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

[Muddy Cyclist]

6.6 this am, after the first meal out last night in 18 months with visiting eldest and s.i.l.
I ate so much I had difficulty sleeping...very naughty but nice.

Attractive surroundings of the old Brayton Park Estate with the park lake and open golf course all around with open views of the Northern Fells a few miles away standing out in great clarity.

It was my 82 birthdays eve.....born D. Day minus 4 in a world so different to today but with other madmen bent on threatening all our futures.

Have great sunday every one
Derek

My lack of mathematical skills left me a bit confused D Day minus 4? But I reckon it's either your birthday today or you have just had a Birthday or going to have a birthday so on the safe side...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

And if I'm totally wrong, enjoy it anyway.

 

[dunelm]

Good morning everyone from a shapeless, amorphous start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north.
The wonder wheel of just one more salad came in at 5.4 this am - iceburg is better suited to penguins and zooplankton.

Ninky nonks now safely back home with rested parents and toy boxes have been re-packed. Son handed over the little rocking horse for our youngest grandchild to use - We bought it in France 15 years ago and is now into it’s 6th rider. Bit like the Queen and successive PM’s. (No - don’t be rude).
Vaccination clinic went swimmingly, just shy of 400 turned up and we were finished before noon. Happy days.

The cobbler is now back open for business so a pair of old boots has now been brought back into use. I did buy a replacement pair during the lockdown so I am now consulting our daughter (our local Marcos specialist) as to how they should be stored - should they, for instance, be kept in a bag when not in use. Should I have a specially designed boot rack - I could put wellies on it as well. - oh, and also my two pairs of motorcycling footwear.

Another monoprint - about 14 inches by 25 inches on unsized rice paper. Have a great day if you can. I am starting with koffy.

 

[Krystyna23040]

5.5 this lovely sunny morning.
I may have found the perfect way to disguise eggs. Inulin powder didn't work too well as a sweetener because I had to use so much that it caused issues. Yesterday, after a lot of reading about artificial sweeteners I bought some erythitrol - which doesn't seem too harmful.

A teaspoon sprinkled on top of my little chia protein powder pancakes plus lemon juice was perfect. Today I made a chia protein powder, (20g) , 2 eggs plus 5g butter and 3 tsps erythritol it seems to have made a nice sort of little flat cake in my little frypan with lid on.

Maybe a little too sweet. Will know later when we eat lunch overlooking the water lillies at Gooderstone water gardens.

 

[ianpspurs]

6.6 this am, after the first meal out last night in 18 months with visiting eldest and s.i.l.
I ate so much I had difficulty sleeping...very naughty but nice.

Attractive surroundings of the old Brayton Park Estate with the park lake and open golf course all around with open views of the Northern Fells a few miles away standing out in great clarity.

It was my 82 birthdays eve.....born D. Day minus 4 in a world so different to today but with other madmen bent on threatening all our futures.

Have great sunday every one
Derek

Have a simply amazing 82nd birthday. The scenery and meal last night sound perfect for such a wonderful man. Images and menu scrub up well on The Net. Go well big man. Being born in June in The Fens is the best a man can get - so "they" say

 

[gennepher]

Counter strike on AH moving along but better have some back up plans - rebar comes to mind . Your Lin Fengmian inspired art is smashing.

Thanks @dunelm
I always have back up plans...
Rebar sounds good. Can get that...

 

[gennepher]

Hello Popeye

Meeeooow >^..^<

 

[gennepher]

Good morning everyone from a shapeless, amorphous start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north.
The wonder wheel of just one more salad came in at 5.4 this am - iceburg is better suited to penguins and zooplankton.

Ninky nonks now safely back home with rested parents and toy boxes have been re-packed. Son handed over the little rocking horse for our youngest grandchild to use - We bought it in France 15 years ago and is now into it’s 6th rider. Bit like the Queen and successive PM’s. (No - don’t be rude).
Vaccination clinic went swimmingly, just shy of 400 turned up and we were finished before noon. Happy days.

