@JohnEGreen
Thank you for all your suggestions. I don’t like black out material. It makes me feel I have been buried alive. You would have to know my past for this. I was stalked for many years, and it culminated in a tragic murder, and I was to have been next. I fled to this bungalow, and I had so many layers of curtains up and closed that it was always dark in here. It took me many years before I could open the curtains in the day. And longer for me to have my bedroom curtains open in the night. And convince myself I am safe.
To put curtains up that don’t let in light, or black out screens is fearsome. I don’t know what is behind it. It puts me in a bad place.
But thank you for pointing these links out.
I have these flashing Xmas lights from my horrid next door neighbour reflecting in all the windows of this bungalow
@dunelm - my bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and my front room. My windows are virtually on only two walls. Like I explained to John above, I cannot have the blackout material.
I thought I had bought enough stuff for the ‘wall’ yesterday, and I had, but I hadn’t known that more lights had been put up.
So, this morning I was out earlyish to get some more stuff. I’d had ideas in the night
@ianpspurs I was enjoying this a bit, but now I am not so much, because I had to get more stuff today.
Which I could have done without having to do. And go to the shops today, Thursday, because the roads were horrendously busy. What happened to Covid? And then the shops were horrendously busy also. Everyone was wearing a mask, but that was it. Absolutely no social distancing. Too many people close together, strangers, all looking at the same items on the shelf. Several times I got pushed out of the way by someone reaching past me. And pushing past me. It felt dangerous. Most people not covering their noses with their masks. Judging from the busyness this morning I am half expecting another lockdown around Christmas time...
Thanks for your suggestions
@slim Lizzy
I have a one of those expanding rails in the door alcove in the bedroom, because nothing else would fit it is not very big. Yes I did say some time ago it was difficult for me to pull back curtains. And I have a tendency to fall over backwards when reaching. In my last house I had tiebacks and didn’t move the curtains. But the windows were big. However, this bedroom door which is glass, is not very wide and tie backs would make the bedroom very dark, there is no other window. But thank you.
I know/realise people are starting their decorations early this year and doing more over the top lights on houses etc as a way to compensate for Covid restrictions and cheer each other up. So as a general point, people who like Christmas and like lights and want to be in crowds and herds, they cannot imagine how annoying and repulsive these things are to people who don't think that way. This is the same mentality of people who like to drive big motorbikes with loud motors or cars that are modified to make loud engine revving noises. They feel positive about those things and cannot see and don't care how negative they are for others.
I am doing the best that I can to protect myself from this light pollution next door.
But he hasn't turned it on yet tonight. He is very late. And I wanted to test out the stuff I had bought to put ony bathroom windows. I have two ideas, buy cannot finish it off until I know which idea works best.
I am going to bed now I need.sleep.
I was visualising all last night cutting the wires of my horrid neighbour's flashing lights with imaginary scissors, them I was imagining demons in every light bulb to scare my horrid neighbour....
You mean it worked and I could have saved all that money today?
My internet is down, and I cannot post my painting from my iPad today. I am on my Android phone to write this.
. I have to work on eyes and nose and reduce the highlights, after all he is a black dog...
