What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

[ianpspurs]

Well, @Krystyna23040 going against all my preferences I am now drinking 700 mls bulletproof coffee. MCT oil, butter, double cream and all. Compromise was the sugar free caramel syrup. Prompted by a) watching Stephen Phinney yesterday (I did fall asleep in vid 2) ; b) feeling guilty about the bottle of MCT oil lounging around; c) finding where the nutri bullet is now; d) MIL coming for granddaughter's 2nd birthday - this may make me ill so I can watch cricket in peace I can cope with "coffee" like this - pig to drink through this mask though.

 

[gennepher]

My daily painting in ZenBrush2 app

This was not meant to be my finished painting, I was simply practising bamboo leaves. And how to get the shape with my different fingers. Because my little finger will give a certain shape with an upward flick, but my first finger when I do the flick it is a downward flick. And so I was experimenting how the shape and flick looked with my different fingers.
(As an aside, I dictated the above to my iPad, it was exactly what I said. But then before my eyes the iPad software changed what I had said, and so then it went and changed the previous previous sentence...and so on. And what emerged was a piece of sexual innuendo. Nothing to do with what I wrote originally. It did not used to do this. It is only relatively recently after an update it's gone bananas. I won't say what I would like to do to the programmer...)

And so, I decided to leave the play with the leaves as it stood, and added some sparrows.

Now I need to lie down with my smelling salts...no, not because of the above, but I made a bid against others on eBay, and there is less than half hour left, and I am the winning bid so far. I had just bought something else from the same seller this morning, which is a straight purchase, and I emailed and asked if I won the bid, would he consider posting the two items in one postage. He sent me a message back saying yes, if I won the bid, and so that gives me nearly another £6 to play with if there is a last minute bidding war.

I have never bid against anyone else on eBay before. This is more tense than the auction rooms in real life. A real life auction bid is easier (as long as you realise the increments it is going up by) and over in a matter of a couple of minutes...(I did tend to prolong an auction a bit with being deaf, checking with the auctioneer I was bidding the amount I thought I was, well with being deaf I cannot hear exactly what is going on...)

Oh, here is my painting...

 

[gennepher]

I WON MY BID!!!
I WON MY BID!!!
I WON MY BID!!!

See previous message post if you think I have gone doolally...

I went in the garden in the last few minutes of the bidding, with my breakfast and cuppa, putting my trust in the universe that I would win this bid!

Came back in!
I WON MY BID!!!
I WON MY BID!!!
I WON MY BID!!!

I think a gin and tonic and ice now....

 

[ianpspurs]

I WON MY BID!!!
I WON MY BID!!!
I WON MY BID!!!

See previous message post if you think I have gone doolally...

I went in the garden in the last few minutes of the bidding, with my breakfast and cuppa, putting my trust in the universe that I would win this bid!

Came back in!
I WON MY BID!!!
I WON MY BID!!!
I WON MY BID!!!

I think a gin and tonic and ice now....

Not sure it is you without the cat signature. That saucy iPad may be doing this

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

pig to drink through this mask though.

This might help

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

@gennepher great zen art a real tweet.

Great you won a bid, hope it's something useful.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Survived a three hour bike ride with SIL he's got some new gizmo on his bike and reckons we averaged 10 miles an hour but managed to zero the actual miles befor he could read it so no idea how far we managed.

The heathland today was mysteriously still a palpable stillness that is rare in this day and age, we both stopped and commented then stood and enjoyed it for 15 minutes. I assume it was also very quiet but my ear hums away and SILs ear whistles so could only assume. We climbed four ridiculously steep hills, two long steady climbs and some extremely fast downhills, fabulous. Last nights rain had washed out many gullies, bunter pebble beds, so a lot of jumping across them was required, exhilarating, a good ride.

Mrs MC now off to visit Her mom, outside in garden at the care home. New rules, mask, one half hour visit per week and only one Key Designated Person per resident that has to be named and signed in, Per resident not per visit. Now this seems very cruel, most people in care homes do not have much life left in them and can only see one family member, no other brothers and sisters, children or grandchildren, friends of extended family, checked this out very carefully with care home and them be the rules, madness!

 

[gennepher]

@gennepher great zen art a real tweet.

Great you won a bid, hope it's something useful.

Thanks, very useful to me

 

[gennepher]

Mrs MC now off to visit Her mom, outside in garden at the care home. New rules, mask, one half hour visit per week and only one Key Designated Person per resident that has to be named and signed in, Per resident not per visit. Now this seems very cruel, most people in care homes do not have much life left in them and can only see one family member, no other brothers and sisters, children or grandchildren, friends of extended family, checked this out very carefully with care home and them be the rules, madness!

It is very cruel @Muddy Cyclist

I am sure a better system could be arranged where everyone would be safe.

Hugs for you all.

 

[gennepher]

Not sure it is you without the cat signature. That saucy iPad may be doing this

I can't blame the cat, he was in the potting shed @ianpspurs

 

[jjraak]

Survived a three hour bike ride with SIL he's got some new gizmo on his bike and reckons we averaged 10 miles an hour but managed to zero the actual miles befor he could read it so no idea how far we managed.

