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geefull said:
good evening all :)

4.4 yesterday and 4.4 this morning

yesterday was shopping day, not too bad but definitely busier, about 50% mask wearing ;)

took mum's shopping over and did a couple of little jobs in the house for her too, then we just managed to finish eating our soup outside before it rained :)

It's been a lovely day here today though so we got a couple of jobs in the garden done and managed to speak to a few neighbours as they passed taking their exercise, some days we hardly see anyone, it may depend on the time of day perhaps.

When we were shopping I picked up a big pot of Lidl full fat yoghurt as usual and the pot has changed, now taller and thinner with a flimsy plastic cap. That is a bit of a pain, I'd got used to a good supply of useful, well capped, reusable small buckets :hilarious:

Another thing which has changed though is that the carb. content has gone from 3.2g/ 100g to 4.6g/100g, now just slightly lower than Asda's which has 4.9g/100g.

Some seriously good looking baking going on here just now, must have another go at LC scones ;)

Hope your day is treating you kindly :)

@gennepher - like both the pastels, the first is very intense with the deep reflections in the water and the second has a lovely cool atmospheric pallet :)

@Muddy Cyclist - your Sherbrook picture is strong and I like the textures on the tree trunks and the distant hillsides :joyful:
I look forward to seeing the full treatment of what is already a very pleasing sketch of the Sherbrook valley :)

@dunelm - yours are definitely more interesting than my doodles :)

Art catch up for today - both are slightly bigger than A5.

no 1 - emulating (I think), Paul Young, seen on Pinterest but sadly can't find the original reference :sorry: I found the 'naive' style and light but colourful pallet pleasing.
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no 2 - on the road home after the rain.
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Thank you for comments on my sketch, I have started the painting.

Two more good works from yourself, rain certainly captured atmospherically in your second.
 
@gennepher thank you for your comments re my sketch.

I like the colour palettes you have used today, nice art.

So I have started my painting from yesterday's sketch but have been too busy to finish it so will do so Friday. A4 watercolour so far about 1 hour, lots to do on it yet....

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dunelm said:
Interesting Jacobite references in your Signature - do you know who wrote the poem about John Fenwick?
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Good question. I had noticed the Jacobite reference a few month ago, a friend used to use the quote and so it caught my eye. I searched high and low to see who wrote the poem but with no success.
 
dunelm said:
Love the video.
Interesting Jacobite references in your Signature - do you know who wrote the poem about John Fenwick?
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I believe but am not a hundred percent certain it was a translation of (on sorrel unknown author well to me anyway) from the Latin into English by Dr Thomas Smith and could be found in the diaries of Samuel Pepys.
Sir John is in my family tree and my 5th great grandmother was one Mary Fenwick

This is the Fenwick family crest



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geefull said:
good evening all :)

4.4 yesterday and 4.4 this morning

yesterday was shopping day, not too bad but definitely busier, about 50% mask wearing ;)

took mum's shopping over and did a couple of little jobs in the house for her too, then we just managed to finish eating our soup outside before it rained :)

It's been a lovely day here today though so we got a couple of jobs in the garden done and managed to speak to a few neighbours as they passed taking their exercise, some days we hardly see anyone, it may depend on the time of day perhaps.

When we were shopping I picked up a big pot of Lidl full fat yoghurt as usual and the pot has changed, now taller and thinner with a flimsy plastic cap. That is a bit of a pain, I'd got used to a good supply of useful, well capped, reusable small buckets :hilarious:

Another thing which has changed though is that the carb. content has gone from 3.2g/ 100g to 4.6g/100g, now just slightly lower than Asda's which has 4.9g/100g.

Some seriously good looking baking going on here just now, must have another go at LC scones ;)

Hope your day is treating you kindly :)

@gennepher - like both the pastels, the first is very intense with the deep reflections in the water and the second has a lovely cool atmospheric pallet :)

@Muddy Cyclist - your Sherbrook picture is strong and I like the textures on the tree trunks and the distant hillsides :joyful:
I look forward to seeing the full treatment of what is already a very pleasing sketch of the Sherbrook valley :)

@dunelm - yours are definitely more interesting than my doodles :)

Art catch up for today - both are slightly bigger than A5.

no 1 - emulating (I think), Paul Young, seen on Pinterest but sadly can't find the original reference :sorry: I found the 'naive' style and light but colourful pallet pleasing.
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no 2 - on the road home after the rain.
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That is a nuisance when they change their containers and they are two flimsy for you to use. Those yoghurt pot buckets are very useful. I still use some years later for various things

Thank you for your comments on my paintings @geefull

I like both of your paintings. I think you’re doing really well, looking at other artists and trying out the way they paint.

