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gennepher

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17.09.2020
Maybe i should not derail the Art Thread with more mundane matters?
Was only half awake this morning, fed the cat, made tea and coffee, woke up sufficiently to realise cat needed medicine. And eardrops. Ofc having had his breakfast was not very co-operative, More on the floor and fur than inside the cat. MrSlim had to help. Will probably need that again tonight.
Forgot FBG, ah well there is always tomorrow.
There is nothing worse than trying to get meds in a cat @SlimLizzy
You have just reminded me I should have given moggy here a tablet..
Hope you are still in one piece.
Take care.
 

lindisfel

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My son posted this on face book I thought I would share.

People come and go,
in and out of the places where I am,
I come and go,
in and out of the places where they are.
But love is always there,
a constant strength.
It is with love that we begin and
in love we walk our differing paths.
It is Love that we have been learning to love
and by Life we have been learning to live.
So, moments come and go,
places come and go,
but Love is always there,
a constant strength,
late have I begun to see you,
late have I understood my paths
have always been in you.
late have I loved you,
Love so ancient and so new.
so, I try to let them pass,
to go their way,
because Love is always there,
a constant strength.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/BrAdeGreenOFMCap/posts/?ref=page_internal

Thank you, John, for sharing your son's thoughts with us.
 

lindisfel

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There is nothing worse than trying to get meds in a cat @SlimLizzy
You have just reminded me I should have given moggy here a tablet..
Hope you are still in one piece.
Take care.
Hi gennepher and Sl,
Its a long time ago, but we wrapped our Sooty in a towel, legs and all, opened his jaws with one hand, one finger at each hinge, holding his mouth up, dropped the medication at the back of his throat, held his mouth shut and massaged his throat until he had to swallow, making sure it really had gone down.
But you must know all that.
They always know if you put it their feed.:)

A very clever cat.
You couldn't leave him in the living room of mother's council house and go out!
I can see him now after over 60 years putting his head under the door window curved handle and opening the window to get out and go mousing
D.
 

jjraak

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17.09.2020
Maybe i should not derail the Art Thread with more mundane matters?
Was only half awake this morning, fed the cat, made tea and coffee, woke up sufficiently to realise cat needed medicine. And eardrops. Ofc having had his breakfast was not very co-operative, More on the floor and fur than inside the cat. MrSlim had to help. Will probably need that again tonight.
Forgot FBG, ah well there is always tomorrow.

Hug for the hassle, but a WIN for the effort
..and caring enough to try..:)
 

Muddy Cyclist

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Hi gennepher and Sl,
Its a long time ago, but we wrapped our Sooty in a towel, legs and all, opened his jaws with one hand, one finger at each hinge, holding his mouth up, dropped the medication at the back of his throat, held his mouth shut and massaged his throat until he had to swallow, making sure it really had gone down.
But you must know all that.
They always know if you put it their feed.:)

A very clever cat.
You couldn't leave him in the living room of mother's council house and go out!
I can see him now after over 60 years putting his head under the door window curved handle and opening the window to get out and go mousing
D.
That's the method we used with our cats, always more than one towel though. His brother however just let you give it to him with no bother.
 
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Muddy Cyclist

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My son posted this on face book I thought I would share.

People come and go,
in and out of the places where I am,
I come and go,
in and out of the places where they are.
But love is always there,
a constant strength.
It is with love that we begin and
in love we walk our differing paths.
It is Love that we have been learning to love
and by Life we have been learning to live.
So, moments come and go,
places come and go,
but Love is always there,
a constant strength,
late have I begun to see you,
late have I understood my paths
have always been in you.
late have I loved you,
Love so ancient and so new.
so, I try to let them pass,
to go their way,
because Love is always there,
a constant strength.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/BrAdeGreenOFMCap/posts/?ref=page_internal
Lovely words, thanks for sharing.
 

Muddy Cyclist

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My painting for today...
Not in a mood for a realistic painting...
But wanted to do the bridge from yesterday...
Just in a mood about something...

I call it The String Bridge...
But it's not. It's a suspension bridge I think...
Details don't matter...

Title - 'Breaking Free'

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Sorry about you being in a mood. Influenced a fine bit of digital art though. Feels a bit surrealistic but not in a dark sort of way.
 

jjraak

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Evening all.

Home at silly am this morning.

No fbg..

Holiday marvellous.

for those getting older of with elderly relatives considering where to go.
Turunc turkey recommended.
one small town, all flat, easy to get around and Madge mobiles everywhere for rent
2+3 seaters if needed..
and WAY cheaper then European resorts

we didn't but still had great time
good mix of ages but more 40's to 80's
then 18-30's, if i am honest.

said enough about hols..will i return.?
in a shot given the chance..

only quibble was the flights.
as said a little gaggle , big n brave on the flight but too sensitive to wear a mask.
same crowd on return home obeying when they know they'll get fined,
but inside boarding area, masks off, airline people said nothing.
not seen anyone queried as to reason they can't wear one.