The heathland today was mysteriously still a palpable stillness that is rare in this day and age, we both stopped and commented then stood and enjoyed it for 15 minutes. I assume it was also very quiet but my ear hums away and SILs ear whistles so could only assume. We climbed four ridiculously steep hills, two long steady climbs and some extremely fast downhills, fabulous. Last nights rain had washed out many gullies, bunter pebble beds, so a lot of jumping across them was required, exhilarating, a good ride.

Mrs MC now off to visit Her mom, outside in garden at the care home. New rules, mask, one half hour visit per week and only one Key Designated Person per resident that has to be named and signed in, Per resident not per visit. Now this seems very cruel, most people in care homes do not have much life left in them and can only see one family member, no other brothers and sisters, children or grandchildren, friends of extended family, checked this out very carefully with care home and them be the rules, madness!

Whoop Whoop[ that sounds very adventurous..

and the care home rules.

i suppose i get it.
but that is extremely harsh.

Son v daughter...not to mention the grand kids, etc

Wisdom of Solomon comes to mind.

take care fella,
best wishes to the wife.

 

[geefull]

good afternoon all

4.8 again today

a sunny day here with just a nice amount of breeze, managed to do some weeding, planted a couple of shrubs and had a walk so I count it a nice, quiet and productive day

the bruising on my forehead has settled down a bit too so at least I don't look like I've been in a fight

Hope your day is treating you well

@Muddy Cyclist - glad your ride went well, I find the combination of exercise and outdoors quite therapeutic myself that's a very fine pencil sketch, I like your treatment of the different trees

@dunelm - I like your sunlit, serried bamboo very much

@gennepher - interesting to see how you achieve different stroke effects and the sparrows add a touch of happy insouciance glad you won your auction

art bit -
I must admit @gennepher whilst I find it interesting to try out different things, I don't think that level of foreground busyness is natural to my style. Hope this is more soothing
Quite pleased with how it turned out.

 

[gennepher]

good afternoon all

4.8 again today

a sunny day here with just a nice amount of breeze, managed to do some weeding, planted a couple of shrubs and had a walk so I count it a nice, quiet and productive day

the bruising on my forehead has settled down a bit too so at least I don't look like I've been in a fight

Hope your day is treating you well

@Muddy Cyclist - glad your ride went well, I find the combination of exercise and outdoors quite therapeutic myself that's a very fine pencil sketch, I like your treatment of the different trees

@dunelm - I like your sunlit, serried bamboo very much

@gennepher - interesting to see how you achieve different stroke effects and the sparrows add a touch of happy insouciance glad you won your auction

art bit -
I must admit @gennepher whilst I find it interesting to try out different things, I don't think that level of foreground busyness is natural to my style. Hope this is more soothing
Quite pleased with how it turned out.

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Thank you @geefull

Your painting is beautiful!
Much more soothing to my eyes!!!
Don’t stop trying different things, but this kind of painting is my favourite from you

 

[Krystyna23040]

Well, @Krystyna23040 going against all my preferences I am now drinking 700 mls bulletproof coffee. MCT oil, butter, double cream and all. Compromise was the sugar free caramel syrup. Prompted by a) watching Stephen Phinney yesterday (I did fall asleep in vid 2) ; b) feeling guilty about the bottle of MCT oil lounging around; c) finding where the nutri bullet is now; d) MIL coming for granddaughter's 2nd birthday - this may make me ill so I can watch cricket in peace I can cope with "coffee" like this - pig to drink through this mask though.

I have never tried bulletproof coffee. I would imagine it would give you loads of energy. Do you drink it in place of a meal?

 

[Krystyna23040]

the bruising on my forehead has settled down a bit too so at least I don't look like I've been in a fight

Hope your toe is settling down also. Toes can be very painful.

 

[Krystyna23040]

one half hour visit per week and only one Key Designated Person per resident that has to be named and signed in, Per resident not per visit. Now this seems very cruel, most people in care homes do not have much life left in them and can only see one family member, no other brothers and sisters, children or grandchildren, friends of extended family, checked this out very carefully with care home and them be the rules, madness!

I agree, that rule is unbelievably cruel.

 

[ianpspurs]

I have never tried bulletproof coffee. I would imagine it would give you loads of energy. Do you drink it in place of a meal?

If I ever drink it I use it instead of breakfast which I don't usually eat anymore. I just thought I would try today - higher fat food doesn't give me energy. It does mean I shouldn't stray far from a WC. That and wagyu beef certainly make transit very lively.

 

[Krystyna23040]

If I ever drink it I use it instead of breakfast which I don't usually eat anymore. I just thought I would try today - higher fat food doesn't give me energy. It does mean I shouldn't stray far from a WC. That and wagyu beef certainly make transit very lively.

I think I will stick with my coffee and two teaspoons of cream and avoid the side effects of the bulletproof coffee.

I do, however, really like the Aldi wagyu beefburgers. We have just discovered them - they are very tasty. Luckily transit is fine after them.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

@geefull I am pleased your lumps and bumps are mending. Really liked your watercolour, fantastic light, this is the style I enjoy best of your art however I agree with @gennepher dont stop experimenting.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Late, missed Friday's post as we have been busy sorting stuff from MILs bungalow and there's are still bags in the camper van untouched, never ending.

On this morning's Mountain Bike Ride we passed along a track where Cannock Chase and the boundary of Shugbourgh Hall meet. Two gates caught my eye one just a gap the other old and broken. So just did two sketches from memory in soft graphite pencil then a very quick watercolour wash, both A5. I will probably do matching paintings at some stage....