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

@Mrs T 123 is right. Popeye is really lucky to have you to take care of him @gennepher.
Thank you very much @Krystyna23040
But also I am very lucky to have him take care of me. It is 2 am now, and I have just been to the front room to check on him, and he was warm and moving. Two hours ago, at midnight he came from the front room to check I was okay, his whiskers checking every inch of my face, waking me up. So I cuddled him and we both went to sleep....
 
Thank you @geefull
Popeye is fine tonight. Just checked on him, and now I can go back to sleep.Yes, taking care of my finger thank you. It is very awkward, I need it to heal as fast as possible.

A brilliant seascape from you, as always. Just had a 'swim' in that sea
It is probably something I will never do again.
Now, I had better get back to sleep before Popeye comes back in to wake me up to check I am okay...
 
Fbg 6.7

I checked on Popeye in the early hours and he is nice and warm and responsive even when asleep...and then a bit later he comes into the bedroom whiskers tickling my face to check I am alive, and he suggested breakfast for him.'. This was 2:30 am. I need a nap now...

Yesterday almost every variety of small bird was in my garden. Some longtailedtits came right up to me. I am assuming it was because Mrs Blackbird was literally at my side watching me eat my breakfast. Then they suddenly realised a very big person was there (me), and flew away, but not before I'd had a good few seconds to see their fluffy feathers on their heads. They were so gorgeous.

The ravens are making a racket on the cherry trees again.

My digital painting for today in Procreate
Memories. Crosby shore again, and one grandchild...
Now this doddery old lady needs a nap...

 
Lovely - buckets and spades and rock pools - always a great hit with children and does invoke good memories
 
G'Morning all the cool cats on this thread!
Happy Friday...

FBG this morning after a healthy dinner of roasted trout, asparagus and greens plus raspberries and 2 naughty squares of dark chocolate came back at a much better 5.8. after the horrors of my reaction to the Astra Zeneca covid vaccination...now settled.

Another interesting side effect was periods of wind - it was as though I had the full brass section of the London Symphony Orchestra trapped inside me...

Today I'm running a webinar and thankfully the flatulance orchestra I've just described is now an occasional trumpet player as my post jab "recovery" accelerates!

Have a wonderful day one and all.
 
I am so sorry @RFSMarch that you find yourself being visited so determinedly by my old friend Black Dog - I suppose that I am used to it’s visits over the years. I don’t know you but I wish you well and hope that you can climb out of this. My one comment would be - GET HELP - you are ill and need help - start hear -https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/.
 
Thank you for art and music appreciation.

You were lucky to have a black and white TV as a child, we didn't see TV in our home until I was 14 years old. I remembers my grandads had them before we did and watching Muffin the Mule and Bill and Ben at grandparents homes.

I like your Blue Period painting, monochrome pictures are not easy to do but you have cracked the method with this Sea scape, wondeful.
 
Nice subject, good start pleased for you that the Golf is now good to go - one you are allowed somewhere to go to
 
A Beach a Beach my Kingdom for a Beach, a bit dramatic I know but that art is as you say very reminiscent of so many Beach outings in the U.K. A lovely character so well drawn and the reflections in thewet sand, just superb.
 
B&W TV’s used to be all the rage - like flares and winkle pickers but you can probably watch TV in B&W nowadays on your phone. Smashing monochrome view - can we swim in the sea if we take a picture of ourselves with our Kodak brownie?
 
Nice subject, good start pleased for you that the Golf is now good to go - one you are allowed somewhere to go to
Why I was so pleased Golf back on road is I don't have to take Mrs MC in Wilfrid Campervan to sort her horse out every morning, Mrs MC won't drive Campervan, so I'm a free man again.

However it would be nice to have somewhere to go.
 
That was a good move. I did the same with my first aid box - especially with plasters for the occasional finger slicing incidents. Is the feral cat still around?
 
Why I was so pleased Golf back on road is I don't have to take Mrs MC in Wilfrid Campervan to sort her horse out every morning, Mrs MC won't drive Campervan, so I'm a free man again.

However it would be nice to have somewhere to go.
Ah! I like a bit of subtrefuge
 
There is a tin chapel in High Newton by the Sea that is very spiritual to sit in. It is always open, and often has good birds near it in autumn.

Lincoln Cathedral had three spires for much of it life but were taken down when they got dangerous. The towers are quite high anyway.
D.
 
Good Morning and 5.6 for me today, surprised as I was tempted by two home made jam tarts and custard for pudding last night.

Muddy Cycle ride this morning, music to record and art to finish. Mrs MC mentioned something about gardening and hopefully I get my Full Suspension Mountain Bike back from the repair shop.

Keep safe and shake up time.
 
That is lovely that Popeye checks that you are ok.
 
Mr K is off early to get organic milk and Yeo Valley Greek Style Yoghurt from Morrisons then on to Aldi to get the main shop.

I am relaxing with a coffee. I do feel guilty - which is so silly because he was relaxing yesterday evening while I was teaching on Zoom. I did lots of admin also yesterday - so was pleased that it was such a productive day.
 
Good morning everyone from a several (a lot more than 50) shades of grey morning in the dark and dangerous north.
The wonder wheel of spiced up Jamaican Dub chicken soup and some home made bread came in at 5.2 this am


Wet - yes, the word to describe yesterday. It all looked fine when we set out from home but halfway down the promenade we were attacked by heavy moisture - which proved one thing, our waterproof coats still work.
First jab today - we have to go to York - should we take a picnic?
In other news, Eastenders has asked Mrs Queen if her family is copying one of their intriguing story lines while the casting directors of the new Jim Carrey film “Liar Liar” has asked the Mayor of Scotland if she would like a roll. I don’t watch Eastenders bye the way, I have enough problems being bored with the morning news show on the beeb - all that giggling, butting in and sometimes - sometimes - (can we mention bias?).

Art today, a hungry bird and the prospect of lunch. Big hug to @gennepher for poorly finger but a stout hoorah! for Popeye and first aid box foresight. Hope that everyone has a wonderful Friday - no illegal raves please. Koffy time.

 
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