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dunelm
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Good morning everyone from what looks to be a splendid morning here in the dark and dangerous north.
I have been down south, Blandford Forum - well Blandford Camp to be precise. Part of a presentation team talking about our personal experiences on that little island down in the South Atlantic 40 years ago. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. Try saying that in the voice of Chris Ewbank. It was a full weekend; stands, food, entertainment, parades, flash folk with fancy uniforms and shiny swords. One of the stands had some creaky old vehicles. One of them similar to one I drove in the 1970’s - but of course, not so well looked after - If it moves, rub some grease on it. If it doesn’t move, paint it. (pictures below). No chance of catching up but I hope that you all had a splendid weekend. Must get the paints out. After koffy of course.
I have been down south, Blandford Forum - well Blandford Camp to be precise. Part of a presentation team talking about our personal experiences on that little island down in the South Atlantic 40 years ago. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. Try saying that in the voice of Chris Ewbank. It was a full weekend; stands, food, entertainment, parades, flash folk with fancy uniforms and shiny swords. One of the stands had some creaky old vehicles. One of them similar to one I drove in the 1970’s - but of course, not so well looked after - If it moves, rub some grease on it. If it doesn’t move, paint it. (pictures below). No chance of catching up but I hope that you all had a splendid weekend. Must get the paints out. After koffy of course.
ianpspurs
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Morning all from the Exotic East where summer isn't on strike and is running on time. Long day tomorrow one way or another. I obviously have an fbg but that is probably, understandably IMHO, totally sub-optimal like much of my other "key" data. Good to see you back and in such good form @dunelm. @gennepher you haven't yet posted but I'm sure both the story of the wildlife and the creative will be exemplary as usual. @karen8967 great fbg, so pleased for you.Be good to yourself and the rest of creation but I'm afraid those be young, be foolish and be happy days belong in the past. We all know that is a foreign country where they do things differently - well perhaps not all of us which explains our - UK- current desire to head for a well known destination in this broken old handcart. Today's mission here is to return a very precious grandson to his parents in the best possible condition - best job I've ever had.
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Krystyna23040
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It sounds like you had a wonderful time at Blandford Camp @dunelm
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Hope all goes well tomorrow and that your mission to return your precious grandson to his parents in the best possible conditions goes well today.
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5.1 this morning. Last night on my return from work I was absolutely starving so had 16g of Montezuma chocolate and some raw coconut flakes. Delicious and didn't affect my fbs this morning - which I was a bit worried about last night.
dunelm
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It was pretty good. Lots of old friends, some of whom I have not seen for forty years and some only a couple of weeks ago. The last time that I was in Blandford Camp was in 1983.
gennepher
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Ah, my post is still here.
I wrote this just after dawn
And then the site went down...internal error it said...
Fbg 6.3
All the beasties ambled along or flew into the garden yesterday. The smaller birds are favouring the feeders in the middle of the garden at the moment. And I cannot see these so well from my bedroom. A little trimming of bushes might help...
Midnight found a cool spot in the garden yesterday and stayed there all afternoon. Just his rear end was exposed to dappled sunshine.
I stayed indoors with all the curtains shut and to keep the bungalow cool.
Another hot day today...
Going to make a cuppa while Midnight oversees the diner.
This was where the site went down...
Midnight has overseen the cat diner, and polished off any left overs, and is now in the cool green undergrowth...
Creative is a digital painting of mine put through Tiny Planets app, and some silhouettes...
Have a good day.
I wrote this just after dawn
And then the site went down...internal error it said...
Fbg 6.3
All the beasties ambled along or flew into the garden yesterday. The smaller birds are favouring the feeders in the middle of the garden at the moment. And I cannot see these so well from my bedroom. A little trimming of bushes might help...
Midnight found a cool spot in the garden yesterday and stayed there all afternoon. Just his rear end was exposed to dappled sunshine.
I stayed indoors with all the curtains shut and to keep the bungalow cool.
Another hot day today...
Going to make a cuppa while Midnight oversees the diner.
This was where the site went down...
Midnight has overseen the cat diner, and polished off any left overs, and is now in the cool green undergrowth...
Creative is a digital painting of mine put through Tiny Planets app, and some silhouettes...
Have a good day.
gennepher
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gennepher
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The site was down when I pressed send to my post earlier this morning...but fortunately it was nearly all saved...
Thanks @ianpspurs
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I can't argue with your management of T2 but I'll disagree until the cows come home about Montezuma and coconut flakes. You must be one tough cookie to eat that. I am obviously just not suited to managing T2 by diet but Kudos to you for the outstanding job you've done managing yours.
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Actually, I do think that you manage T2 fine by diet. You avoid the low carb foods you don't like and I do exactly the same. There are some low carb foods that I wouldn't eat if you paid me huge sums of money to eat them. Oh - hold on - it would depend on just how huge the sums of money were.
ianpspurs
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We need a virtual I'm a Celebrity Bush Tucker trial. What would people refuse to even try? For me erythritol, black pudding or anything from Diet Dr are a point blank refusal. In comparison, I'd be fine with live worms, sheep's "bits" etc. What about everyone else?
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Krystyna23040
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@ianpspurs mine definitely would include Erythritol, stevia, xylitol, black pudding, oysters, mussels, octopus, soy milk, pork chops, kale, chilli sauce and spinach.
I was intrigued by your mention of Diet Doctor but they wouldn't let me onto the website without signing up for a free trial.
