Thank you for comments on my sketch, I have started the painting.good evening all
4.4 yesterday and 4.4 this morning
yesterday was shopping day, not too bad but definitely busier, about 50% mask wearing
took mum's shopping over and did a couple of little jobs in the house for her too, then we just managed to finish eating our soup outside before it rained
It's been a lovely day here today though so we got a couple of jobs in the garden done and managed to speak to a few neighbours as they passed taking their exercise, some days we hardly see anyone, it may depend on the time of day perhaps.
When we were shopping I picked up a big pot of Lidl full fat yoghurt as usual and the pot has changed, now taller and thinner with a flimsy plastic cap. That is a bit of a pain, I'd got used to a good supply of useful, well capped, reusable small buckets
Another thing which has changed though is that the carb. content has gone from 3.2g/ 100g to 4.6g/100g, now just slightly lower than Asda's which has 4.9g/100g.
Some seriously good looking baking going on here just now, must have another go at LC scones
Hope your day is treating you kindly
@gennepher - like both the pastels, the first is very intense with the deep reflections in the water and the second has a lovely cool atmospheric pallet
@Muddy Cyclist - your Sherbrook picture is strong and I like the textures on the tree trunks and the distant hillsides
I look forward to seeing the full treatment of what is already a very pleasing sketch of the Sherbrook valley
@dunelm - yours are definitely more interesting than my doodles
Art catch up for today - both are slightly bigger than A5.
no 1 - emulating (I think), Paul Young, seen on Pinterest but sadly can't find the original referenceI found the 'naive' style and light but colourful pallet pleasing.
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no 2 - on the road home after the rain.
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Good question. I had noticed the Jacobite reference a few month ago, a friend used to use the quote and so it caught my eye. I searched high and low to see who wrote the poem but with no success.Interesting Jacobite references in your Signature - do you know who wrote the poem about John Fenwick?
I believe but am not a hundred percent certain it was a translation of (on sorrel unknown author well to me anyway) from the Latin into English by Dr Thomas Smith and could be found in the diaries of Samuel Pepys.Love the video.
Interesting Jacobite references in your Signature - do you know who wrote the poem about John Fenwick?
good evening all
4.4 yesterday and 4.4 this morning
yesterday was shopping day, not too bad but definitely busier, about 50% mask wearing
took mum's shopping over and did a couple of little jobs in the house for her too, then we just managed to finish eating our soup outside before it rained
It's been a lovely day here today though so we got a couple of jobs in the garden done and managed to speak to a few neighbours as they passed taking their exercise, some days we hardly see anyone, it may depend on the time of day perhaps.
When we were shopping I picked up a big pot of Lidl full fat yoghurt as usual and the pot has changed, now taller and thinner with a flimsy plastic cap. That is a bit of a pain, I'd got used to a good supply of useful, well capped, reusable small buckets
Another thing which has changed though is that the carb. content has gone from 3.2g/ 100g to 4.6g/100g, now just slightly lower than Asda's which has 4.9g/100g.
Some seriously good looking baking going on here just now, must have another go at LC scones
Hope your day is treating you kindly
@gennepher - like both the pastels, the first is very intense with the deep reflections in the water and the second has a lovely cool atmospheric pallet
@Muddy Cyclist - your Sherbrook picture is strong and I like the textures on the tree trunks and the distant hillsides
I look forward to seeing the full treatment of what is already a very pleasing sketch of the Sherbrook valley
@dunelm - yours are definitely more interesting than my doodles
Art catch up for today - both are slightly bigger than A5.
no 1 - emulating (I think), Paul Young, seen on Pinterest but sadly can't find the original referenceI found the 'naive' style and light but colourful pallet pleasing.
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no 2 - on the road home after the rain.
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@gennepher thank you for your comments re my sketch.
I like the colour palettes you have used today, nice art.
So I have started my painting from yesterday's sketch but have been too busy to finish it so will do so Friday. A4 watercolour so far about 1 hour, lots to do on it yet....
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Thanks for that. Fenwick is still a name of importance in Northumberland and of course in Newcastle Upon Tyne .I believe but am not a hundred percent certain it was a translation of (on sorrel unknown author well to me anyway) from the Latin into English by Dr Thomas Smith and could be found in the diaries of Samuel Pepys.
Sir John is in my family tree and my 5th great grandmother was one Mary Fenwick
This is the Fenwick family crest
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Sounds like a great day in prospect. Thanks for the pun - you don't know how near the mark you are. The big idea is to test how well my back and balance cope. The long term aim is to play with No 3 son at Ely City golf club which has gorgeous views over the fens but also the cathedral all around the course. Clubs had to be bought as I am left handed at hitting. The swing and how I balance is very much the focus of the experiment.Good Morning and 5.9 for me on this damp and dull day.
A day of converting my loft hatch to drop down so that I don't have to balance on a chair to remove the push up we have. It's doing projects like this that makes me wish I had paid more attention during woodwork lessons at school.
Family meal later tonight, virtual of course, creative challenge completed, another song I have written this time the challenge was Puppies.
@JohnEGreen interseting ancestory and coat of arms, thanks for the information of your quote from the William of Orange poem.
@ianpspurs enjoy that fine present and getting into the swing of it.
Keep busy and safe, have a good day.
Oh lucky dogs - Stilton. I'm surprised The Staff don't do that task! Ah. Friday so day orf. As you were.5.5 today. Still feel relaxed from our lovely walk around Sheringham Park yesterday. I do find walking in green spaces very therapeutic.
This morning I nearly had a disaster. The dogs have a 6 monthly tablet from the very to get rid of anything nasty lurking inside them. Both dogs took them and seemed to eat them. When I went back in the kitchen I saw one of the tablets on the floor where Poppy had been standing.
Without thinking I gave it to her with some stilton cheese. The moment she ate it I began to panic. Had I been really stupid and it wasn't Poppy 's tablet. Had I just given my dog an overdose. Then I noticed Archie's tablet on the floor where he had been standing. What a relief. So I coated his with stilton and he happily ate it.
Today just keeps on giving. Young Mr Crace is having a good pandemic. I especially despise Oakeshott so couldn't agree more with the ending. https://www.theguardian.com/politic...-wears-off-for-matt-hancock-as-he-defends-app You may come at this from the other direction but for balance this piece basically says the same https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politic...t-hancock-governments-king-positive-thinking/
Nor was there any attempt to explain why it was taking so long to implement the system.
Most other countries had seen test, track and trace as an essential weapon in fighting coronavirus back in February;
we had only really got round to thinking about it seriously a month or so ago.
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