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

[gennepher]

Brilliant, I like those bold colours and abstract feel. Look forward to figure paintings.

Thanks @Muddy Cyclist

 

[gennepher]

The BT engineer was excellent - no disruption at all. At midnight the new supersonic broadband goes live and all we have to do is plug in the new router. Hopefully we will plug in the cables in the right slots. What could possibly go wrong.

And how did it work @Krystyna23040 when it was turned on in the bewitching hour?

 

[gennepher]

Fbg 6.5

I failed miserably doing the Lin Fengmian seated figure...
But the head was workable. So I cropped the rest of the figure and deleted it.
I could not have drawn/painted a seated figure this morning to save my life.
I will have another go at it for tomorrow. I will try the same seated figure if I can.

I did it on the larger iPad screen this morning because the phone was recharging, and so I did it within Procreate, using the gouache brush and the soft airbrush.

I am guessing @jjraak that because I have done this on the Apple iPad you might have no problem copying and pasting. After this, I give up, if you can't...

 

[SlimLizzy]

27.05.2021

8.20am FBG 6.4

We are making very slow progress. Had to take most of the appliances out in the kitchen to clear out behind them. There is a void behind the cooker and rats had tunneled through the walls into it. It was me who had to squeeze in there and scrape up the buckets of soil, stone and poo. An unpleasant and time consuming job. MrSlim has now concreted over the holes and all around the edge of the floor. I managed a little more digging before it rained yet again. An acquaintance phoned to say she will visit tomorrow, prompting us into deciding a major tidy up was needed.
News that the French now have mandatory quarantine for UK arrivals had us breathing a sigh of relief. We had managed to get here in the brief window where voluntary self isolation and a second test in a week was all that is required.
Tomorrow the weather is supposed to improve.
Kitchen chaos

Errant showing us where the rats got in. He tried digging them out and got himself a nasty coughing fit from the dust as a result.

 

[Krystyna23040]

And how did it work @Krystyna23040 when it was turned on in the bewitching hour?

Unfortunately it isn't working. So no internet. We are waiting for BT customer services to open. Hopefully it will be sorted today.

 

[Krystyna23040]

6.7 this morning. If broadband doesn't connect today it will be a relaxing morning reading as all my files are on One Drive and I do everything via email. Actually, it might be rather nice to relax for a while.

 

[dunelm]

Fbg 6.5

I failed miserably doing the Lin Fengmian seated figure...
But the head was workable. So I cropped the rest of the figure and deleted it.
I could not have drawn/painted a seated figure this morning to save my life.
I will have another go at it for tomorrow. I will try the same seated figure if I can.

I did it on the larger iPad screen this morning because the phone was recharging, and so I did it within Procreate, using the gouache brush and the soft airbrush.

View attachment 49649
I am guessing @jjraak that because I have done this on the Apple iPad you might have no problem copying and pasting. After this, I give up, if you can't...

Lovely study of Lin Fengmian with that stylised face. The light on the garment is wonderfully done.

 

[dunelm]

27.05.2021

8.20am FBG 6.4

We are making very slow progress. Had to take most of the appliances out in the kitchen to clear out behind them. There is a void behind the cooker and rats had tunneled through the walls into it. It was me who had to squeeze in there and scrape up the buckets of soil, stone and poo. An unpleasant and time consuming job. MrSlim has now concreted over the holes and all around the edge of the floor. I managed a little more digging before it rained yet again. An acquaintance phoned to say she will visit tomorrow, prompting us into deciding a major tidy up was needed.
News that the French now have mandatory quarantine for UK arrivals had us breathing a sigh of relief. We had managed to get here in the brief window where voluntary self isolation and a second test in a week was all that is required.
Tomorrow the weather is supposed to improve.
Kitchen chaos
View attachment 49650
Errant showing us where the rats got in. He tried digging them out and got himself a nasty coughing fit from the dust as a result. View attachment 49651

Onwards and upwards - each day at a time

 

[lindisfel]

Oh dear the evidence is coming to light that failure to stop international travel is continuing to introduce new variants into the UK. One found in the last few days from Thailand(?) is affecting 100 people already.

In a couple of months the Indian variant has become dominant and is passing rapidly amongst the young.

