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Good morning everyone on a cool and rainy morning here in French froggy France. Lovely lunch out yesterday but dad did not fancy it so stayed at home. My cousin and her partner are here so they joined us. They are off in their camper van down to southern Spain, via Andora, then back home early December. Probably going to do some batch cooking today, vegetarian dishes as my brother came and batch cooked a lot of protein dishes a couple of weeks ago. Dreams - some of mine a quite lucid and then at other times a great confusion of images crashing together. I did once though see Freddy and The Dreamers in Douglas, Isle of Man. I was on a Scout camp based in Peel, I think and the Scout Leader must have thought it would be a good idea for us all to go. Art bit, quick sketch - not sure I like it but hey ho! Hope your end of week is kind to you. Best make some Koffy.


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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on a cool and rainy morning here in French froggy France. Lovely lunch out yesterday but dad did not fancy it so stayed at home. My cousin and her partner are here so they joined us. They are off in their camper van down to southern Spain, via Andora, then back home early December. Probably going to do some batch cooking today, vegetarian dishes as my brother came and batch cooked a lot of protein dishes a couple of weeks ago. Dreams - some of mine a quite lucid and then at other times a great confusion of images crashing together. I did once though see Freddy and The Dreamers in Douglas, Isle of Man. I was on a Scout camp based in Peel, I think and the Scout Leader must have thought it would be a good idea for us all to go. Art bit, quick sketch - not sure I like it but hey ho! Hope your end of week is kind to you. Best make some Koffy.


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Art bit I like very much.It is looking desolate at the moment, which fits my mind today...it is good, an expression of how I feel (I don't needs hugs or sympathy It is fine).

Enjoy your coffee @dunelm
 
gennepher said:
Art bit I like very much.It is looking desolate at the moment, which fits my mind today...it is good, an expression of how I feel (I don't needs hugs or sympathy It is fine).

Enjoy your coffee @dunelm
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Sad that you are feeling desolate at the moment, Gennepher. OK, you don't want hugs or sympathy but will hope for something a bit brighter than desolate be acceptable?
 
Fbg 6.6

Well my plans are scuppered this morning.
Wellies and Noah's ark are needed.
I thought the worst of this storm was not going to hit us, so the weather forecasters said yesterday.

I have a 4 inch padding pool round my bungalow this morning, But no worries, once it gets to just under my door sills, it runs off down the hill because I am the highest thing around here. But it means the steep hill, the rat run at the end of my road will be a torrent of a river, and the rat run people never take that into consideration when scooting down at 40 (in a 20). So there will be a few meetings with parked cars, lampposts, telegraph poles, and walls all getting on with life minding their own business.

Last night in the early hours there were 2 stray cats sheltering from the rain. Cat number 1 was in Midnight's comfy kitchen chair, cat number 2 was relegated to the comfy cat bed which is under the kitchen chair, and he was growling and objecting....I left them to slug it out. Midnight wanted to make his voice heard, so I had to push him unceremoniously, along the wooden floors into another room.

This morning, only stray number 1 remained. He did have the vantage point.

Midnight has been viewing the cat litter tray with disdain. He I'll only use it under duress, he prefers the leaves in my garden....he is now waiting for the rain to abate....he says he cannot swim...

If the rain doesn't abate, I'll find some stepping stones...


Wildlife night time camera
The Fox The badger & The Cat
Cat Midnight
Foxy Loxy
& Boy Badger
1 min long


Creative...a drawing in my favourite app, then on to Procreate for detail.
Some cherry blossoms so we can think of Spring....


Time for s nap.

A cuppa tea...

Have your best day.

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Annb said:
Sad that you are feeling desolate at the moment, Gennepher. OK, you don't want hugs or sympathy but will hope for something a bit brighter than desolate be acceptable?
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Thanks, wishing for something brighter is great. The going out this morning would've helped, so now it is doing a meditation, an electric blanket on, and then a nap.
Thanks again @Annb
 
Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and those that turned cartwheels across the floor.
Blood sugars this morning were 6.9
Hopefully I will be attaching Mrs J’s latest paint by numbers creation, it was finished yesterday and has now found a new home, a close friend of Mrs J’s is now the proud owner.
If me, me’s and myself are lucky I will taken to supervise the weekly shop, with possibility of being banished to the koffy shop, but who knows, Mrs J does, worryingly Mrs J is quiet.
It might be prudent to keep my head down, but where’s the fun in that.
Stay safe all.IMG_0214.jpeg
 
ianpspurs said:
Good news on Hive now behiving :banghead: Did Mr K avoid the big Paddington, cheap as chips reduced to clear (but fine for Saturday evening then grandson to play in) England RWC top and sirloin steak* JKP made me put in the trolley? We only went for dog food and baby wipes :arghh: . Aldi Newmarket is opposite the hospital where I had my bloods taken so back in November. Random strings of amazingly gorgeous (and very valuable) horses appear as if from nowhere in that town but they have right of way.
Update. Probably best to avoid the *d. This will discombobulate a few. Processed meat is worse - no manure Sherlock. Since it was US based did they control for the bun, fries, supersized shake and everything else along with the (processed) meat?
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Mr K bought pork loins from Aldi. He loves pork loins but I don't. I would have preferred sirloin steak. Luckily he doesn't buy the pork very often.
 
Morning all. It looks beautiful out there - Bengaluru obviously. A tad wet here but I strongly suspect along the road twixt here and Ely the salad will be being irrigated. Interesting posts about dreams. I'm not one who dreams much possibly because I don't really have an imagination. I think the creative side of my brain was left on the work bench. I don't think I ever even used colouring books and as far as I know I have never doodled. So thank you @dunelm @gennepher and Mrs @alf_Josiah for sharing yours. @gennepher I hope your day becomes more Genn friendly but winner for being honest. @Krystyna23040 great fbg and good news on not needing to travel to Norwich. @JohnEGreen milkmen? there's a blast from the past. Today may well be a day of drinking tea, watching cricket and rugby to limber up for tomorrow. Have as good a day as you can.
 
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alf_Josiah said:
Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and those that turned cartwheels across the floor.
Blood sugars this morning were 6.9
Hopefully I will be attaching Mrs J’s latest paint by numbers creation, it was finished yesterday and has now found a new home, a close friend of Mrs J’s is now the proud owner.
If me, me’s and myself are lucky I will taken to supervise the weekly shop, with possibility of being banished to the koffy shop, but who knows, Mrs J does, worryingly Mrs J is quiet.
It might be prudent to keep my head down, but where’s the fun in that.
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Beautiful Alf
Tell Mrs AJ this is brilliant. I would give this a home on my bedroom wall at the end of my bed, for it to be the first (positive uplifting) thing I see when I wake up. I am not surprised it has found a home already...
@alf_Josiah please tell Mrs J I love it.
 
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alf_Josiah said:
Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and those that turned cartwheels across the floor.
Blood sugars this morning were 6.9
Hopefully I will be attaching Mrs J’s latest paint by numbers creation, it was finished yesterday and has now found a new home, a close friend of Mrs J’s is now the proud owner.
If me, me’s and myself are lucky I will taken to supervise the weekly shop, with possibility of being banished to the koffy shop, but who knows, Mrs J does, worryingly Mrs J is quiet.
It might be prudent to keep my head down, but where’s the fun in that.
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Lovely painting by Mrs J.
 
Slept through to 5.30 this morning (got to bed about 1.15). BG at that point was 10.9 (finger prick - the Libre had run out). The garden has taken a bit of a battering from the wind, but it's not very wet here at the moment. Still too windy for the ferries to sail. Of course, the wind alone wouldn't be much of a problem, although our ferries do tend to have pretty high windage. It's the swell and the wave heights that stop the ferries. The Minch isn't the calmest stretch of water, especially in a wind either north easterly or south westerly.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.6

Well my plans are scuppered this morning.
Wellies and Noah's ark are needed.
I thought the worst of this storm was not going to hit us, so the weather forecasters said yesterday.

I have a 4 inch padding pool round my bungalow this morning, But no worries, once it gets to just under my door sills, it runs off down the hill because I am the highest thing around here. But it means the steep hill, the rat run at the end of my road will be a torrent of a river, and the rat run people never take that into consideration when scooting down at 40 (in a 20). So there will be a few meetings with parked cars, lampposts, telegraph poles, and walls all getting on with life minding their own business.

Last night in the early hours there were 2 stray cats sheltering from the rain. Cat number 1 was in Midnight's comfy kitchen chair, cat number 2 was relegated to the comfy cat bed which is under the kitchen chair, and he was growling and objecting....I left them to slug it out. Midnight wanted to make his voice heard, so I had to push him unceremoniously, along the wooden floors into another room.

This morning, only stray number 1 remained. He did have the vantage point.

Midnight has been viewing the cat litter tray with disdain. He I'll only use it under duress, he prefers the leaves in my garden....he is now waiting for the rain to abate....he says he cannot swim...

If the rain doesn't abate, I'll find some stepping stones...