Turkey was a solid policy, wear mask.
in street
take off at bar / restaurant and on sunbed

so we wore masks, but saw police patrol and tell many to mask up
saw none seeming to provided medical reasons why they couldn't, masked up meekly
police watched for a good while as they left.

next day over 100 got fined £90 each, there and then for not wearing.

Carrot at first followed by BIG stick is all that works with many.

back on plane same fools did the arrogant march through plane, glancing at all the mugs thinking of others.
airline staff said nothing

( and i'd add in the messages re socially distancing on the flight...haha.
NO chance

too many are just herd animals, the stand up and get the cases down asap and stand in the aisles,
a foot away for everyone, is i can categorically say ALIVE and well )

Same in Stansted, quite amazing how many have a valid medical reason not to wear one...
...when they now they won't get a big fine or even asked why..

anyways...

holiday over
now on Plague island
until next escape.

"Back to life,
back to reality...:singing: "

enjoy the new day.

The final 2020 curtain call for Plague Runners..(maybe..;) )
 
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Muddy Cyclist

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Been another day that time played with laughing at my efforts to use it well. Some times I could murder time.
Found a tin of old Brass Rubbing Wax, we spent many hours in cold churches back in the 1970s rubbing brasses which are now all in the loft. The pieces are quite large and very hard so I used them flat adding pressure to produce a couple of quick doodles, it was fun, not serious, so here they be both A4 and the tree one does have the piece of wax used in bottom right hand corner...
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Muddy Cyclist

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Evening all.

Home at silly am this morning.

No fbg..

Holiday marvellous.

for those getting older of with elderly relatives considering where to go.
Turunc turkey recommended.
one small town, all flat, easy to get around and Madge mobiles everywhere for rent
2+3 seaters if needed..
and WAY cheaper then European resorts

we didn't but still had great time
good mix of ages but more 40's to 80's
then 18-30's, if i am honest.

said enough about hols..will i return.?
in a shot given the chance..

only quibble was the flights.
as said a little gaggle , big n brave on the flight but too sensitive to wear a mask.
same crowd on return home obeying when they know they'll get fined,
but inside boarding area, masks off, airline people said nothing.
not seen anyone queried as to reason they can't wear one.

Turkey was a solid policy, wear mask.
in street
take off at bar / restaurant and on sunbed

so we wore masks, but saw police patrol and tell many to mask up
saw none seeming to provided medical reasons why they couldn't, masked up meekly
police watched for a good while as they left.

next day over 100 got fined £90 each, there and then for not wearing.

Carrot at first followed by BIG stick is all that works with many.

back on plane same fools did the arrogant march through plane, glancing at all the mugs thinking of others.
airline staff said nothing

same in Stansted, quite amazing how many have a valid medical reason not to wear one...
...when they now they won't get a big fine or even asked why..

anyways...

holiday over
now on Plague island
until next escape.

"Back to life,
back to reality...:singing: "

enjoy the new day.

The final 2020 curtain call for Plague Runners..(maybe..;) )
Welcome home to the isle of confusion, mayhem and frustration. You certainly seem to have had a good time.
 

jjraak

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That's the method we used with our cats, always more than one towel though. His brother however just let you give it to him with no bother.

short tale, probably said before.

our cat belles,
not well.
off to vets
vet treats all good.

vet wants to clip nails.
i say ok yes please...
cat say no.

vet covers cat in towel
cat says No.

vet asked me to hold cat in towel while she holds cat.
cat says NO

Vet brings in assistant.. we all hold cat in towels.
Cat so NOO

vet put mask on cat,
Now looks like a cross between hannibal lector and a feline superhero,
in its fetching towelled cape

the 3 of us hold cat in towels, vet tries best
cat says NOOOOOO.

Vet gives up.
we all go home with most of our limbs.

I'm cut to pieces,, still have the scars
vets are in shock.. suggest anaesthetic next time.
(not sure they mean for cat either)

Once home, Cat smugly licks itself and gives me that "whats for dinner, Pops" look.


Good luck all feeding anything a cat doesn't want to eat.

you'll need it

..and decent THICK, ...no..... really THICK Gloves.
 

jjraak

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Welcome home to the isle of confusion, mayhem and frustration. You certainly seem to have had a good time.

Thank you.

yes, we did very much, indeed.
suitably refreshed for more lies and mayhem

just trying to reset my jet lagged body to third world standards once more...;)

hope the healing's continuing apace.

Nice to see the examples of other styles, too.:)
 

dunelm

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Evening all.

Home at silly am this morning.

No fbg..

