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

alf_Josiah said:

Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and all do the sensible thing of ignoring the media.

Bloods yesterday 5.0, today 6.7. Sometimes you wonder what game that meter is playing.

Yesterday was busy and hopefully today will be more relaxed, but my ladders have to be converted into a massive climbing frame in the back garden ready for the grandchildren tomorrow, also they will doing some woodworking, under close supervision, the project is wooden axes .

Load of old tosh and stirring going on in the agenda driven media as far as I can see from the very little attention I take of the media. Being of a numerate nature, well nearly numerate nature, just feed me facts.

Well done that fellow biker and painter @dunelm on doing the motorcycle escort for an ex member of the armed forces.

As always stay safe, stay well, stay apart etc.

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ianpspurs said:

Good morning everyone from an area waiting patiently for the promised sun. Mainly to make yours truly look less of a wally for wearing shorts, jettisoning a base layer and several thick thermal tops. Congratulations on the HbA1c @SlimLizzy and hugs for all the cleaning, digging and grass cutting. Hug for the broadband debacle @Krystyna23040 but I sense a silver lining in that cloud - the downtime is a boon. @Muddy Cyclist shop till you drop eh? the precious time with family can't be invested or better spent but does lighten the pocket. @karen8967 meme on time, excellent. @dunelm exciting times for your granddaughter and proud grandparents. @gennepher the art I saw is amazing so whatever was not shown matters not. To a non artist the light skill commented on by Muddy and Dunelm would have gone unnoticed - thanks. I collected my grandson from school yesterday - report time and a wonderful note from his teacher praising his kindness to others. Treated him to an ice cream from the van located as close to the only exit as could be. Fretted about the carbs, sugar and impact on him but so thankful I could do such a simple thing. My Swipey was all 5.3 ish at 6.30 - 90 mins later than most days so could be fine but I'm not doing cartwheels over it. The ice cream fretting and the fbg reaction are of a piece - so much "where I'm at" with this. Salmon day today - big thick fillet - party for 2 yo granddaughter tomorrow - outside in the garden as close as non pass holders can get to Lakenheath base. Pip Pip old Toots (and any Maytels)

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ianpspurs said:

but I sense a silver lining in that cloud - the downtime is a boon.

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Muddy Cyclist said:

A stupendous effort and you have handled the light so well, a very fine piece of painting.

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SlimLizzy said:

28.05.2021
7.05am FBG 6.1 Must stop the late night snacks.
Something I forgot to post

My new HbA1c is 41

Cholesterol is up though at 5.8 so perhaps a slightly less high fat diet for me now. No more chunks of cheese. Although I am hoping that increased physical activity will help with this.

Yesterday's big tidy up was very effective. We now have an office space for MrSlim, a sofa in the kitchen, and most of the stuff from the motorhome has been unpacked. It was sunny and warm so we sat outside with our visitors.
Weighed both myself and Errant this morning.
Somehow he has managed to put on some weight.... 4.7kg! Plus 200g
This is not supposed to be happening. Is he supplementing his food by hunting?
@gennepher Popeyes girlfriend looks lovely.

Unfortunately the neighbours cat spits and lashes out at Errant now. I am assuming it's jealousy, because she used to get scraps and treats from us and be allowed into the house. She will eat anything, except fruit. MrSlim had to build a baguette cupboard once she took to chewing on any bread left out. Baguettes do not fit into any conventional cupboard or bread bin. Baguette thievery is why she was banned from the house.
MrSlim has mowed some of the garden. We now have the huge task of collecting the cuttings. It looks like a freshly mown hayfield. No digging was done yesterday, and the backdoor access is still hampered by the weeds. Today I am going to plant a few seeds in the small bed I have managed to clear.

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dunelm said:

Good morning everyone on what appears to be a moist free offering from those people in charge of the sky tap
The wonder wheel of cauliflower cheese with sausages in a spicy tomato sauce came in at 6.1 this am

Funeral escort went well, luckily we had event marshals who rode well ahead and stopped traffic so that the courtege did not have to stop.
Eldest granddaughter came for dinner yesterday, Mrs Miggins picked her up from her Thursday dance lesson - her legs were all wobbly as usual - it’s a hard 2 hour session with her trainer. Still, I did persuade her to make the cheese sauce to pour over the cauliflower which she was happy to do. Her last day in secondary school today although she will be returning ad hoc after half term to prepare for college after the summer break.
We have discovered, purely by accident, what birds want - I mixed suet pellets with wild bird seed when filling the feeders this week. The word soon got out and all manor of birds are now turning up for the gourmet feast - even fat pigeons stalk robotically round the ground under the feeders, hoovering up the spillage in some crazed BF Skinner experiment. This could be as costly as @gennepher’s clandestine moggy.

