No idea where this post is going but I hope it goes via the places I intend. A year ago today a surgeon removed a growth from my bladder ending about 3 weeks of pain, worry and intrusive procedures. His skill was the culmination of excellent and speedy care from the morning I first became aware of a problem. My then GP, Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Peterbrough City Hospital dealt with me truly professionally. Timing is all and I thank God for the care I had and the fact that it was last year not now or during lockdown. My heart goes out to those whose health has deteriorated/become impossible to save because of COVID. I don't know my fbg really as this sensor is unreliable but showed 4.1 Tee 2 showed Err 1 several times so I gave up. Dealing with the fall out from last year is obviously the elephant in the room but I am increasingly frustrated by my efforts to manage T2. Great art @Muddy Cyclist @dunelm @gennepher @geefull and @Alien Aspie. Artist or Technician you are creative. @karen8967 sorry about the effects of Special fried rice but I bet it tasted fantastic.
Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and all who inhabit this bank holiday Sunday.
A testing 5.5 this morning on the meter of mystery and naughtiness. No motorcycling today, but a busy active day treating the shed / workshop to a lick of preservative. Going to be juggling insulin dosage again. Drat **** and blast, but such is life. Onwards and upwards ( on a ladder ).
Yesterday we had our grandchildren here for the day, not supervised by their parents. Much merriment and many telling off's by Mrs J for me and me's, the children call me crazy grandad. I'm well into my third childhood.
They asked me if they could help me make them some swords. Note: the swords don't need to be a work of art, their imagination provides that, the swords just need to be functional and able to withstand a right old bashing .View attachment 43631 .
View attachment 43633 View attachment 43634 Walked out from the house this beautiful sunny but cold morn. Near freezing overnight.
That should reduce the greenhouse gases, Alf.
Finished my last wet day painting. River Dove Valley at Marston on Dove. Always seems wet farm land.Watercolour about 1 hour A4.
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Fbg 7.6
In ZenBrush2 a beach scene.
Just playing. Thinking while I am doing it.
I did, many years ago enrol for a painting course at Croxteth Hall.
We had to do a painting of a tree in a landscape.
I only attended the first one, because the tutor looked at my painting, and said to me, 'I don't know what you are doing here, you're a better painter than me.' She told me she was jealous of me. And she didn't guide or criticise my painting and walked away. But she gave everyone else guidance. I wanted guidance which is why I went. I wanted to be taught how to paint.
But I was determined to come away with something, so I stopped painting, and watched what she was saying to the others. I was lipreading where I could. And the best bit of advice that she gave someone, that I took away from that lesson was she was telling them their tree was flat, and to do bigger leaves at the front, and smaller leaves at the side in order to give the shape of the tree and depth. I try to apply that thought, but in a more general way to my paintings.
I know I haven't painted trees in this imaginary beach scene, apart from the driftwood, but I painted the painting, and then I asked myself questions, on how to achieve a more 3 dimension to the rocks, and also asking myself where was the light source. The painting still seemed a bit flat, and then I remembered what J told me. He had pointed out that often there is a dark line where the sea meets the sky. So I incorporated that darkness, and now there was more depth to this painting. So that is my thinking processes!
Here is painting...
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Very interesting article. Brussels sprouts have become my new favourite vegetable and it is good to know I haven't imagined the taste change. Although it is a shame that they may be less nutritious - but at least I can actually eat them now.Sprouts have been bred to taste less bitter over a number of years. There is a suggestion that they may be slightly less nutritious now, no idea whether the carb content has changed though.
https://www.bhg.com/news/brussels-sprouts-less-bitter/
Hi jj,
I was very fortunate JJ
I hit a travellers lorry just behind the cab going very fast with a pillion passager.
I wrote off my nearly new 650cc 1959 Matchless and we were very lucky. But it spoilt our looks for a few months.
D.
My first bike was a Tiger Cub a mere 250 cc but I was happy with it a bit jealous of my mates Ariel Square Four though but I came off the pillion of that one when he pulled away quite sharpish one day full throttle and I went straight off the back.
A friend of mine in the Air Force had a velo thruxton 500 cc we used to race up and down the A1 on that it was a monster, in the end he wrote it off under an ice cream van that pulled out from a side road right in front of him
After I'd lost quite a few mates in various biking accidents eventually I decided to get my self a nice safe car, so I bought one of these. The photo is exactly as mine looked but it is not the one I had.
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Hi jj,
Correct, my cousin from mothers side.
Was at school when duchess and I got married in 62 and left hometown to join beeb.
I suppose the frames are his artwork.
D.
Nasty stuff that diesel so glad you were relatively unscathed. Bikes can be replaced - fuel stations and the exit roads can sometimes be dire - even putting your side stand down in some places can be iffy.OOH never a good thing.. but any crash you walk away from, is a good un on a bike.
only had ONE 'bad' crash, a few drops if i'm honest, rider error mostly.
that one was early on that bothered me for ages, though.
sharp R/H bend, diesel on road, just started raining about 5 mins before i got to that part of the road, i hit the diesel, as ya do.
much fun wrestling the bike back up on the Ice rink the road had become
friends in following car. say :
i departed bike,
bounced once or twice,
boots hit pavement,
which flipped me up into lamppost,
and dumping me on the deck.
lucky avoiding hitting post, legs akimbo while moments earlier sliding, rather gracefully towards it.
Bike careered into pub garden fence, bounced off, thank god, and meandered back onto road for a few yards before deciding it was tired, and lay itself down to rest.
Bike a write off,
Me, not too bad, bashed up ribs, and one badly sprained ankle..
got lucky ?..., YES indeed.
Back on the road a few months later older & wiser.
Silly thing was, I was more scared of telling the folks i'd binned the bike, then how they would react that their son had 'potentially' avoided being badly injured.
how our minds misread such situations.
That is a great set of trees @dunelmGoof morning everyone from a dark and quiet house in brummy Birmingham
The wonder wheel of carefully selected items on an Indian takeaway menu still decided to be awkward at 5.7 this am
Been up for over an hour - this builders mate malarky is a bit taxing - especially after a 180 mile dash to get here by 0900 yesterday morning. So far I have wired in and tested four double sockets, laid out the cables for the installation of 10 LED downlights today (a set of 4 and a set of 6), and helped son put up a stud wall. LED lights are double insulated so don’t need an earth - but - I will run the earth through connecting boxes for continuity and also to not infuriate anyone if earthed appliances are needed in future. I am not looking forward to today’s fun an frolicks - putting the plasterboard up on the ceilings - ah well.
I have a book called Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting - useful for practicing techniques and as a general learning tool. I am working on trees - so here is one that I did last week - another tomorrow.
Hope everyone is well - I ache like mad - must find some koffy.
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Nice trees, looking forward to seeing all the different styles you are achieving.I have a book called Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting - useful for practicing techniques and as a general learning tool. I am working on trees - so here is one that I did last week - another tomorrow
putting up shelves - keep the good spirit, levelGood Morning and 6.2 for me today.
No idea what the day offers, I suspect starting decorating Mrs MC study and putting up some shelves. Oh the fun of DIY.
Do everything today with a good spirit. keep safe.
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