Holiday marvellous.

for those getting older of with elderly relatives considering where to go.
Turunc turkey recommended.
one small town, all flat, easy to get around and Madge mobiles everywhere for rent
2+3 seaters if needed..
and WAY cheaper then European resorts

we didn't but still had great time
good mix of ages but more 40's to 80's
then 18-30's, if i am honest.

said enough about hols..will i return.?
in a shot given the chance..

only quibble was the flights.
as said a little gaggle , big n brave on the flight but too sensitive to wear a mask.
same crowd on return home obeying when they know they'll get fined,
but inside boarding area, masks off, airline people said nothing.
not seen anyone queried as to reason they can't wear one.

Turkey was a solid policy, wear mask.
in street
take off at bar / restaurant and on sunbed

so we wore masks, but saw police patrol and tell many to mask up
saw none seeming to provided medical reasons why they couldn't, masked up meekly
police watched for a good while as they left.

next day over 100 got fined £90 each, there and then for not wearing.

Carrot at first followed by BIG stick is all that works with many.

back on plane same fools did the arrogant march through plane, glancing at all the mugs thinking of others.
airline staff said nothing

( and i'd add in the messages re socially distancing on the flight...haha.
NO chance

too many are just herd animals, the stand up and get the cases down asap and stand in the aisles,
a foot away for everyone, is i can categorically say ALIVE and well )

Same in Stansted, quite amazing how many have a valid medical reason not to wear one...
...when they now they won't get a big fine or even asked why..

anyways...

holiday over
now on Plague island
until next escape.

"Back to life,
back to reality...:singing: "

enjoy the new day.

The final 2020 curtain call for Plague Runners..(maybe..;) )
Welcome back to the land of the bewildered and the rise of the precious.
 

dunelm

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Been another day that time played with laughing at my efforts to use it well. Some times I could murder time.
Found a tin of old Brass Rubbing Wax, we spent many hours in cold churches back in the 1970s rubbing brasses which are now all in the loft. The pieces are quite large and very hard so I used them flat adding pressure to produce a couple of quick doodles, it was fun, not serious, so here they be both A4 and the tree one does have the piece of wax used in bottom right hand corner...
View attachment 44078
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Nice doodles and an interesting use of materials
 
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gennepher

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Hi gennepher and Sl,
Its a long time ago, but we wrapped our Sooty in a towel, legs and all, opened his jaws with one hand, one finger at each hinge, holding his mouth up, dropped the medication at the back of his throat, held his mouth shut and massaged his throat until he had to swallow, making sure it really had gone down.
But you must know all that.
They always know if you put it their feed.:)

A very clever cat.
You couldn't leave him in the living room of mother's council house and go out!
I can see him now after over 60 years putting his head under the door window curved handle and opening the window to get out and go mousing
D.
Hi @lindisfel
Popeye is disdainful if you put meds in food. He won’t eat.
I wrap him in swaddling clothes now i.e. I need my bed quilt (a towel is not thick enough). His pupils are wider if he is still holding that tablet in his mouth a few minutes later ready to spit out. Once his pupils have gone back to normal I know he has swallowed that tablet...

Popeye can open door handles no problem, so I changed the fittings to ball catch, so now he can’t.

Like your Sooty, Popeye could open any wooden window. He has not forgotten he did that. I’ve lived here around 20 years now and the windows are the uvpc (or whatever it is called), the plastic windows, and so the catch is different in that I can lock it in the groove (with a key) He is still trying to open them and spends ages examining them trying to figure out the workings...

Cats are very wiley creatures aren’t they!
:)
 

dunelm

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Good morning everyone from nothing but grey skies, hopefully not all day long, here in the dark and dangerous north

The wonder wheel of lemon and rosemary chicken and some “mash” made of cauliflower and broccoli came in at 4.8 this am

Tree trimming has started. Well according to Mrs Miggins. First in the barbers chair was a bay tree followed by the pear tree. I stood at a safe distance, well beyond government guidelines and only gave advice when I realised that Mrs Miggins had seemingly forgotten that the loppers extend. Video chat with my mother who has been put in charge of a neighbours keys while they are on holiday and instructions to use the swimming pool in their secluded garden. Dad has been bagging up both green and purple figs to give to friends - they already have a freezer full.
Lottery win - £10 from Macmillan Cancer Information Lottery - probably cost me a packet but it’s only a quid a month.

Drawing today on Zen Brush 2 of a tree branch hanging about in the park. The sun - well you have to have a sun every now and again. Hope everyone has a marvellous Friday. Time for koffy.
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gennepher

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Sorry about you being in a mood. Influenced a fine bit of digital art though. Feels a bit surrealistic but not in a dark sort of way.
Thank you @Muddy Cyclist
I am very aware that my current state of mind can affect my painting work. It was an unexpected letter in the mail that caused intense frustration and annoyance (the usual of no contact details I can use i.e. it was telephone call only to deal with an urgent matter. Which is no use to me with being deaf. I had to get the help of an internet friend to phone for me).
I would be completely stuck if it were not for my internet friends. Prior Covid I could drive somewhere to get someone to ring for me.
So, I suppose that painting was me wanting to break free.