And then doing another painting in your own distinctive style.

Really good work.
 
Muddy Cyclist said:
@gennepher thank you for your comments re my sketch.

I like the colour palettes you have used today, nice art.

So I have started my painting from yesterday's sketch but have been too busy to finish it so will do so Friday. A4 watercolour so far about 1 hour, lots to do on it yet....

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Thank you @Muddy Cyclist for your comments.

It is interesting to see the way you work on your bigger paintings. I look forward to seeing how it develops.
 
Fbg 6.5

Temp 35.6

Dull grey skies again.
Was raining but it has stopped a bit.
Don’t know whether it will be a pastel or a digital painting for today. I am still clearing my indoors painting table which has got loads of stuff dumped on top of it. It is various stuff ordered off Amazon and it is a lot of different fude pens and Japanese calligraphy type brush pens which I use for sketching, and other art materials. I am trying to find a logical home for all the stuff.

I seriously need to do some more small postcard size paintings for my Postcrossing friends. So that is going to be my next bit of daily painting project.

All I want to do now is go back to sleep because it’s such a grey dull boring day out there. All I want to do now is go back to sleep. Grey sends me to sleep. I’m going to have a quick nap now and I think I might have to shut all the curtains, shut out that still grey day out there, and put on the lights on in my bungalow including all the fairy lights I have.

I am okay with any kind of bad weather (rainy, stormy, snowy etc), as well as good weather of course, it’s just dull grey that shuts me down.

Nap time, then a coffee and maybe the weather will have changed by then.

Take care

Have a good day.
 
Good morning everyone. No rain here so far and we are promised summer will return. Feeling very blessed today as, leaving aside caveats for accuracy, four key markers landed in target areas. Fbg was 4.3, sleep score high 80s (despite dips into sub 3.9 territory) resting pulse and weight where I want them. This off the back of red meat (steak) yesterday. Better still, today is salmon and avocado salad day. Yesterday I was told the 3 boys have bought me a set of golf clubs (me being left handed) as a birthday cum fathers day present for next week and tomorrow myself and Nos 1 and 3 sons are going to a driving range in Ely. The kind of day to give thanks and drink mucho teao! @geefull really enjoying your art. Really only one song for today. Go well people

 
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Morning all, 5.9 from my corner of the world where all is well. Grey skies and rain mean I can just please myself, which always makes me happy :)

Enjoy your day ;)
 
Good Morning and 5.9 for me on this damp and dull day.

A day of converting my loft hatch to drop down so that I don't have to balance on a chair to remove the push up we have. It's doing projects like this that makes me wish I had paid more attention during woodwork lessons at school.

Family meal later tonight, virtual of course, creative challenge completed, another song I have written this time the challenge was Puppies.

@JohnEGreen interseting ancestory and coat of arms, thanks for the information of your quote from the William of Orange poem.

@ianpspurs enjoy that fine present and getting into the swing of it.

Keep busy and safe, have a good day.
 
JohnEGreen said:
I believe but am not a hundred percent certain it was a translation of (on sorrel unknown author well to me anyway) from the Latin into English by Dr Thomas Smith and could be found in the diaries of Samuel Pepys.
Sir John is in my family tree and my 5th great grandmother was one Mary Fenwick

This is the Fenwick family crest



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Thanks for that. Fenwick is still a name of importance in Northumberland and of course in Newcastle Upon Tyne .
 
Muddy Cyclist said:
Good Morning and 5.9 for me on this damp and dull day.

A day of converting my loft hatch to drop down so that I don't have to balance on a chair to remove the push up we have. It's doing projects like this that makes me wish I had paid more attention during woodwork lessons at school.

Family meal later tonight, virtual of course, creative challenge completed, another song I have written this time the challenge was Puppies.

@JohnEGreen interseting ancestory and coat of arms, thanks for the information of your quote from the William of Orange poem.

@ianpspurs enjoy that fine present and getting into the swing of it.

