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

[gennepher]

Fbg 6.3

A flutterby in my garden...

Enjoy today...

 

[Krystyna23040]

Hope they do actually manage to see red squirrels. They can be very elusive.

They have a breeding programme for red squirrels and they are kept in runs for a while and then they release them into the wild so they are not kept in captivity very long.

They were releasing them in Anglesey but there are so many there now that they are now releasing them in Scotland where there are also pine martens.

The grandchildren love watching the squirrels run around.

 

[Krystyna23040]

5.8 this morning. Another lovely day yesterday. We all really enjoyed our 3 course meal at the Victoria. Was very low carb - smoked salmon starter and a prawn salad for main meal and a coffee as a desert so not sure why fbs was higher.

 

[dunelm]

Fbg 6.3

A flutterby in my garden...

Enjoy today...

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Fabulous

 

[dunelm]

5.8 this morning. Another lovely day yesterday. We all really enjoyed our 3 course meal at the Victoria. Was very low carb - smoked salmon starter and a prawn salad for main meal and a coffee as a desert so not sure why fbs was higher.

Something in the salad perhaps?

 

[dunelm]

Good morning everyone from a drizzly start here in the dark and dangerous north
The wonder wheel of roast cod with green things came in at 5.4 this am

Home yesterday after a decent Atkins style breakfast with my brother. Called in to see friends on the way for koffy and some lovely low carb fibre flour cake. Lots of orange and red lines appearing on the satnav so just had to choose the lowest number in the delay stakes. Four hours turned into five but apart from that, home safe and sound. Today is an unknown - Dark Skies app indicates drizzle on and off all day so it’s coats and boots at the ready for a walk.

Tree - yes, let’s have a tree for a change. Hope your day is a good one. Time for yet another koffy

 

[gennepher]

Fabulous

Thanks @dunelm

 

[gennepher]

Good morning everyone from a drizzly start here in the dark and dangerous north
The wonder wheel of roast cod with green things came in at 5.4 this am

Home yesterday after a decent Atkins style breakfast with my brother. Called in to see friends on the way for koffy and some lovely low carb fibre flour cake. Lots of orange and red lines appearing on the satnav so just had to choose the lowest number in the delay stakes. Four hours turned into five but apart from that, home safe and sound. Today is an unknown - Dark Skies app indicates drizzle on and off all day so it’s coats and boots at the ready for a walk.

Tree - yes, let’s have a tree for a change. Hope your day is a good one. Time for yet another koffy


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A great tree @dunelm

 

[dogslife]

Fbg 6.3

A flutterby in my garden...

Enjoy today...

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Aw, a red admiral! My dad was a keen gardener and this was his favourite butterfly. We had included this fact in the vicar's presentation at dad's funeral service and just after she announced it a red admiral fluttered down from the chapel roof and settled on the pew beside us. I expect it was sheltering in there for the winter but it was perfect timing and a poignant moment for us at the time. Thank you for sharing@gennepher.

 

[ianpspurs]

Aw, a red admiral! My dad was a keen gardener and this was his favourite butterfly. We had included this fact in the vicar's presentation at dad's funeral service and just after she announced it a red admiral fluttered down from the chapel roof and settled on the pew beside us. I expect it was sheltering in there for the winter but it was perfect timing and a poignant moment for us at the time. Thank you for sharing@gennepher.

Wonderful story from an amazing lady. Take jolly good care of yourself young lady.

 

[alf_Josiah]

Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen.

A 6.5 this late morning.

At 9:10 this morning I was laying in bed and wondering why bother getting up, the I remembered koffy, a good enough reason to get up.

Later Mrs J took me to Costco, a financial ouch, I wish I had stayed in bed.

Is it time for your afternoon nap? It's time for mine.

 

[lindisfel]

They have a breeding programme for red squirrels and they are kept in runs for a while and then they release them into the wild so they are not kept in captivity very long.

They were releasing them in Anglesey but there are so many there now that they are now releasing them in Scotland where there are also pine martens.

The grandchildren love watching the squirrels run around.

At the interface of Grey and Reds, where the Red is really in trouble due to Pox unless the Greys are eliminated, the Pine Marten takes more Greys than Reds and if we had more Goshawks they would also help the process by differentially killing Greys.
D.

 

[lindisfel]

Keepers hate Goshawks unlike falconers who have often released one for every one they bought from continent.

They are a super bird and great to see.

I read an account of a female being taken by a Fox when it was on prey and the Gos "footed" the Fox with its big toe/claw and the Fox died, but sadly also did the Gos.

They knew this happened because the Goshawk had been released with a tracker on and both were found dead in a thicket.
D.

 

[geefull]

good afternoon all

4.3 today

beef stew for lunch with lc fruit fool and the remaining portion of homemade ice cream for pudding

hope your day is treating you well

@ianpspurs thank you Ian

@gennepher - what a lovely butterfly on that buddleia

@dunelm - a handsome tree, very statuesque

art bit - didn't managed to do much art for the last week

this power line pole has developed a bit of a list but it made for added interest

 

[gennepher]

Aw, a red admiral! My dad was a keen gardener and this was his favourite butterfly. We had included this fact in the vicar's presentation at dad's funeral service and just after she announced it a red admiral fluttered down from the chapel roof and settled on the pew beside us. I expect it was sheltering in there for the winter but it was perfect timing and a poignant moment for us at the time. Thank you for sharing@gennepher.

That was a perfect moment @dogslife

 

[gennepher]

good afternoon all

4.3 today

beef stew for lunch with lc fruit fool and the remaining portion of homemade ice cream for pudding

hope your day is treating you well

@ianpspurs thank you Ian

@gennepher - what a lovely butterfly on that buddleia

@dunelm - a handsome tree, very statuesque

art bit - didn't managed to do much art for the last week

this power line pole has developed a bit of a list but it made for added interest

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Thanks @geefull

I hope the power line pole survives the next snowstorm...
A great painting.

 

[dunelm]

A great tree @dunelm

Thank you @gennepher

 

[dunelm]

good afternoon all

4.3 today

beef stew for lunch with lc fruit fool and the remaining portion of homemade ice cream for pudding

hope your day is treating you well

@ianpspurs thank you Ian

@gennepher - what a lovely butterfly on that buddleia

@dunelm - a handsome tree, very statuesque

art bit - didn't managed to do much art for the last week

this power line pole has developed a bit of a list but it made for added interest

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Thank you @geefull and glad to see one of your paintings today, always a pleasure to see and let’s hope that that power line pole survives.

 

[Krystyna23040]

Something in the salad perhaps?

Maybe, although I didn't have a dressing on the salad.

 

[Krystyna23040]

At the interface of Grey and Reds, where the Red is really in trouble due to Pox unless the Greys are eliminated, the Pine Marten takes more Greys than Reds and if we had more Goshawks they would also help the process by differentially killing Greys.
D.

It is good that they are being released in an area with pinemartens. Hopefully there are goshawks also.