SaskiaKC
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I'm glad they worked for you. They are not actually fearsome, those big horns are made of memory foam!
What a scary bunch, mine are the fluffy cuddly kind,but thank you it worked
That was my plan PM until...I spotted ' Carve Her Name With Pride' on classic films (freeview channel 81) was on the telly...seen it so many times before...one of my favourites.good to hear you are better. It will probably be good to get out today
Okay...
Fbg at 3:20 am is 7.1
when I went to make a cuppa early yesterday evening, I came back to the couch to find a totally fast asleep cat, Popeye, between my Berber fleece blankets. I wasn't going to disturb him, and so I took myself off to bed, expecting Popeye to rouse himself (he usually does when he realises I have gone to another location) and come and settle n the bed. But he didn't. So that was me waking up every couple of hours to check he was okay. He always seems to be awake normally, literally checking on me.
3am I went and checked on him again. He was definitely breathing (he is old, though doesn't act or look it, 28 in May he will be). Went back to bed, and moments later someone is mithering me, patting my face with his paw. So, we go off to the kitchen because he probably wants to use the cat tray after such a sound sleep (the kitchen door is always kept shut at night, I do shut all doors at night for fire safety, but if Popeye has decided to sleep in another room, then I leave interconnecting door open so he can reach me.
So, I am up very early painting...
This morning I tried doing two paintings at once. They are on totally different papers. One is the A5 sketch book I am using which is a mixed media paper. The other is a blank white index card.
The mixed media paper absorbs the watercolour paints and they look more hazy, which is a great effect for some subjects. The index card is not absorbent, the watercolours sit more on the surface, making the painting a little darker (which is what I was aiming for), and because of the nature of the index card (not meant for painting on) I cannot work into the painting in the same way as I do with the mixed media paper. But that is fine, I just have to find ways of working round it to get the effects I want.
The reason I am going small is because I belong to Postcrossing where random strangers send random strangers a picture postcard. The site issues you with an address. More people are asking for a handmade card on their bio. And I would like to do that. But send a painting. The painting will have to be postcard sized. And the reason why I am doing it on index card is so that I can glue it on a conventional postcard so I can post it. Some people still want you to send the postcard as a conventional postcard, others want you to put it in an envelope to protect it.
Anyway, over the last month, I have mailed myself a few of my paintings literally exposed on the postcard. They were pasted on to the postcard. I wanted to see if it was feasible without damage. To test it further, I out it in a postbox exposed to the elements on a Saturday, and it wouldn't get collected until the Monday afternoon. Each postcard survived out postal system intact and no damage at all to the exposed painting. One was a minimalist acrylic painting of Mount Fuji, another was a Chinese black ink drawing, the third was a collage of my painting to create something different...so it is feasible. I do have loads of ideas, far too many...I used to think ideas would run out, but they don't, ideas are unlimitless...they are are bottomless pit...
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Top one is sketch book. Bottom one is index card.
I will do this for a few days, two a day to see how it goes.
Now to get started with the day...I have some work I promised to do for someone...
Have fun
Take care
Hugs if you would like some...
There’s an awful lot to be said for old school grammar education. Inter peer, inter form and house debating. The differences between listening and hearing. Opinion validation. Tolerance. The last three essential as life skills in Northern Ireland. Oh and sailing and fencing...
I was just a surprise baby, last of seven, housebound because of 70’s Belfast. All siblings almost a generation from me, all at grammar. So I could read, and did read all the time. ‘Rents were older fashioned than most, and maths was learned at my dad’s knee working out a treble Yankee at Doncaster.
Just a working class girl, aiming for stardom with nothing but a dream and a foil
Culture clash? Yes.
Did my kids go grammar? Yes.
Parsing and analysis rocks!
I did try almond milk in my coffee (only once) because it is really low carb. But unfortunately the cream won by a mile and I went back to the cream.I have moved over to almond milk in my tea instead of cream but not sure if that is doing me any good to be honest. Still have some sugar free jelly and cream for dessert though.
Well done on the blood test. A good result.So HbA1c test in at 42. Same as 12 weeks ago. Still I expected it to be higher and it's stayed the same so not very disappointed. Now a huge effort towards better results for my next in May.
Thank you, @DJC3 .I had fun. We took turns lying on almost every mattress in both stores. And one time we bumped a***s when we both "ended" up on the same one at the same time.
Then I got home, turned on the TV and just happened to catch the first running of the Saudi Cup and the Kentucky Derby winner who had his victory snatched from him winning this one fair and square and convincingly.
I am sorry you were robbed of your planned run. Hopefully the organizers will communicate with each other better next time.
I did try almond milk in my coffee (only once) because it is really low carb. But unfortunately the cream won by a mile and I went back to the cream.
my guilty secret is that I absolutely love almond butter - especially when spread on my 100% chocolate.
Laughing out loud!!!Hi All just checking in after another 7 hour day at No2 son and GF’s new place. Very satisfying day and we are leaving them now in the best place we could have imagined. GF’s dad fixed the kitchen sink plumbing and made a hugely important decision about the black mould in the spare bedroom wardrobe...it has to be removed! The anti fungal stuff I as trying to clean it with was causing me chestiness. He then did a great jobtifying outside. Mr PM meticulously painted loads of built in shelves and finished rolling paint in the bathroom. (He is verry good at painting). did cleaning after of said bathroom, catering and helped son and GF take up carpet (which revealed beautiful floor boards) and strip wallpaper from second bedroom. We are done for now and are so satisfied to leave them so set up. Only problem is we are both aching where we never ached before.
I imagine this is small beer for @Debandez .
@gennepher I love both those paintings, but why not paint directly on a plain postcard rather than an index card you then have to stick into a postcard. I had loads of these when I did a lot of competitions and would decorate the front in a way that was appropriate for that particular competition, whether it be for wine, holiday, car etc etc ( never won a car but lots of other stuff)
Sounds like you had a really fun day. Did you make a final choice?
To be fair it wasn’t the organisers fault about the run, I should have checked - they put it on Facebook apparently. I’ll know next time. I had a nice walk anyway with Dennis and grandchildren - we went to the Lost Gardens of Heligan where they had a rare breed pig weekend event going on. The girls loved it, lots of very cute piglets.
Dont blame you Debs.. we are light weights...but we would do anything for our kids!Laughing out loud!!!
dont blame you..we are novices compared to you but hey we have really tried to help the kids move on, at least I hopeLaughing out loud!!!
Hey Saskia that sounds so complex I dont even know what to say. I am always perturbed by matresses but I have to admit tnat our best mattress was the mosrt expensive but the base was not as imporant...but just our experience! But totally feel free to ignore me!Sounds like you won the day despite the non-run.I would love to see some rare breed pigs. I love pigs but have only ever gotten to see any on a few occasions. I remember the first hog I saw in the flesh looked more like a cow -- huge and black, and I was about 6 or 7. He was definitely not a Babe!
I learned something very valuable about mattresses -- you can try a Euro-top hybrid of one brand at one store, then go to another store and try a Euro-top hybrid of a different brand, and you would never know they were both Euro-top hybrids if not for their labels. At the first store I decided I wanted a good old traditional classic innerspring (sprung) firm mattress; at the second store the same type of mattress was so hard it hurt my shoulders and arms, while a softer hybrid mattress felt so good I was about to fall asleep on it while my neighbor was asking about two-sided mattresses. At the first store, the soft hybrid mattresses were too soft, I felt as if my nose was being swallowed up!
So -- conclusion from today's lesson -- just buy whatever mattress I can afford online and expect it to be as comfortable as every other mattress I have ever slept on for the past 67 1/2 years.
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