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gennepher said:
I am waiting for it to bounce down here. I am wanting that rain. I need that rain...

I have just done edit no 2 on my post "We have lightning!! But I cannot tell if there is thunder because my Cochlear sound processor is not working...oh WOW that was some lightning flash! Trees are beating each other. Now, I need the rain to water my garden and pots....please rain!!!!"
But I don't smell the rain now...

I think it is detouring to you @Lamont D

No rain for me...it is now a beautiful sunny blue skied evening...
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it bouncing down now, big puddles, but can see blue sky to the South east.And over the city to the North.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
It could well be what THEY want us to think @jjraak . Unfortunately we have no way of knowing.
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Sunday's FBG 4.6 mmol on waking at 6.00 am.

I would have thought generalised symptoms like tiredness were either due to post-vaccine side effects or, depending on the timing, simply coincidence.

Localised soreness at the vaccination site (usually the deltoid muscle in the upper arm) could be a side effect of the vaccine or due to the technique (or lack thereof) of the vaccinator! The number of sore arms reported suggests the former is likely, especially if you have a past history of swelling or rash following vaccinations.

As you say, we have no way of knowing.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on another sunny start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.8 this am. Smashing day yesterday but the high temperature played havoc with my ankles. I think there will be a lot of lobster looking folk about today. Never understood the idea of sun bathing. Who watched the massive music mess last night? No, me neither. I think that it had run its course quite a few years ago. Sad when such things go all weird and political. We seem to be living in the flight path of some newly made bee colony. I am carefully removing at least 8 or 9 lost bees a day using a glass tumbler and a stiff piece of paper. Wonder if it’s the same few each time - the ones well left of the foraging bell curve? I think they need to improve this famous waggle dance that people bang on about. I would help if I could but I can’t speak bee and my days of choreographing Pan’s People is a distant memory. Art bit - another quite quick sketch due to my meagre ration of time for myself at present. I hope that your day is a good one. Say hello to all and sundry but in randomly picked languages. I like Swedish, ‘Hej’ - it makes folk look around for privet. Best have some koffy.
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Another beautiful work of art @dunelm although the trees look none too healthy. Were the branches lopped off?

Afraid, I can't speak bee language either. (I've established communication with some invertebrates, but that's another story.). At one time, we used to identify individual bees with a spot of nail polish, but I expect entomologists use paint pens to make a small dot on the thorax.

I've picked up bumble bees between thumb and index finger, but they are docile creatures. The tumbler and card trick is the safest way to remove any invertebrate from your home, if you'd rather not handle them.

Do you have a bird bath? Bees seem to find them attractive, so re-siting the bath might persuade them to reroute their flught path.
Worth a try.
 
gennepher said:
Brilliant pollarded trees @dunelm
Fortunately all my bumblebees and those that live in a colony are only coming for the wild flowers, and the odd bumblebee that comes n the bungalow, I open the door or window and say "Thataway.." with my arm and finger pointing for good measure in case they prefer visual signage...or I might gather it up in my hands (I am told they don't usually sting...so far that has held true...). I love those small ones with the russet silky bums...and yes, I can't resist stroking them...
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Russet bottoms? @gennepher. Soumds like a carder bee, Bombus pascuorum. They're docile little bumblebees and so hard-working.
 
LivingLightly said:
Russet bottoms? @gennepher. Soumds like a carder bee, Bombus pascuorum. They're docile little bumblebees and so hard-working.
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Yes, that is them. I couldn't think of the name offhand @LivingLightly

They are so cute.

Many years ago I found one of those carder bees who had been born with deformed wings. I picked her up and put her on a foxglove. I expected her to die soon. Google told me it was likely it was a she. But the next day she was still around. You could see where she was in the garden, the plant trembled as she climbed the stem. Pretty much all that day I watched out for her. Moving her if she was too near one of my frog ponds. And putting her next to her favourite flowers. She would come towards me if I was sitting on my swing, and climb on my shoes. I hated going out, and once I came back to her walking across a branch over one of my frog ponds...aaaaagggghhhh...she would have had to turn round and come back...she had to walk everywhere for food. She was literally my life for just over 3 weeks. Then one morning, I opened my bedroom door, it opens out into the garden. And Sophie had come up to my bedroom door in the night, and had died on the door mat.

I was grateful I knew what had happened to her, and somehow she had let me know.

Since then I have had these carder bees with deformed wings each year, but none of them were as tenacious as Sophie, or lived more than a few days. You can see where they are in the garden, the plant/flower stem trembles a lot...
 
When I woke up at 5AM was 6.3 but now at 6AM fbg has dropped to 4.9
Our outing to Hardwick Inn on Saturday was very enjoyable and the meal was excellent but when it was time to leave after sitting for several hours I could hardly walk so Ade had to fetch the wheelchair from the car.
Ade has returned to Oxford and will be travelling over to Ireland again in the next couple of weeks so we may not see him again till August or thereabouts.
 
LivingLightly said:
Another beautiful work of art @dunelm although the trees look none too healthy. Were the branches lopped off?

Afraid, I can't speak bee language either. (I've established communication with some invertebrates, but that's another story.). At one time, we used to identify individual bees with a spot of nail polish, but I expect entomologists use paint pens to make a small dot on the thorax.

I've picked up bumble bees between thumb and index finger, but they are docile creatures. The tumbler and card trick is the safest way to remove any invertebrate from your home, if you'd rather not handle them.

Do you have a bird bath? Bees seem to find them attractive, so re-siting the bath might persuade them to reroute their flught path.
Worth a try.
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Thank’s for that @LivingLightly. In France they like to pollard trees - especially Plane Trees. The ones near where my parents live are quite old I think so have quite a gnarled look until the new growth appears. Bit like old and pollarded Willows. We do have a bird bath in the front garden so will try moving it to the back and see what happens.
 