The country is two months away from having sufficient people double vaccinated, why can't we wait just a little longer before distancing and other measures are relaxed?

I suspect again business will have its way over the wise course.

Why squander all the hard work and dedication?

 

[karen8967]

5.5 for me

 

[gennepher]

27.05.2021

8.20am FBG 6.4

We are making very slow progress. Had to take most of the appliances out in the kitchen to clear out behind them. There is a void behind the cooker and rats had tunneled through the walls into it. It was me who had to squeeze in there and scrape up the buckets of soil, stone and poo. An unpleasant and time consuming job. MrSlim has now concreted over the holes and all around the edge of the floor. I managed a little more digging before it rained yet again. An acquaintance phoned to say she will visit tomorrow, prompting us into deciding a major tidy up was needed.
News that the French now have mandatory quarantine for UK arrivals had us breathing a sigh of relief. We had managed to get here in the brief window where voluntary self isolation and a second test in a week was all that is required.
Tomorrow the weather is supposed to improve.
Kitchen chaos
View attachment 49650
Errant showing us where the rats got in. He tried digging them out and got himself a nasty coughing fit from the dust as a result. View attachment 49651

Horrible little blighters.
That would have been too big a job for Errant methinks. Catching one or two a day is fine, but not a nest full of rats. Errant will do a good job later.

You just made it back in time it seems @SlimLizzy
A spot of good luck with your timing...

 

[gennepher]

Lovely study of Lin Fengmian with that stylised face. The light on the garment is wonderfully done.

Thanks for your kind comment @dunelm

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Fbg 6.5

I failed miserably doing the Lin Fengmian seated figure...
But the head was workable. So I cropped the rest of the figure and deleted it.
I could not have drawn/painted a seated figure this morning to save my life.
I will have another go at it for tomorrow. I will try the same seated figure if I can.

I did it on the larger iPad screen this morning because the phone was recharging, and so I did it within Procreate, using the gouache brush and the soft airbrush.

View attachment 49649
I am guessing @jjraak that because I have done this on the Apple iPad you might have no problem copying and pasting. After this, I give up, if you can't...

A stupendous effort and you have handled the light so well, a very fine piece of painting.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Good Morning and either 6 3 or 7 or 7.9 for me today take your pick, average 7 but what a margin of error. Meal last night Cheese Omelette and salad.

A sort of pre holiday scrabble day here it seems to get harder to take less, remember what is already packed and make decisions which items of clothing to take or not, must be out of practice. Then the shop for 8 of us, Mrs MC and I have been volunteered, as we are retired, to get enough Food to get us through to Wednesday, lots of ££££s come to mind and being soft we shall be saying no it's OK when the kids offer us some money.

Keep safe find time to stop and admire this fine old world we live on.

 

[dunelm]

Good morning everyone on what appears to be a moist free offering from those people in charge of the sky tap
The wonder wheel of cauliflower cheese with sausages in a spicy tomato sauce came in at 6.1 this am

Funeral escort went well, luckily we had event marshals who rode well ahead and stopped traffic so that the courtege did not have to stop.
Eldest granddaughter came for dinner yesterday, Mrs Miggins picked her up from her Thursday dance lesson - her legs were all wobbly as usual - it’s a hard 2 hour session with her trainer. Still, I did persuade her to make the cheese sauce to pour over the cauliflower which she was happy to do. Her last day in secondary school today although she will be returning ad hoc after half term to prepare for college after the summer break.
We have discovered, purely by accident, what birds want - I mixed suet pellets with wild bird seed when filling the feeders this week. The word soon got out and all manor of birds are now turning up for the gourmet feast - even fat pigeons stalk robotically round the ground under the feeders, hoovering up the spillage in some crazed BF Skinner experiment. This could be as costly as @gennepher’s clandestine moggy.

Another bit of monoprint - I do seem to have done quite a few. Hope that everyone has a fabulous Friday. I can smell the koffy.

 

[lindisfel]

Good Morning and either 6 3 or 7 or 7.9 for me today take your pick, average 7 but what a margin of error. Meal last night Cheese Omelette and salad.

A sort of pre holiday scrabble day here it seems to get harder to take less, remember what is already packed and make decisions which items of clothing to take or not, must be out of practice. Then the shop for 8 of us, Mrs MC and I have been volunteered, as we are retired, to get enough Food to get us through to Wednesday, lots of ££££s come to mind and being soft we shall be saying no it's OK when the kids offer us some money.