Keep busy and safe, have a good day.
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Sounds like a great day in prospect. Thanks for the pun - you don't know how near the mark you are. The big idea is to test how well my back and balance cope. The long term aim is to play with No 3 son at Ely City golf club which has gorgeous views over the fens but also the cathedral all around the course. Clubs had to be bought as I am left handed at hitting. The swing and how I balance is very much the focus of the experiment.
 
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5.5 today. Still feel relaxed from our lovely walk around Sheringham Park yesterday. I do find walking in green spaces very therapeutic.

This morning I nearly had a disaster. The dogs have a 6 monthly tablet from the very to get rid of anything nasty lurking inside them. Both dogs took them and seemed to eat them. When I went back in the kitchen I saw one of the tablets on the floor where Poppy had been standing.

Without thinking I gave it to her with some stilton cheese. The moment she ate it I began to panic. Had I been really stupid and it wasn't Poppy 's tablet. Had I just given my dog an overdose. Then I noticed Archie's tablet on the floor where he had been standing. What a relief. So I coated his with stilton and he happily ate it.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
5.5 today. Still feel relaxed from our lovely walk around Sheringham Park yesterday. I do find walking in green spaces very therapeutic.

This morning I nearly had a disaster. The dogs have a 6 monthly tablet from the very to get rid of anything nasty lurking inside them. Both dogs took them and seemed to eat them. When I went back in the kitchen I saw one of the tablets on the floor where Poppy had been standing.

Without thinking I gave it to her with some stilton cheese. The moment she ate it I began to panic. Had I been really stupid and it wasn't Poppy 's tablet. Had I just given my dog an overdose. Then I noticed Archie's tablet on the floor where he had been standing. What a relief. So I coated his with stilton and he happily ate it.
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Oh lucky dogs - Stilton. I'm surprised The Staff don't do that task! Ah. Friday so day orf. As you were.
 
Good morning everyone, there is a slight lull in the deluge here in the dark, damp and dangerous north

The wonder wheel of a chicken salad cunningly disguised as a pickling tasting menu turned out a 4.3 this am

Excellent art work as ever. I particularly liked the wet on the road going home @geefull - I love riding my motorcycle on wet country roads, best in the early morning, after the rain has stopped. Everything is so fresh. I have on occasion, ridden over the moors, had breakfast at the Whistlestop Cafe in Whitby and been home in time to make Mrs Miggins her wake up call mug of tea (she is in the team GB sleeping team).
Kimchi making yesterday - this time using a recipe given to me by my daughter in law, passed down from her grandmother so a method used in Thailand rather than Korea. She even sent me some Korean chilli flakes (gochugaru) to get the authentic zing.
Today though is a bit of baking. An excuse to play with my new toy, a Danish dough whisk. I have a friend who lives in Finland and he is always banging on about it’s merits. So let’s see.
@Krystyna23040 - walking in green spaces is one of my favourite things to do - I especially like mountain and forests - but any green space is good. I let’s you breath with it.
And in that very short time, rain stops play. However, thank you @ianpspurs for the video accompanying One Day Like This, adds some colour to a dreary morning. Koffy calls.
 
Morning...busy busy busy day collected the shopping now about to take part in some remote work waiting for clients interview to begin...no time for FBG & only had one coffee so far how will I manage without a second?...arghhh if I'm quick could rustle up another...will check in later...keep safe everyone
 
dunelm said:
Thanks for that. Fenwick is still a name of importance in Northumberland and of course in Newcastle Upon Tyne .
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My 2nd great grandfather was piper to the duke and duchess of Northumberland.

I should add as was his father before him.

Here he is in his Northumbrian greys.

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ianpspurs said:
Today just keeps on giving. Young Mr Crace is having a good pandemic. I especially despise Oakeshott so couldn't agree more with the ending. https://www.theguardian.com/politic...-wears-off-for-matt-hancock-as-he-defends-app You may come at this from the other direction but for balance this piece basically says the same https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politic...t-hancock-governments-king-positive-thinking/
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a little late today reading the newsy items

so playing catch up.
cheers for the link.

but this line to me just typifies the utter chaos at the heart of the Govt response.
23 Jan we were fully prepared. Matt Hancock

12 June we are here...
Nor was there any attempt to explain why it was taking so long to implement the system.
Most other countries had seen test, track and trace as an essential weapon in fighting coronavirus back in February;
we had only really got round to thinking about it seriously a month or so ago.
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