Wildlife night time camera
The Fox The badger & The Cat
Cat Midnight
Foxy Loxy
& Boy Badger
1 min long


Creative...a drawing in my favourite app, then on to Procreate for detail.
Some cherry blossoms so we can think of Spring....


Time for s nap.

A cuppa tea...

Have your best day.

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I love your creative @gennepher. The birds look so happy.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all. It looks beautiful out there - Bengaluru obviously. A tad wet here but I strongly suspect along the road twixt here and Ely the salad will be being irrigated. Interesting posts about dreams. I'm not one who dreams much possibly because I don't really have an imagination. I think the creative side of my brain was left on the work bench. I don't think I ever even used colouring books and as far as I know I have never doodled. So thank you @dunelm @gennepher and Mrs @alf_Josiah for sharing yours. @gennepher I hope your day becomes more Genn friendly but winner for being honest. @Krystyna23040 great fbg and good news on not needing to travel to Norwich. Today may well be a day of drinking tea, watching cricket and rugby to limber up for tomorrow.
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Thank you @ianpspurs

I just needed to be out of the house a couple of hours, and was looking forward to it. It uplifts me for the rest of the day. I knew it would be raining (not this badly) and a little car drive is uplifting. And so @dunelm 's drawing this morning expressed the space in my head. Now, I have had my nap, meditation put me in a better place. Now I have new plans/schedule for some reorganisation to make the front room better/more functional. The meditation reorganised my day without me actively thinking about it!

Earlier I was worried how to feed the outdoor stray cats who never even come in the kitchen for food, because the trays of food normally go on the ground under the swing where the 4inch paddling pool is now. So I threw some dry old clothes on the swing and put the trays of wet and dry food on the swing. And I have just seen Jade breaking the record for the cat long jump over the paddling pool to get on the swing. I am happy she is okay for the day now!

So, all is good!!!
 
gennepher said:
Art bit I like very much.It is looking desolate at the moment, which fits my mind today...it is good, an expression of how I feel (I don't needs hugs or sympathy It is fine).

Enjoy your coffee @dunelm
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Thank you @gennepher and pleased that you like it. Rain has stopped and the sun is coming out - but not before I got soaked walking to the supermarket and back - drat!
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.6

Well my plans are scuppered this morning.
Wellies and Noah's ark are needed.
I thought the worst of this storm was not going to hit us, so the weather forecasters said yesterday.

I have a 4 inch padding pool round my bungalow this morning, But no worries, once it gets to just under my door sills, it runs off down the hill because I am the highest thing around here. But it means the steep hill, the rat run at the end of my road will be a torrent of a river, and the rat run people never take that into consideration when scooting down at 40 (in a 20). So there will be a few meetings with parked cars, lampposts, telegraph poles, and walls all getting on with life minding their own business.

Last night in the early hours there were 2 stray cats sheltering from the rain. Cat number 1 was in Midnight's comfy kitchen chair, cat number 2 was relegated to the comfy cat bed which is under the kitchen chair, and he was growling and objecting....I left them to slug it out. Midnight wanted to make his voice heard, so I had to push him unceremoniously, along the wooden floors into another room.

This morning, only stray number 1 remained. He did have the vantage point.

Midnight has been viewing the cat litter tray with disdain. He I'll only use it under duress, he prefers the leaves in my garden....he is now waiting for the rain to abate....he says he cannot swim...

If the rain doesn't abate, I'll find some stepping stones...


Wildlife night time camera
The Fox The badger & The Cat
Cat Midnight
Foxy Loxy
& Boy Badger
1 min long


Creative...a drawing in my favourite app, then on to Procreate for detail.
Some cherry blossoms so we can think of Spring....


Time for s nap.

A cuppa tea...

Have your best day.

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Despite the awful deluge you have treated us to a smasher of spring scene.
 
alf_Josiah said:
Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and those that turned cartwheels across the floor.
Blood sugars this morning were 6.9
Hopefully I will be attaching Mrs J’s latest paint by numbers creation, it was finished yesterday and has now found a new home, a close friend of Mrs J’s is now the proud owner.
If me, me’s and myself are lucky I will taken to supervise the weekly shop, with possibility of being banished to the koffy shop, but who knows, Mrs J does, worryingly Mrs J is quiet.
It might be prudent to keep my head down, but where’s the fun in that.
Stay safe all.View attachment 63791
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Another knockout piece from Mrs J and thanks for sharing. Take care in the supermarket, strange items have a habit of jumping into unsuspecting trollies.
 
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