Another bit of monoprint - I do seem to have done quite a few. Hope that everyone has a fabulous Friday. I can smell the koffy.


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jjraak said:

Hi @gennepher .

I'm in @ianpspurs camp.

I liked it but it needed that artist eye from others for me to spot the lighting quality

Maybe you can teach this old dog new tricks

So WILL pic post....

Sadly not...


Have a good day

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dunelm said:

Lyrics: https://www.jah-lyrics.com/song/toots-maytals-monkey-man

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geefull said:

good evening all

4.4 today

playing catch up again after dozing off yesterday evening after our volunteering day

misty start with a chlly breeze followed by a lovely sunny afternoon, which we spent strimming and mowing it has cheered mr gee up no end
Raking up wll be tomorrows exercise if the weather permits

Hope your day is treating you kindly

@SlimLizzy - ours was starting to rival a hay field too, especially the weeds after a few weeks of rain every day here. Congrats on your A1c

@dunelm - Oh good lord! Whitby fish and chips, I am so jealous
Lovely prints, I especially like the colour and compositional balance of the first, the second is an interesting and quite minimal picture, the technique is prviding some interesting results

@Krystyna23040 - I hope it is at least supersonic once they've got it fixed technology -wonderful when it works

@gennepher - Popeye courting again at his age, can't keep a good cat down
Two lovely paintings full of light and strong forms the last couple of days, the face is beautifully delicate

@lindisfel - you do seem to have some wonderful sunsets, just lovely

@Muddy Cyclist - I should think that the shopping trip was at least as strenuous as the usual bike ride, hope it went off well

art bit - not what I was aiming for but an interesting exercise

we had a shower of rain just as the sun was setting which fell like a curtain between us and the setting sun,
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geefull said:

which we spent strimming and mowing it has cheered mr gee up no end

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SlimLizzy said:

29.05.2021
6.10am FBG 5.6
Up early today, up and outside.... off I go.

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geefull said:

good evening all

4.4 today

playing catch up again after dozing off yesterday evening after our volunteering day

misty start with a chlly breeze followed by a lovely sunny afternoon, which we spent strimming and mowing it has cheered mr gee up no end
Raking up wll be tomorrows exercise if the weather permits

Hope your day is treating you kindly

@SlimLizzy - ours was starting to rival a hay field too, especially the weeds after a few weeks of rain every day here. Congrats on your A1c

@dunelm - Oh good lord! Whitby fish and chips, I am so jealous
Lovely prints, I especially like the colour and compositional balance of the first, the second is an interesting and quite minimal picture, the technique is prviding some interesting results

@Krystyna23040 - I hope it is at least supersonic once they've got it fixed technology -wonderful when it works

@gennepher - Popeye courting again at his age, can't keep a good cat down
Two lovely paintings full of light and strong forms the last couple of days, the face is beautifully delicate

@lindisfel - you do seem to have some wonderful sunsets, just lovely

@Muddy Cyclist - I should think that the shopping trip was at least as strenuous as the usual bike ride, hope it went off well

art bit - not what I was aiming for but an interesting exercise

we had a shower of rain just as the sun was setting which fell like a curtain between us and the setting sun,
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gennepher said:

Fbg 6.6

6 am here.
Was awake at 4 am
A grey sky this morning, and everywhere still.
Then suddenly about 5am the grey sky was ablaze in peachy pinks...
And as quickly as it came, it went.
Dull grey skies again.
This is the last try painting after Lin Fengmian's ladies.
I am not a figure painter.
Actually, it is not as much as that, but my hand shakes a little anyway, and my finger will tap the screen unexpectedly (causing a few problems when I need to be more accurate). This is fine when painting a landscape, as I can always incorporate it in the painting, but not when doing a more accurate figure. Although I have done a couple of in situ scribble sketches of people in the car park, and scribbling people is fine because my hand is constantly moving with that.
I have to hold my breath when drawing/painting a fine detail, and my hand/fingers behaves themselves then. But that is not very doable for a whole painting...

So this lady got influenced by the peachy pink sunrise.

I noticed that Lin Fengmian was influenced by the Futurism movement. Some of his ladies have been done in this manner. I would love to try one of those, but I know my limits, it would leave me incredibly frustrated. As a teenager I loved 'Dog on a Leash' by Giacomo Bella (1912). But these are paintings other people have the capability to do, but they are not for me. But I love them.

Ah @Muddy Cyclist I have just found the Futurist painting I said your cyclist in movement reminded me of (this was awhile ago). It is 'Dynamism of a Cyclist' (1913) by Umberto Boccioni.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamism_of_a_Cyclist

Anyway, my painting for today after Lin Fengmian...
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