Keep safe find time to stop and admire this fine old world we live on.

Not envious of your shopping today Muddy....it deserves a hug in my book, shopping is not one of my desirable hobbies.
D.

 

[dunelm]

Good Morning and either 6 3 or 7 or 7.9 for me today take your pick, average 7 but what a margin of error. Meal last night Cheese Omelette and salad.

A sort of pre holiday scrabble day here it seems to get harder to take less, remember what is already packed and make decisions which items of clothing to take or not, must be out of practice. Then the shop for 8 of us, Mrs MC and I have been volunteered, as we are retired, to get enough Food to get us through to Wednesday, lots of ££££s come to mind and being soft we shall be saying no it's OK when the kids offer us some money.

Keep safe find time to stop and admire this fine old world we live on.

Shopping for 8 to get through until Wednesday - must count as a “big shop” - stay sharp, item choices and quality control are your tasks and your contribution will be complete - although I might be inclined to hand over the receipts and ask someone with a “younger mind” to do some calculations and see what happens.

 

[SlimLizzy]

28.05.2021
7.05am FBG 6.1 Must stop the late night snacks.
Something I forgot to post

My new HbA1c is 41

Cholesterol is up though at 5.8 so perhaps a slightly less high fat diet for me now. No more chunks of cheese. Although I am hoping that increased physical activity will help with this.

Yesterday's big tidy up was very effective. We now have an office space for MrSlim, a sofa in the kitchen, and most of the stuff from the motorhome has been unpacked. It was sunny and warm so we sat outside with our visitors.
Weighed both myself and Errant this morning.
Somehow he has managed to put on some weight.... 4.7kg! Plus 200g
This is not supposed to be happening. Is he supplementing his food by hunting?
@gennepher Popeyes girlfriend looks lovely.

Unfortunately the neighbours cat spits and lashes out at Errant now. I am assuming it's jealousy, because she used to get scraps and treats from us and be allowed into the house. She will eat anything, except fruit. MrSlim had to build a baguette cupboard once she took to chewing on any bread left out. Baguettes do not fit into any conventional cupboard or bread bin. Baguette thievery is why she was banned from the house.
MrSlim has mowed some of the garden. We now have the huge task of collecting the cuttings. It looks like a freshly mown hayfield. No digging was done yesterday, and the backdoor access is still hampered by the weeds. Today I am going to plant a few seeds in the small bed I have managed to clear.

 

[ianpspurs]

Good morning everyone from an area waiting patiently for the promised sun. Mainly to make yours truly look less of a wally for wearing shorts, jettisoning a base layer and several thick thermal tops. Congratulations on the HbA1c @SlimLizzy and hugs for all the cleaning, digging and grass cutting. Hug for the broadband debacle @Krystyna23040 but I sense a silver lining in that cloud - the downtime is a boon. @Muddy Cyclist shop till you drop eh? the precious time with family can't be invested or better spent but does lighten the pocket. @karen8967 meme on time, excellent. @dunelm exciting times for your granddaughter and proud grandparents. @gennepher the art I saw is amazing so whatever was not shown matters not. To a non artist the light skill commented on by Muddy and Dunelm would have gone unnoticed - thanks. I collected my grandson from school yesterday - report time and a wonderful note from his teacher praising his kindness to others. Treated him to an ice cream from the van located as close to the only exit as could be. Fretted about the carbs, sugar and impact on him but so thankful I could do such a simple thing. My Swipey was all 5.3 ish at 6.30 - 90 mins later than most days so could be fine but I'm not doing cartwheels over it. The ice cream fretting and the fbg reaction are of a piece - so much "where I'm at" with this. Salmon day today - big thick fillet - party for 2 yo granddaughter tomorrow - outside in the garden as close as non pass holders can get to Lakenheath base. Pip Pip old Toots (and any Maytels)
SP: Maytals

 

[jjraak]

Hi @gennepher .

I'm in @ianpspurs camp.

I liked it but it needed that artist eye from others for me to spot the lighting quality

Maybe you can teach this old dog new tricks

So WILL pic post....

Sadly not...


Have a good day