Thank you for your appreciation of my Conwy Falls Painting.good evening all
4.3 yesterday and 4.6 today
a long day yesterday, out volunteering, then a bit of shopping for mum, she needed a couple of items not available in the local shop - millet for her cockatiel and mouse bait (yes field mice again), then we picked up Katy from mum's to spend the night at our house so we could take her for her grooming appointment early this morning
Our area has been moved down to tier 1 (until the cases go back up again presumably, so that's reassuring ...maybe or maybe not).
We discovered that Katy has discovered a new way of getting our attention if we're not playing, I sat down at the computer to read and post yesterday evening and she plonked her toy on my lap and then tugged my sleeve gently with her teeth, makes it difficult to concentrate with a small poodle hanging on your every move
Anyway, Katy looks very swish with her new hair trim, not to mention lbs thinner
@dunelm - I think the binmen are using a van repurposed from a service that is shut down because of covid, so, not quite so wasteful as it could be.
I'm glad your SIL is improving so well
I haven't heard of trying acetone with ink, I'm gaining lots of new inspirations for art work techniques here
It seems to be an effective way of laying down a varied base to work into and has produced some interesting art, particularly like your trees as always
@Alien Aspie - hope your hunt for a new home goes well, you're making me nostalgic for the many happy times we spent in Wales when I was younger
@gennepher - lovely burst of colour, I like it
@lindisfel - glad you got to see family face to face, even though it was restricted.
I agree, we wouldn't want to be without our woodburner for the winter now, we can open all the house doors to keep things warmed if the power goes out. Sometimes we get bird strike power cuts even without the bad weather ones we get. We used to run a small fluorescent light from an inverter powered by a spare car battery, (which gave us enough light to read by), but now we use an LED desk lamp
@Muddy Cyclist - I do generally prefer to use the white of the paper with watercolour but, since I work quite small, the water sometimes gets away with the paintI must graduate to painting on bigger sheets of paper (finding the idea a bit daunting for some reason )
I love your Conway valley waterfall painting, gorgeous colour, and I particularly appreciate the subtlety of the colour reflection through the water
art bit -
still working on clouds
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Must be our Aldi as we are constantly disappointed with the quality, we and my daughter stopped shopping there. My son swears by them but shops in Uttoxeter. I think Aldi stores vary from location to location yours is obviously good.Actually, we really do like the quality of the food in Aldi - it is surprisingly good. I am afraid I fell out with Waitrose when they stopped us drinking our free coffee in their cafe and haven't shopped their since. I used to get my shopping, then have my free coffee and then buy more coffee in the cafe while I relaxed and read the paper.
A lot of places years ago @Krystyna23040 gave that free tea/coffee for early morning shoppers. And quite a few gave you a 99p breakfast ( it was just something like one sausage, one egg and a few baked beans and included the tea/coffee) and that was a great little snack after you had shopped (and you could think oh I forgot this or that and get it before you left the shop). Then it all just stopped. And went to expensive full breakfasts and you still had to buy your teas and coffee on top of that.Actually, we really do like the quality of the food in Aldi - it is surprisingly good. I am afraid I fell out with Waitrose when they stopped us drinking our free coffee in their cafe and haven't shopped their since. I used to get my shopping, then have my free coffee and then buy more coffee in the cafe while I relaxed and read the paper.
It is beautiful @Muddy CyclistAs we move toTier 2 Saturday we had our daughter and youngest grandaughter around for a meal and went all Halloween. So my art effort tonight is a Pumpkin, sorry. grandaughter does not like scary things so here is my pumpkin art.... a bit out of focus as it's dark outside and my camera phone is old.
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Tier 1 - excellent - and thank you for your comments re the trees.good evening all
4.3 yesterday and 4.6 today
a long day yesterday, out volunteering, then a bit of shopping for mum, she needed a couple of items not available in the local shop - millet for her cockatiel and mouse bait (yes field mice again), then we picked up Katy from mum's to spend the night at our house so we could take her for her grooming appointment early this morning
Our area has been moved down to tier 1 (until the cases go back up again presumably, so that's reassuring ...maybe or maybe not).
We discovered that Katy has discovered a new way of getting our attention if we're not playing, I sat down at the computer to read and post yesterday evening and she plonked her toy on my lap and then tugged my sleeve gently with her teeth, makes it difficult to concentrate with a small poodle hanging on your every move
Anyway, Katy looks very swish with her new hair trim, not to mention lbs thinner
@dunelm - I think the binmen are using a van repurposed from a service that is shut down because of covid, so, not quite so wasteful as it could be.
I'm glad your SIL is improving so well
I haven't heard of trying acetone with ink, I'm gaining lots of new inspirations for art work techniques here
It seems to be an effective way of laying down a varied base to work into and has produced some interesting art, particularly like your trees as always
@Alien Aspie - hope your hunt for a new home goes well, you're making me nostalgic for the many happy times we spent in Wales when I was younger
@gennepher - lovely burst of colour, I like it
@lindisfel - glad you got to see family face to face, even though it was restricted.
I agree, we wouldn't want to be without our woodburner for the winter now, we can open all the house doors to keep things warmed if the power goes out. Sometimes we get bird strike power cuts even without the bad weather ones we get. We used to run a small fluorescent light from an inverter powered by a spare car battery, (which gave us enough light to read by), but now we use an LED desk lamp
@Muddy Cyclist - I do generally prefer to use the white of the paper with watercolour but, since I work quite small, the water sometimes gets away with the paintI must graduate to painting on bigger sheets of paper (finding the idea a bit daunting for some reason )
I love your Conway valley waterfall painting, gorgeous colour, and I particularly appreciate the subtlety of the colour reflection through the water
art bit -
still working on clouds
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Excellent - your granddaughter must be chuffed to bits.As we move toTier 2 Saturday we had our daughter and youngest grandaughter around for a meal and went all Halloween. So my art effort tonight is a Pumpkin, sorry. grandaughter does not like scary things so here is my pumpkin art.... a bit out of focus as it's dark outside and my camera phone is old.
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It is beautiful @Muddy Cyclist
Thank you both.Excellent - your granddaughter must be chuffed to bits.
Ouch, sorry about the ankle, hope it's recovery speeds up, take care.Good morning everyone from a wonderfully quiet start in the dark and dangerous north.
The wonder wheel of a bowl of spicy soup with chorizo and home made low carb cheese scone came in at 4.9 this am
Not a great deal going on here at the moment. I damaged my right foot and ankle a few days ago so had to change my name to Igor. Came up like a melon. Now slowly going down with the aid of Naproxen and Ibuprofen gel. Bit drastic I know but it keeps me from wandering out into the land of the Covids.
Bit of a departure in the painting department. Another typical Chinese landscape and then some autumn leaves, Hope everyone has a wonderful day. Time now for koffy.
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Excellent news about your daughter, Derek. The supermarket and choice issue is interesting. Pre COVID, probably like many others? we would cherry pick items from several supermarkets, local markets, farm shops and butchers. Now we rely on deliveries and Waitrose have prioritised Julie. They even phoned yesterday to check that we were happy with everything from the last delivery. In the lull we did bulk buy cocoa from Aldi but the nearest Aldi (Brandon) was swarming with clientele frighteningly lawless re COVID protocols.We don't have much choice, just Lidl and a Coop in the local small town or it's a trip to Carlisle.
The Coop is probably c.30% dearer than Lidl but some will shop at the Coop out of a belief they are more divinely ordained for their use!
D.
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