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

The weather may be wet, dreary and cold here in The Brecks (just) but I bid you all the warmest of welcomes to Tuesday. New Swipey MK 2's first outing was a 5.5 but I'm hoping that was the usual settling in shenanigans. The 7 - 90 day trends will be a more useful guide. @geefull I loved that art and hope the car is easily (cheaply?) fixed. @Krystyna23040 I listened to Carly Simon lots at Uni but only the first 3 albums. Julie through the glass was the one for me long before I met Mrs JKP. Hopefully those are the sentiments our boys have to our grandchildren (lyrics.) Play nicely and share your toys crew.
 
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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.5

This was painted for @Muddy Cyclist
He asked if there were dragons...
Of course there are.
Where would a garden be without dragons?
Here are my two Welsh dragons...
They are incubating an egg at the moment. It is blue, but it could be a boy or a girl.
They have 3 eggs most years. A blue one, A white one. And a black one.
They have kept the blue one this year. I don't know where the other two eggs go to, but it is my understanding they go to dragons who, for whatever reasons cannot have their own baby dragons. My mother dragon lets them choose the colour egg they want, and she brings up the remaining egg.

A few years ago on Twitter, someone from China, a guy named Paul, asked me if the baby dragon stayed in my garden. I told him no, the baby dragon, as soon as it was old enough and could take care of itself, flew to wherever it flew to. So he asked if the baby dragon could fly over his house on his travels. A short while later I got a tweet on my Twitter timeline, to say the baby dragon had visited his garden...

This is actually a true story...

So, here are my two red dragons, painted in Procreate. He looks a bit fierce, and she is protecting the blue egg. She let me peek at it. But he was looking at me a wee bit fierce....

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No garden is complete or safe without Dragons. Your are lucky those Dragons allowed you to paint them when they have an egg to guard. Nice piece or art and some very useful dragon information.

Our garden dragon is named Griff.
 
Morening, sorry no time this pre koffy time, a 9:00 am telephonic consultation with the Liver specialist and lots of preparation to be carried out first.

2 blood sugar readings this morning 1st 4.3, 2nd immediately after on a different finger 5.7 strange old world, my body tells me accept the 2nd reading.
Must go, remember all the stay's etc.
 
alf_Josiah said:
Morening, sorry no time this pre koffy time, a 9:00 am telephonic consultation with the Liver specialist and lots of preparation to be carried out first.

2 blood sugar readings this morning 1st 4.3, 2nd immediately after on a different finger 5.7 strange old world, my body tells me accept the 2nd reading.
Must go, remember all the stay's etc.
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Sending you all the best Alf...
 
alf_Josiah said:
Morening, sorry no time this pre koffy time, a 9:00 am telephonic consultation with the Liver specialist and lots of preparation to be carried out first.

2 blood sugar readings this morning 1st 4.3, 2nd immediately after on a different finger 5.7 strange old world, my body tells me accept the 2nd reading.
Must go, remember all the stay's etc.
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Best wishes for the conversation and hopefully you'll have a glowing report with which to regale everyone.
 
Muddy Cyclist said:
Magical. I have never been far enough East to see these type of mountain peaks but you capture the feeling of the majesty so well. Great wash of colour also.
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Thank you @Muddy Cyclist - this is on some of that paper that I bought from China - not as good as I thought it would be - doesn’t take kindly to moisture so forever wiping brushes - never mind, I can use to experiment on.
 
Muddy Cyclist said:
Smashing Muddy Cycle ride, very quiet, windy but Spring like.

Spent the afternoon painting fences, a long way still to go. :(

So a quick start on a painting of Alderburgh which we like to visit out of season when all the holiday makers ah e vanished, not sure that will ever be possible again. Not a fan of the East Coast,too flat but magnificent skies, reed beds and pebble beaches. So this is looking South down the beach, will finish Tuesday....

A4 watercolour about 20 minutes so far.....

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Great start - as you said, magnificent sky
 
alf_Josiah said:
Morening, sorry no time this pre koffy time, a 9:00 am telephonic consultation with the Liver specialist and lots of preparation to be carried out first.

2 blood sugar readings this morning 1st 4.3, 2nd immediately after on a different finger 5.7 strange old world, my body tells me accept the 2nd reading.
Must go, remember all the stay's etc.
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Me thoughts be with you. Hope all works out fine.
 
Some news from home - MrsBRS little Fiat was nicked from the car park where it was left as she was working with stroke survivors. She's breathing fire as you'd expect. At home we have a garage where both steeds are locked up but you have to wonder why anyone would target a car, at a centre with an NHS pass on the windscreen...

Not yet found...Sigh.
 
alf_Josiah said:
Morening, sorry no time this pre koffy time, a 9:00 am telephonic consultation with the Liver specialist and lots of preparation to be carried out first.

