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[dunelm]

Fbg 6.8

Temp 36.1

A beautiful dawn full of a gorgeous day promise, but alas, we now have rain and grey cloud.

So, here is my painting in ZenBrush2 app for today. Done on my iPhone screen. I used one of the coloured papers in the app. It is an abstract painting. I had done a better one, well one I liked more, but when I pressed the list icon to save, I didn’t see that it was actually the rubbish bin turned sideways which apparently happens when I rotate the iPhone.

So, you get my second attempt...
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Today I have promised myself to paint 100 butterflies in this app (and each one will be deleted the moment I have finished it), and tomorrow I will do one more butterfly painting.

Nice - looks like fiery enamel on a pot

 

[dunelm]

Good morning all. 4.6 on waking rising to 5.4 after ablutions, weighing, dressing, feeding pups and making tea. OK but nothing special. Lots of angst around due to a journo questioning if a banana really does impact bg levels like a pile of sugar cubes. Reading the article it seems to me it is saying high carbs may not be good but it doesn't follow that none at all is healthy for all. More fat than has become the norm may not be as bad as thought but bacon and lard with double cream 4 times a day is not the answer either. Veggies, salad*, fibre and above all nutrition are mentioned. Nutrition not macros as important seems perfectly fine to me. Denigrating that article is very much the wrong hill to die on. Have a great day.
*tomatoes, cucumber and avocado are fruit so 3 of your 5 a day

If it works for you - balanced. Never sure about bananas - maybe cover them with inulin. Avocado - nice load of fat there. I always leave the skin on my chicken.

 

[dunelm]

Thank you.
Brilliant bamboo @dunelm
It looks like my bamboo forest at the end of my garden which needs a haircut and a thinning...


You have a good day.

Thank you - I didn’t know where it was going. I think another of the four gentlemen - orchids perhaps - Chrysanthemums and plum blossom seem a bit too far at present

 

[dunelm]

I do really like this art work.

Thank you. Going to switch to orchid practice - well that’s the thought at present but then I have been cleaning the oven and probably high as a kite.

 

[ianpspurs]

Thank you. Going to switch to orchid practice - well that’s the thought at present but then I have been cleaning the oven and probably high as a kite.

Waiting for a decision on mandatory mask wearing for oven cleaning in the Dark and Dangerous North? (Are you devolved yet? - hard to keep up)

 

[lindisfel]

A relatively short run from where I live

Many thanks Gennepher, I will give it a try.
Atb
D.

 

[Krystyna23040]

A relatively short run from where I live

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You are so.lucky. What a wonderful view.

 

[dunelm]

Hi guys,
Please, do you guys use a hosting site to post your pictures? I can't seem to do it directly?
Atb
D.

I just copy then press my finger onto the ipad screen and select paste. I do have to reduce the image size first though, using an app called “image size”.

 

[dunelm]

Waiting for a decision on mandatory mask wearing for oven cleaning in the Dark and Dangerous North? (Are you devolved yet? - hard to keep up)

Mask wearing is only by appointment and we don’t do those sort of fancy southern things. Not devolved yet but we have all joined forces (Cumberland, North Yorkshire and Northumberland) to build a giant mobile saw in case that crazed Jimmy Cranky in Sturgeonborough get’s her way.

 

[SlimLizzy]

13.07.2020
8.40. Overslept. FBG 6.1.
Had to get up in the night. That has become unusual so must be doing something right.
MrSlim says "Not long now" whatever that means.

 

[gennepher]

A relatively short run from where I live

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You live in a beautiful place @lindisfel

 

[gennepher]

Nice - looks like fiery enamel on a pot

Thank you @dunelm
I had not thought of that.

 

[gennepher]

13.07.2020
8.40. Overslept. FBG 6.1.
Had to get up in the night. That has become unusual so must be doing something right.
MrSlim says "Not long now" whatever that means.

You have a good day today @SlimLizzy
Your lists can have a holiday today!

 

[lindisfel]

Heres one I painted in watercolour, a few years ago.

 

[lindisfel]

You live in a beautiful place @lindisfel

From Surprise View looking over Derwent Water to Skiddaw beyond.
Yes, its special. There was no one else there in early June.
D.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Heres one I painted in watercolour, a few years ago.
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Good Watercolur of this lovely bird. We have many along the River Trent and the Canal, seldom go a bike ride without seeing that flash of iridescent light skimming the water.

You are fortunate to have that view on your doorstep.

 

[Krystyna23040]

Heres one I painted in watercolour, a few years ago.
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That is a lovely painting - is it a kingfisher. It looks very like a little bird we saw at Gooderstone Water Gardens last year.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Today's effort is continuing along the theme of Canal bridges, this is a bridge over the Trent Mersey Canal at Great Haywood. A3 in Acrylics mainly done with old credit cards and a palate knife,about 1 hour.

 

[gennepher]

From Surprise View looking over Derwent Water to Skiddaw beyond.
Yes, its special. There was no one else there in early June.
D.

It looks calm and beautiful @lindisfel

 

[gennepher]

Heres one I painted in watercolour, a few years ago.
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A beautiful kingfisher @lindisfel