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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

Such a pity, hope you still managed to have a decent afternoon.
 
Do you know the pianos on my foot? Says one piano mover to the other!
No, says the other.....You play it and I will hum it!
 
I understand all too well, Ian. We have discussed moving house many times.
But decided against it.

It is inevitable if one moves from a long held home it will take time to settle.

A very good service, Ian, striking exactly the right note as to the need for us all to be able stewards of the planet.
I very much agree with our being in touch with the natural world, birdsong, geomorphology, the plant life, the marks of man...its history...it all contributes to our sense of place.
regards
D.

 
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good afternoon all

4.4 yesterday and 4.3 today

dilatory posting from me, must do better

Chilly weather here even though it's fairly bright, I don't like being cold since I lost weight so I've got an extra layer on already

Still lots of visitors about here too, some masked some not although most locals are pretty good about wearing them

Hope your day is treating you well

@SlimLizzy - mismatched electrical and plumbing bits are a real pest aren't they? You have my sympathy. Nice fuschia, the double blossomed ones are pretty but I prefer the single ones myself, the flowers don't tend to get so weather damaged.

@JohnEGreen - Brother Ade is very talented, hope his travel goes ahead well

@Alien Aspie - wow that's so detailed, really impressive

@dunelm - I'm glad your dad is making progress
I love your cliff face and tree, the tree looks so firmly rooted in it's space and I find your tree rings curiously satisfying in a metaphorical sense, they remind me that time passes and things grow on regardless your bamboo is satisfying as always

@gennepher = Zenbook painting, I like the misty sun reflections
Popeye making a stylish model again, I'm glad he's responding well and enjoying your shared life
That's a pleasing waterfall, you have captured the movement of the water very effectively.

@Muddy Cyclist - I love the finished pool painting the water is beautifully rendered and as always your handling of the foreground is impressive
Music making at the moment is rather subject to the whims of fortune by the look of it

In my youth (mispent or otherwise ) I played french horn in a small brass ensemble (5/6 of us) and we used to play medieval 'tower music' as part of our repertoire, might be just the thing for the current circumstances
the exercise was beneficial too, lots of steps up to those towers and balconies

Glad your back is settling down a bit now, careful not to overdo it too soon.

art bit -
curiously, like @gennepher I too painted a waterfall which will be in the next batch of scanning I do.

two bits of art since I missed posting yesterday
no 1 - the sunset was curiously bright


no 2 - as I mentioned before I wanted to have another go at roses, here they are
 
Thankyou. As for space it seems it's the singing and blowing musical instruments that is the concern, maybe it is, seems still much to be understood about Covid and its spread.
 
Hi John,
I guess the Franciscans were the original environmentalists?
D.

 
Thank you. French Horne now that's impressive, lots of puff needed? Our Recorder Quartet is known as the 'Humpshire Huffers' we all originate from Willenhall and do a lot of Huffing.

Edit.. Willenhall folk were often referred to as coming from Humpshire apparently working on locks for which Willenhall was famous gave many workers humps, round shouldered.

Like both of your art works today, both are exceptional in the way you have approached the media, talent indeed.
 
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Brilliant bamboo @dunelm
You bamboo is getting better and better.

I have used wallpaper lining paper before now for Chinese paint practice.
 
A nice splashing of ink. Also great news regarding your dad, I hope he gets home soon.
 
lindisfel said:
I didn't realise animals got dementia.
That is sad if they can't function.
I wonder if they forget they have eaten? Or even forget to eat?
D.
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So far Popeye knows where the cat tray is, unlike humans with dementia who mislay the toilet. And so far he knows when he wants to eat and wakes me up for food. He also knows the time, eg midday he always wants to go in the potting shed (before dementia that is the time he went into the potting shed for warmth from the sun). I don’t know obviously how things could change yet.
 
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@gennepher thats a mighty fine waterfall you have certainly captured the movement in this sketch, can't be easy with just fingers but you have certainly mastered the digital art.
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Thank you @Muddy Cyclist

I have more control with my fingers than with a digital pen. So I am happy with that. But it is my fingers of my right hand I always use. I wonder if my left hand could draw a digital painting....
 
My sister sent me lots of big sky pictures all in different moods, they are all from her back garden which is long and looks on to flat open countryside. I have been asked to paint three portrait landscapes of the skies. I have started with Columbius Clouds and the wild flower meadow she planted, not happy with the Ranch Fence but she wanted that to be included in each painting. I shall not use this as one of the three, not at all happy with the result, but it's a start.... A4 watercolour about 90 minutes..
 
I bought a Halloween face mask, just as a joke when I Skype my family in Australia. I have captions so I know what’s been said.

So today I put my scary Halloween face mask on. I ask my 9 year old grandson if I should wear it to the shops instead of my regular face mask, or would it be too scary. No, says my grandson, that mask is not scary, your own face is scary because you have no front teeth...
 
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