The cobbler is now back open for business so a pair of old boots has now been brought back into use. I did buy a replacement pair during the lockdown so I am now consulting our daughter (our local Marcos specialist) as to how they should be stored - should they, for instance, be kept in a bag when not in use. Should I have a specially designed boot rack - I could put wellies on it as well. - oh, and also my two pairs of motorcycling footwear.

Another monoprint - about 14 inches by 25 inches on unsized rice paper. Have a great day if you can. I am starting with koffy.


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Absolutely great.
Love it @dunelm

 

[gennepher]

6.6 this am, after the first meal out last night in 18 months with visiting eldest and s.i.l.
I ate so much I had difficulty sleeping...very naughty but nice.

Attractive surroundings of the old Brayton Park Estate with the park lake and open golf course all around with open views of the Northern Fells a few miles away standing out in great clarity.

It was my 82 birthdays eve.....born D. Day minus 4 in a world so different to today but with other madmen bent on threatening all our futures.

Have great sunday every one
Derek

To be on the safe side, my maths is nil...my brain is nil this morning, as is the rest of me...

 

[dunelm]

6.6 this am, after the first meal out last night in 18 months with visiting eldest and s.i.l.
I ate so much I had difficulty sleeping...very naughty but nice.

Attractive surroundings of the old Brayton Park Estate with the park lake and open golf course all around with open views of the Northern Fells a few miles away standing out in great clarity.

It was my 82 birthdays eve.....born D. Day minus 4 in aworld so different to today but with other madmen bent on threatening all our futures.

Have great sunday every one
Derek

Happy Birthday Derek.

 

[Krystyna23040]

good evening all

4.9 today

late posting today, we had another warmish day so I went out fairly early to do some strimming before it got too hot, the weather forecast held out the promise of a bit of rain, but nope, no rain
We'll rake up tomorrow probably

Came back inside and decided to use the pot of single cream I got reduced yesterday (20p in Lidl), so it's now part of a tub of homemade rum and raisin ice cream Soaked a few raisins in a mix of rum and lemon juice then used the single cream, some greek yoghurt, almond milk and a little double cream for the base, sweetened with truvia then added more rum, a little lemon essence and the raisins. Jolly good too

Whilst I was shuffling things in the freezer to make room for the R+R ice cream mr gee suggested that the part bag of forest fruits could be thawed and pureed to make space and become part of the next batch. I didn't have a lot of double cream left so I decided to try using some canned coconut milk mixed with yoghurt and double cream. Sieved the puree to get rid of the seeds before I made it and it seems to have worked out ok

Hope your day has been gentle with you

@lindisfel - such a beautiful sunset

@jjraak - sound like good progress

@dunelm - I really like the dramatic colours in today's art, works very well

@gennepher - hugs for the tiredness but winner for determination
Not so a lazy picture, it's a fine colourful sketch

art bit - painted on Fabriano studio

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Lovely painting and your ice cream recipes look good also.

 

[jjraak]

Happy birthday, @lindisfel .

Day sounded wonderful

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

good evening all

4.9 today

late posting today, we had another warmish day so I went out fairly early to do some strimming before it got too hot, the weather forecast held out the promise of a bit of rain, but nope, no rain
We'll rake up tomorrow probably

Came back inside and decided to use the pot of single cream I got reduced yesterday (20p in Lidl), so it's now part of a tub of homemade rum and raisin ice cream Soaked a few raisins in a mix of rum and lemon juice then used the single cream, some greek yoghurt, almond milk and a little double cream for the base, sweetened with truvia then added more rum, a little lemon essence and the raisins. Jolly good too

Whilst I was shuffling things in the freezer to make room for the R+R ice cream mr gee suggested that the part bag of forest fruits could be thawed and pureed to make space and become part of the next batch. I didn't have a lot of double cream left so I decided to try using some canned coconut milk mixed with yoghurt and double cream. Sieved the puree to get rid of the seeds before I made it and it seems to have worked out ok

Hope your day has been gentle with you

@lindisfel - such a beautiful sunset

@jjraak - sound like good progress

@dunelm - I really like the dramatic colours in today's art, works very well

@gennepher - hugs for the tiredness but winner for determination
Not so a lazy picture, it's a fine colourful sketch

art bit - painted on Fabriano studio

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Ice cream sounds amazing.