2 blood sugar readings this morning 1st 4.3, 2nd immediately after on a different finger 5.7 strange old world, my body tells me accept the 2nd reading.
Must go, remember all the stay's etc.
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Hugs for you @alf_Josiah
May you have an amazing day
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BRSBRI said:
Some news from home - MrsBRS little Fiat was nicked from the car park where it was left as she was working with stroke survivors. She's breathing fire as you'd expect. At home we have a garage where both steeds are locked up but you have to wonder why anyone would target a car, at a centre with an NHS pass on the windscreen...

Not yet found...Sigh.
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Blinking heck @BRSBRI
No words for this...
Hugs for MrsBRS

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alf_Josiah said:
Morening, sorry no time this pre koffy time, a 9:00 am telephonic consultation with the Liver specialist and lots of preparation to be carried out first.

2 blood sugar readings this morning 1st 4.3, 2nd immediately after on a different finger 5.7 strange old world, my body tells me accept the 2nd reading.
Must go, remember all the stay's etc.
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hug for readings alf,goodluck for phone consultation x
 
Morening again all.

Many thanks for all best wishes.

Liver blood tests all fine, no concerns all all, a routine liver ultrasound scan planned, this is routine, it appears that with blood tests they do not need to perform a liver biopsy which involves 6 hours flat on your back and a large supply of urine bottles :-) . More blood tests, again nothing out of the ordinary.
Later on today I shall try and catch up on the posts, and hug about the stolen Fiat.
Take care all.
 
alf_Josiah said:
Morening again all.

Many thanks for all best wishes.

Liver blood tests all fine, no concerns all all, a routine liver ultrasound scan planned, this is routine, it appears that with blood tests they do not need to perform a liver biopsy which involves 6 hours flat on your back and a large supply of urine bottles :) . More blood tests, again nothing out of the ordinary.
Later on today I shall try and catch up on the posts, and hug about the stolen Fiat.
Take care all.
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geefull said:
good evening all :)

4.5 today

change of pattern this week, our car has to go to the garage in the morning because it flagged up a steering problem so we'll shop early tomorrow instead of Wednesday ;)

It was nice and mild and, for once, not windy today so mr gee did car cleaning and then we had a walk. I should walk more, I've put on a bit of weight in the last couple of weeks what with lock down and all :sorry:

Hope your day is treating you well :)

@dunelm - good scultural work in your painting today, very effective sense of scale in your hilltops and I like the gentle colour you've enhanced them with :)

and an echo in my head says, 'Infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy' :D

@gennepher - I'm glad you are more comfortable and I can understand your dilemma with regard to the vaccine, everything seems to be a balancing act at the moment

Lovely magical painting with some nice contrasts, I like the foliage especially and I see your dragon protecting the house ;)

@Muddy Cyclist - Lovely strong sky to begin your painting and I look forward to it's progression :)
My gran used to live in Selby also near the East coast, it's pretty flat there too ;)

art bit - inspired by an image by an artist called Phil Greenwood, I like the way he uses areas of pattern
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Thank you @geefull and hope that the steering problem on the car is a quick fix.
Interesting art from you today. I like the treatment of the water, gentle ripples and the pebbled beach. Not much paint involved and very effective
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.5

This was painted for @Muddy Cyclist
He asked if there were dragons...
Of course there are.
Where would a garden be without dragons?
Here are my two Welsh dragons...
They are incubating an egg at the moment. It is blue, but it could be a boy or a girl.
They have 3 eggs most years. A blue one, A white one. And a black one.
They have kept the blue one this year. I don't know where the other two eggs go to, but it is my understanding they go to dragons who, for whatever reasons cannot have their own baby dragons. My mother dragon lets them choose the colour egg they want, and she brings up the remaining egg.

A few years ago on Twitter, someone from China, a guy named Paul, asked me if the baby dragon stayed in my garden. I told him no, the baby dragon, as soon as it was old enough and could take care of itself, flew to wherever it flew to. So he asked if the baby dragon could fly over his house on his travels. A short while later I got a tweet on my Twitter timeline, to say the baby dragon had visited his garden...

This is actually a true story...

So, here are my two red dragons, painted in Procreate. He looks a bit fierce, and she is protecting the blue egg. She let me peek at it. But he was looking at me a wee bit fierce....

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Excellent back story to your painting of Welsh dragons. Another superb piece of art that should always stay with the story.
 
ianpspurs said:
The weather may be wet, dreary and cold here in The Brecks (just) but I bid you all the warmest of welcomes to Tuesday. New Swipey MK 2's first outing was a 5.5 but I'm hoping that was the usual settling in shenanigans. The 7 - 90 day trends will be a more useful guide. @geefull I loved that art and hope the car is easily (cheaply?) fixed. @Krystyna23040 I listened to Carly Simon lots at Uni but only the first 3 albums. Julie through the glass was the one for me long before I met Mrs JKP. Hopefully those are the sentiments our boys have to our grandchildren (lyrics.) Play nicely and share your toys crew.
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Nice memory - Carly Simon’s voice goes so well with piano
 
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