JohnEGreen said:
When I woke up at 5AM was 6.3 but now at 6AM fbg has dropped to 4.9
Our outing to Hardwick Inn on Saturday was very enjoyable and the meal was excellent but when it was time to leave after sitting for several hours I could hardly walk so Ade had to fetch the wheelchair from the car.
Ade has returned to Oxford and will be travelling over to Ireland again in the next couple of weeks so we may not see him again till August or thereabouts.
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Pleased for you that the outing went well. I think the trick is to get up and stretch your legs every half hour to remind them what their job is.
 
Good morning everyone from yet another hot chilli peppers in the blistering sun start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.4 at 0520 when I rashly got up. We walked down to the lower prom yesterday - quite early, sticking to the woods route for some shade even though I was hiding beneath the brim of my Tilley hat. Back home by 1030. Mrs Miggins pottering about in the garden while I did a few errands, roof down on our little car pretending to be Isadora Duncan but without the silk scarf - it’s health and safety gone mad! Haircut and beard trim - what! On a Sunday! Saw the place open and took the opportunity, carping my diem. New look scared the life out of Mrs Miggins as I promenaded into the garden doing a bit of peacocking. Art bit - just a single tree - I like trees - very underrated and always listen politely when you talk to them. Hope your day goes well, it’s your only go at it after all and time is easily squandered. Best make koffy and do some exercises.
 

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LivingLightly said:
Sunday's FBG 4.6 mmol on waking at 6.00 am.

I would have thought generalised symptoms like tiredness were either due to post-vaccine side effects or, depending on the timing, simply coincidence.

Localised soreness at the vaccination site (usually the deltoid muscle in the upper arm) could be a side effect of the vaccine or due to the technique (or lack thereof) of the vaccinator! The number of sore arms reported suggests the former is likely, especially if you have a past history of swelling or rash following vaccinations.

As you say, we have no way of knowing.
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The nurse expertly administered the vaccine. So expertly that I actually wondered if she had really vaccinated me as I didn't feel the needle going in. So I was really pleased that my arm was very sore a few hours later as it proved she had vaccinated me.
 
Finally have my dentist appointment this morning - been waiting since last October. The problem I had has more or less resolved itself but I'll get my remaining teeth checked anyway.

BG at 04.45 was 4.9. One cup of tea, painkillers and an hour later it was 5.9. No breakfast until I get back from the dentist.
 
Morning all from a sunny and mild start to exam season 2024 in L.A. A Levels season starts today and SATS week for younger ones. From memory Uni exam season is about now. May Balls time in Cambridge next month so sons may be on a nice little earner running bars. #1 grandson was in school by 8.00 am for pre-SATS breakfast. 2 SPAG papers today. @dunelm thanks for sharing your art and well turned phrases. @Annb I hope the dentist visit goes well. @JohnEGreen glad Saturday was good. Our PM has been giving his take on this and airing his (wildly deluded) Pharaoh complex - lyrics. No sign of a Joseph in that cabinet. Enjoy Monday despite all that.
 
Just back from the dentist. My remaining teeth are in fine fettle, apparently but he did grind down some sharp edges on my lower front teeth which have been causing trouble for my tongue. Also tells me I have "geographic tongue". I've heard of it and did wonder. Nothng to be done about it though, it will flare up from time to time and then go away when it feels like it. Advice - don't use mouthwash, it just makes it worse. Use salt water if I must but always before brushing, not after. Come back in a year. Surprisingly, I didn't have to pay for it.

Also gave me a chance to have a happy conversation with 2 of my ex students working in reception there. They were very flattering about my influence on them. They reckon that the education currently on offer at the college is nothing like as good as theirs was. I'd heard that before. Such a shame. My specialty was helping those who had had a bad school experience to be able to get onto the learning wagon again. That no longer happens.

The Move More class no longer happens either - last one today. Kirsty's contract hasn't been renewed because, it seems that, Zoom classes are no longer needed now that the pandemic is over.
 
Annb said:
Just back from the dentist. My remaining teeth are in fine fettle, apparently but he did grind down some sharp edges on my lower front teeth which have been causing trouble for my tongue. Also tells me I have "geographic tongue". I've heard of it and did wonder. Nothng to be done about it though, it will flare up from time to time and then go away when it feels like it. Advice - don't use mouthwash, it just makes it worse. Use salt water if I must but always before brushing, not after. Come back in a year. Surprisingly, I didn't have to pay for it.

Also gave me a chance to have a happy conversation with 2 of my ex students working in reception there. They were very flattering about my influence on them. They reckon that the education currently on offer at the college is nothing like as good as theirs was. I'd heard that before. Such a shame. My specialty was helping those who had had a bad school experience to be able to get onto the learning wagon again. That no longer happens.

The Move More class no longer happens either - last one today. Kirsty's contract hasn't been renewed because, it seems that, Zoom classes are no longer needed now that the pandemic is over.
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Good news on the dentist, especially the catch up with ex-students. Not so good about Move More class. I had never heard of geographic tongue before.
 
JohnEGreen said:
When I woke up at 5AM was 6.3 but now at 6AM fbg has dropped to 4.9
Our outing to Hardwick Inn on Saturday was very enjoyable and the meal was excellent but when it was time to leave after sitting for several hours I could hardly walk so Ade had to fetch the wheelchair from the car.
Ade has returned to Oxford and will be travelling over to Ireland again in the next couple of weeks so we may not see him again till August or thereabouts.
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You could have crawled back if the beer and food has that effect!!!!!!;):banghead:
 
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