I was intrigued by your mention of Diet Doctor but they wouldn't let me onto the website without signing up for a free trial.
Black pudding ...ok
Erythritol.. not sure I've ever had it
Sheeps bits. Mmh
Heart kidneys liver brain of any animal .it's GET ME OUT IF HERE time for me as for live worms .'.gag'.
And @Krystyna23040
, stevia, xylitol, black pudding, oysters, mussels, octopus, soy milk, pork chops, kale, chilli sauce and spinach
Stevia xylitol & oysyers...could but prefer not too
But mussels pork chops kale chilli spinach...all day long
Which is odd because apart from the squeamishness of body organs, I HATE HATE HATE fish
I never signed up sure I saw lots of recipes.
Though they might have links to outside sites ?
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I think Diet Dr used to have free access but moved to sign up, pay up.
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gennepher
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I would probably try almost everything once. The only actual aversion I have is to slippery slimey stuff...and that, I wouldn't even try once....
I did have a childhood friend who ate ants. She would scoop them off the wall and eat them in handfuls. When I told her dad, he just laughed and said she would be fine...
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gennepher
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I thought I would introduce Midnight to the subject of 'play'. I have never seen him play not even with a leaf.
I have some cheap ping pong balls. Which I bought because I use sticks/canes in my vegetable garden to support plants as well as some more towers of those strawberry plant pots (but they are for other things). And I was a bit worried if I fell over on to one of those sticks. So, I wrapped some old cloths on top of them and wrapped with duct tape. They were beginning to look like another art installation, and so I bought these cheap ping pong balls. They neither ping nor pong, but just lie dead on the ground when I try to bounce them.
So, I tried one with Midnight. Rolled it along the ground to the side of him. He impaled it with one claw. So, he is waving this ping pong ball around, ready to do the ping pong dance. But I removed it from his claw, and it was now much easier to make that small hole bigger. My earlier efforts to make a hole just resulted in a squashed ping pong ball. So, now rolling ping pong ball number 2 on the ground towards Midnight...and in this way I got all my wooden stakes tipped with cat impaled ping pong balls.
I gave him a treat which he took back to his favourite hidey hole place in the leafy undergrowth.
Yesterday was a very warm day. The regular customers (cats) came to the diner early. By 6 am, it was tidied up and dishes put to soak, because the flies are horrendous this hot weather. Just cat biscuits are out until evening, when there is a queue of customers for wet cat food. Something spooked Midnight badly a few days ago when I put the bowls of wet cat food down, and he dropped to the ground in complete fear. I didn't touch him because he might not have realised it was me. So I took the cat bowls away that day and put the wet cat food on a flat paper plate (no sides) and Midnight recovered from his fear and began eating. I don't know what triggered his extreme fear off that morning, but there had been a sudden noise as I put the cat bowls down.
I was thinking yesterday that I am not seeing much of the smaller birds, but as soon as I thought that, they all - bluetits and sparrows and the two blackbirds - burst into song from the leafy bushes and trees. That made me smile.
The birdsong app keeps telling me I have an owl. However, I have never seen one. But there are acres and acres of ancient woodlands all around here. So, the birdsong app might be right.
With that in mind, my creative (of a snapshot of my bathroom plants, put through Tiny Planets) this morning has an owl in it!
A cuppa is needed.
I thought I would introduce Midnight to the subject of 'play'. I have never seen him play not even with a leaf.
I have some cheap ping pong balls. Which I bought because I use sticks/canes in my vegetable garden to support plants as well as some more towers of those strawberry plant pots (but they are for other things). And I was a bit worried if I fell over on to one of those sticks. So, I wrapped some old cloths on top of them and wrapped with duct tape. They were beginning to look like another art installation, and so I bought these cheap ping pong balls. They neither ping nor pong, but just lie dead on the ground when I try to bounce them.
So, I tried one with Midnight. Rolled it along the ground to the side of him. He impaled it with one claw. So, he is waving this ping pong ball around, ready to do the ping pong dance. But I removed it from his claw, and it was now much easier to make that small hole bigger. My earlier efforts to make a hole just resulted in a squashed ping pong ball. So, now rolling ping pong ball number 2 on the ground towards Midnight...and in this way I got all my wooden stakes tipped with cat impaled ping pong balls.
I gave him a treat which he took back to his favourite hidey hole place in the leafy undergrowth.
Yesterday was a very warm day. The regular customers (cats) came to the diner early. By 6 am, it was tidied up and dishes put to soak, because the flies are horrendous this hot weather. Just cat biscuits are out until evening, when there is a queue of customers for wet cat food. Something spooked Midnight badly a few days ago when I put the bowls of wet cat food down, and he dropped to the ground in complete fear. I didn't touch him because he might not have realised it was me. So I took the cat bowls away that day and put the wet cat food on a flat paper plate (no sides) and Midnight recovered from his fear and began eating. I don't know what triggered his extreme fear off that morning, but there had been a sudden noise as I put the cat bowls down.
I was thinking yesterday that I am not seeing much of the smaller birds, but as soon as I thought that, they all - bluetits and sparrows and the two blackbirds - burst into song from the leafy bushes and trees. That made me smile.
The birdsong app keeps telling me I have an owl. However, I have never seen one. But there are acres and acres of ancient woodlands all around here. So, the birdsong app might be right.
With that in mind, my creative (of a snapshot of my bathroom plants, put through Tiny Planets) this morning has an owl in it!
A cuppa is needed.
