this morning.
 
Alien Aspie said:
Today I am a man of leisure because the dark skies of @Muddy Cyclist world are also my canopy. The beauty of living alone is that you can walk around naked when it's muggy without the background sound of someone gagging ;)

Mind you, I'm not only naked when it's Muggy, but also on Tuggy, Wuggy Thuggy... :)

I'm so fabulous today with a 5.2, I need to slap myself with a crumpet ;)
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Winner given but a two star funny also - enjoy the crumpet - can we say that?
 
Well smother me in (reduced sugar and salt) ketchup and call me Tulula it is Sunday and my fbg was 4.7. A little higher than I want and only 1 day but on the right lines. Added to another key metric working and a third at least heading down to where I feel comfortable a C+ for the start. Tomorrow is not likely to be as good since roast beef is on the menu and not rib. It is a sirloin joint for 2 we I must have forgotten to throw away in the move. I hope Julie enjoys the beef, I can accept the meal gracefully and all you good people enjoy your day whilst staying safe.
 
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Alien Aspie said:
Today I am a man of leisure because the dark skies of @Muddy Cyclist world are also my canopy. The beauty of living alone is that you can walk around naked when it's muggy without the background sound of someone gagging ;)

Mind you, I'm not only naked when it's Muggy, but also on Tuggy, Wuggy Thuggy... :)

I'm so fabulous today with a 5.2, I need to slap myself with a crumpet ;)
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Broke the funometer there sunshine. Does the crumpet have a name?:angelic:
 
ianpspurs said:
Well smother me in (reduced sugar and salt) ketchup and call me Tulula it is Sunday and my fbg was 4.7. A little higher than I want and only 1 day but on the right lines. Added to another key metric working and a third at least heading down to where I feel comfortable a C+ for the start. Tomorrow is not likely to be as good since roast beef is on the menu and not rib since it is a sirloin joint for 2 we must have forgotten to throw away in the move. I hope Julie enjoys the beef, I can accept the meal gracefully and all you good people enjoy your day whilst staying safe.
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Good snapshot reading Tulula, enjoy your meal with Sir Loin.
 
Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and those chuckling over the humour in a few of the posts this morning.

A 7.1 on the meter of misbehaving today.

I shall be starting up the BBQ today, but I better not say what will be going on it, suffice to say it will garlic laden and won't be waking me up at the crack of dawn ever again.

That's my day, how about your day? Do you have plans for a socially distancing trip to the houses parliament, it's OK to go, because according to the media all the politicians and their advisers are all going to the sea side along with all the journalists folowing them. Give my regards to black and blue Rod and pals Sid and Ernie, whoops two many and's.
Other to's available when the shops reopen.
Have a good day folks.
 
5.0 this morning. Feeling lazy - will do a Suduko and have another coffee before deciding what to do today.

Dogs have had their walk and are snoozing, I am relaxing in the conservatory and Mr K is vacuuming the downstairs. A vital job if you have two Labradors.
 
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