What a lovely painting and as usual great light and depth, a really pleasing picture, love it.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Fbg 6.6

My hands still tired.
I deleted ZenBrush3 from iPad.
It was causing too many problems, not behaving, heating up my iPad badly, and no update in sight. And I have contacted the developers.
Also on my new Pixel 4a the ZenBrush3 app behaves horrendously badly as well. None of the paint strokes work properly. And it heats up my new phone almost instantly. So there is some flaw on the app.
So, ZenBrush3 had been banished from every device apart from the only device it works on is on my old 3a pixel phone small screen. But my hands and eyes don't feel like a tiny phone screen for art today...
I am sad because I really like what ZenBrush3 is capable of.

So resurrected ZenBrush2 which is just black and red.

I need a nap...

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Popeye's gone to Japan for his holidays or in his dreams.

Hugs for your discomforts.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Good morning everyone from a shapeless, amorphous start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north.
The wonder wheel of just one more salad came in at 5.4 this am - iceburg is better suited to penguins and zooplankton.

Ninky nonks now safely back home with rested parents and toy boxes have been re-packed. Son handed over the little rocking horse for our youngest grandchild to use - We bought it in France 15 years ago and is now into it’s 6th rider. Bit like the Queen and successive PM’s. (No - don’t be rude).
Vaccination clinic went swimmingly, just shy of 400 turned up and we were finished before noon. Happy days.

The cobbler is now back open for business so a pair of old boots has now been brought back into use. I did buy a replacement pair during the lockdown so I am now consulting our daughter (our local Marcos specialist) as to how they should be stored - should they, for instance, be kept in a bag when not in use. Should I have a specially designed boot rack - I could put wellies on it as well. - oh, and also my two pairs of motorcycling footwear.

Another monoprint - about 14 inches by 25 inches on unsized rice paper. Have a great day if you can. I am starting with koffy.


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Well done on the vaccine volunteers front and restoration of old boots. Hoss sounds a wonderful family possession and a lot less work than the real things.

That's a massive piece of art you have produced, I hope the fishermans boat is well anchored beneath that waterfall.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Just jumped out of our skins and the old house rattled and shook, earthquake, volcanic eruption, invasion? Local cooling towers flattened, we had forgotten it was today, how different the views will now be, sad but also better.

 

[SlimLizzy]

Got a great deal yesterday, took the small trailer full of weeds to the tip and brought it home full of woodchips. FREE! The local stores charge €10 for 40 litres. Put in some more seeds and plants, prepared soil is filling up fast.
Have been digging out weeds for a couple of hours. Had to stop though, am getting blisters.
No dig gardening sounded great until I realised it would cost a fortune to set up. Make raised beds, line with cardboard, fill with compost. Keep on adding compost every year. Unaffordable for us.
Extremely tired so sat down and ate some cheese. Too much cheese. So now feeling exhausted and queasy. Am supposed to be painting the ensuite shower room later. Appropriately with a pale green paint. If I can ever get myself moving again.

 

[lindisfel]

6.6 this am, after the first meal out last night in 18 months with visiting eldest and s.i.l.
I ate so much I had difficulty sleeping...very naughty but nice.

Attractive surroundings of the old Brayton Park Estate with the park lake and open golf course all around with open views of the Northern Fells a few miles away standing out in great clarity.

It was my 82 birthdays eve.....born D. Day minus 4 in a world so different to today but with other madmen bent on threatening all our futures.

Have great sunday every one
Derek

Did you note the deliberate mistake!
1939 is 5 years before 1944!
I have obviously lost the ability to count.
D.

 

[lindisfel]

Thanks Ian, I have the bog trotter feet to get through the quags!

Have a simply amazing 82nd birthday. The scenery and meal last night sound perfect for such a wonderful man. Images and menu scrub up well on The Net. Go well big man. Being born in June in The Fens is the best a man can get - so "they" say

 

[lindisfel]

Thanks Gennepher, you dont miss much being very on the ball!

To be on the safe side, my maths is nil...my brain is nil this morning, as is the rest of me...

 

[lindisfel]

Happy birthday, @lindisfel .

Day sounded wonderful

Many thanks jjraak, enjoy your day too.
D.