FranOnTheEdge
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 249
- Location
- Darkest Essex
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
- Dislikes
- Coriander leaf, chillis, celery, sausages,
Thanks and hello to you too.@FranOnTheEdge - Hello and Welcome to the Forum.
Thanks for the welcome, I find art fascinating too. Do you do any?Hellooooo !
Your arty stuff sounds interesting! Welcome from too.
Umm...I can't claim it being arty...but I do crafts...I get hold of 'tons' of raw sheep fleeces through out the year, wash it, card/comb it, spin it, knit it, dye it, felt it...all sorts. And I try to save some free time for growing my own food, and look after my dog, chickens, tortoise and honeybees ....or and hubby needs looking after for some amount tooThanks for the welcome, I find art fascinating too. Do you do any?
My collie used to be bouncy and manic, but once he was 2 years old he did finally start to calm down. Thank goodness, I really don't have the ability to cope with manic. And my knee is getting so bad that long walks are out of the question, unfortunately - I'm hoping that the warmer weather will improve my knee.@FranOnTheEdge
Welcome I too love collies, unfortunately I have one who is bouncy & manic, and one who used to be but now is old, tired out, and arthritic so walkies is one paced at the old girl's pace, then one at the young one's pace.
Soupmaker wise, I rely on on a slow cooker to brew up 6l at a time.
Tellywise I love science and nature, but drive wife up wal picking film plots to bits when I find inconsistencies in them
Also have a tendency to examine "What If"scenarios i.e. watching the "Dogs can fly" programme & thoughts drift into my head of collie piloted Search and Rescue drones
Yes you can - that's definitely 'arty' - heavens, you even get paid! That's brilliant!Umm...I can't claim it being arty...but I do crafts...I get hold of 'tons' of raw sheep fleeces through out the year, wash it, card/comb it, spin it, knit it, dye it, felt it...all sorts. And I try to save some free time for growing my own food, and look after my dog, chickens, tortoise and honeybees ....or and hubby needs looking after for some amount tooOh yes, forgot, I do little bit wood carving, as and when I see interesting looking piece of wood and it calls me to investigate it further. Usually don't know what It might become until I'm well away with the knife but I turn them into something small and useful...I do some paid work as well.
Maybe I should say I do old fashion cottage 'arts' in a town environmentI just find other people's hand made things, arty or not, very interesting.
I think my rattling didn't come out quite right...LOL...no, I don't get paid for my arty stuff..just that I do managed to do SOME paid work after all the crafty and 'looking after' stuff. Officially I'm gardener when weather and time of year demands itYes you can - that's definitely 'arty' - heavens, you even get paid! That's brilliant!
Oh we have chickens too - only got 3 hens left after fox deprevation last year and they've finally started laying again! Might get some more this year.
No tortoise, but a freind has 2, no bees but next door neighbour keeps them.
I love hunting for interesting things down at Mersea Island - my husband doesn't like it though as I always come back with things - he says we already have too much. (there's no such thing as 'too much'!) Lol.
Very nice to meet you Finsky.
I hate the metformin runs, that's what I have, and you're right, you can't be sure when it will strike. Makes me scared to go swimming. And that's the only exercise I can do (have athritis too).Hi Fran and welcome,
You sound like me in many ways. Weight probs, type 2 on Metformin, interest in art & writing, dogs.
My previous dog was a collie x springer. I thought mad meets madder was bad enough, but after he died 5 years ago we got a gorgeous, gentle lurcher (greyhound x ridgeback) and then I fostered a very underweight lurcher (whippet x saluki), who went to a family then got returned so I kept her. I never knew what mad was! She's a sofa dog in the house but a whirlwind on any open space.
I'm skiving from a watercolour group this morning partly due to having the Metformin runs again - totally unpredictable, can't trace to any pattern of diet, time etc - but also because I don't like the subject matter this morning (copying a Jack Vettriano - I prefer doing my own original stuff, but will copy in order to learn tehnique. It's just copying oil into watercolour annoys me). My favourite watercolour artist is Shirley Trevena. I love her loose style, with elements of abstract and lots of mark making. I dabble with acrylics and texture - recently made my own chunky gesso, but have no formal training in this (other than YouTube!).
I also write and have 3 books self-published, with a 4th in the editing process. I sew and do other crafty things now I am semi-retired and have time for me.
No kids. Not through choice, but you get what life deals you.
Anyway, that's me - a wee bit like you!
It's still 'art', paid or not. Gardener? That's what my brother was. Only thinking of new chicks NEXT spring? not this spring?I think my rattling didn't come out quite right...LOL...no, I don't get paid for my arty stuff..just that I do managed to do SOME paid work after all the crafty and 'looking after' stuff. Officially I'm gardener when weather and time of year demands it
I'm down to 3 chooks too...though that due natural courses. I might get some chicks next spring again.
NEVER too much craft stash!!
Well....it is early in the season yet, and my 'old' girls haven't got into proper laying swing as yet.....and I always feel like there more than just laying machines....hence hanging on to them and keeping them as pets as long as possible. Don't have heart to get rid of just because they don't produce that well anymoreIt's still 'art', paid or not. Gardener? That's what my brother was. Only thinking of new chicks NEXT spring? not this spring?
No, never too much stash, Lol!
One book of short stories is slightly supernatural. Two books in series are historical fiction - Tudor adventure (definitely not romance). Chunky gesso - I wanted to have some chunky white Christmas trees on some cards I was making. There's a craft thread on one of the forums on here, where a few of us have posted some made stuff.
It's nice to have things other than diabetes in our lives.
I was in your position re not being able to exercise (crumbling knees). I was due to have a knee replacement op, but my blood sugars were too high. Then I found this website, started low carbing, lost some weight (not enough, but it's a start), got by BS in a better state and found it easier to walk, so have put off the op for a bit.
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