Muddy Cyclist
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Wow! Popeye is a great sitter I hope you gave him a comfort break in that hour, our life modles used to get 5 minutes every hour. More fun for your already successful day.
Wow! Popeye is a great sitter I hope you gave him a comfort break in that hour, our life modles used to get 5 minutes every hour. More fun for your already successful day.In ZenBrush2 app.
A painting of Popeye!
It took me an hour because I was experimenting, and this painting kept chopping and changing. I was experimenting again with brush sizes, opacities, finger pressure on the iPad screen (I used my finger to paint this), the use of the rubber in its various opacities, and more.
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Thank you and mums the word.
@gennepher Sometimes the most simple desires are a dream come true when made to happen. Great ice cream and Post Card bargain to boot. I have hundreds of old post cards from the 1920/30/40s collected by my dad when he used to trundle around Britain on his bike, 25p each you say, I could buy a lot of ice creams.
@Krystyna23040 hope all settles soon and you feel less ill.
@jjraak and @ianpspurs today I experienced the we know the rules but can't do with making them work attitude. Had to have MILs bungalow valued, valuer put on mask and gloves asked Mrs MC and I to do the same. Within minutes his mask was under his chin, within 15 minutes his social distancing ceased, Mrs MC then followed suit because her glasses kept steaming up, what a waste of time. I was Mr Perfect kept my mask on and my distance, my wife mentioned this asking me "how can you keep your mask on?" Valuer said he can't manage to keep his on so goes through the motions but finds clients are never concerned when he drops it below his chin and usually relax and do the same, what a waste of time!
I did have words with Mrs MC who's off to hairdressers on Thursday and will need to wear a mask, visiting MIL in garden at care home on Friday and will need to wear a mask, so she is now practicing keeping it on and trying not to keep touching it or her face.
Thanks @Muddy CyclistWow! Popeye is a great sitter I hope you gave him a comfort break in that hour, our life modles used to get 5 minutes every hour. More fun for your already successful day.
Yes, am back to normal and feel OK. I have no idea why this happens from time to time.@Krystyna23040 hope all settles soon and you f
That was happening to me and at the doctors yesterday I was told that if I mould the wire at the top of the mask firmly around the bridge of my nose it stops my glasses steaming up - and it really does.Mrs MC then followed suit because her glasses kept steami
Fantastic results all round. Great way to be ending the day and so well deserved.@HarryBeau and @ianpspurs blood sugars have settled down into the mid 5s so whatever was going on has stopped and liver and pancreas have settled down so nice steady blood sugars.
Got the email from my DN. Hba1c was 40. Am pleased with that as I was worried that it was a lot higher. Will work on getting it back to 36 for the next review.
I have the choice of now being coded as diabetes resolved in my records. I will still continue to have all the tests for eyes kidneys etc.
As the tests will continue I have decided to accept the coding of diabetes resolved. But of course I do know that I have to continue with the maximum of 20g carbs a day, however, it does feel good to be diabetes resolved.
Thank you. It does feel good.Fantastic results all round. Great way to be ending the day and so well deserved.
And so it should. Now make Mr K a nice pot of tea please .Poor guy is parchedThank you. It does feel good.
You are very kind. Helped you? I mainly feel helpless. I don't do success, just degrees of disappointment - that's the Spurs way.good evening all
4.6 today
grey but dry here and at least the wind has dropped a bit, it was a chill and lazy wind yesterday (went through instead of round)
because it was mostly dry weather after a very small shower early in the morning we put our tatty old gardening clothes in the car when we went over to mum's to pick up her shopping list. When we got there, everything was dripping wet, she'd had heavy rain all the early morning
Grass cutting will have to wait
Hope your day treats you kindly
@ianpspurs - five years and counting, well done you and thank you, hope your n1 experiment continues to provide success(you've certainly helped me ).
@Krystyna23040 - congrats on the results and thank you for the tip re the glasses, mr gee will be giving it a go tomorrow
@gennepher - a wonderfully successful day for you, postcards, ice cream, friendly contact and a striking portrait of Popeye to round it off
@Muddy Cyclist - sounds like a bit of a "curate's egg" of a day on the social distancing front. Looks like we will be wearing masks here for a while longer at least.
Arty catch up bit -
this was me trying out some bolder colour, not sure it's entirely successfuloh well, can't win them all
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Won this one, I feel it worked well. I do think your distant hills in past paintings are magnificent and these don't have quite the same folds and sense of distance but with your ability to do those distant hills you will find away to combine bolder colour and that sense of detail in the distance, of that I'm certain.this was me trying out some bolder colour, not sure it's entirely successfuloh well, can't win them all
That was happening to me and at the doctors yesterday I was told that if I mould the wire at the top of the mask firmly around the bridge of my nose it stops my glasses steaming up - and it really does.
thank you I will pass that information on to Mrs MC.I put my glasses nose bridge on over the the plastic covered garden wire I had sewed to the mask...surprise, my glasses held up the mask, and also it did not fall down my nose as I was talking. Just an idea...
Thank you @geefullgood evening all
4.6 today
grey but dry here and at least the wind has dropped a bit, it was a chill and lazy wind yesterday (went through instead of round)
because it was mostly dry weather after a very small shower early in the morning we put our tatty old gardening clothes in the car when we went over to mum's to pick up her shopping list. When we got there, everything was dripping wet, she'd had heavy rain all the early morning
Grass cutting will have to wait
Hope your day treats you kindly
@ianpspurs - five years and counting, well done you and thank you, hope your n1 experiment continues to provide success(you've certainly helped me ).
@Krystyna23040 - congrats on the results and thank you for the tip re the glasses, mr gee will be giving it a go tomorrow
@gennepher - a wonderfully successful day for you, postcards, ice cream, friendly contact and a striking portrait of Popeye to round it off
@Muddy Cyclist - sounds like a bit of a "curate's egg" of a day on the social distancing front. Looks like we will be wearing masks here for a while longer at least.
Arty catch up bit -
this was me trying out some bolder colour, not sure it's entirely successfuloh well, can't win them all
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Finished the first attemp at Shugbourgh Halls Folly Triumphal Arch in oils. Dark and foreboding is the effect needed, need to work some more on the tree and cleaner lines on the arch. A2 size oils. Image slightly out of focus...
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Yes this really does work. I do love the bolder colours.Arty catch up bit -
this was me trying out some bolder colour, not sure it's entirely successfuloh well, can't win them all
Thank you, can't do any more until the oil is dryer or I will just get a muddy mix. However I have now started a watercolour of the same subject just as an experiment.Powerful and sweeping @Muddy Cyclist You have got darks and foreboding. I look forward to the next bit on it.
Float away you have reason to be really chuffed, great results.Have been walking on air since the email from my DN. I am determined to work really hard to maintain 'diabetes resolved'.
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