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

[Annb]

06.07
6.35am FBG 5.7
Belated birthday wishes for @gennepher .Hope you enjoyed the day with your daughter.
Up early and out into garden before it gets hot, forecast max 29°c. Kiki has been exploring MrSlims latest project. She loves climbing and one unfortunate Bluetit met her up there. Although I retrieved it alive it was badly wounded and died. It's blood was literally on my hands and I feel awful about it.
MrSlim is not just reroofing he is making a cupula, finals, and fancy barge boards. Am expecting him to do an intricate pattern with the tiles. So some weeks work yet. This will be the poshest potting shed ever. MrSlim is already calling it the pavilion - despite our French teacher and friend informing him that pavilion has unfortunate racy connatations.
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The well is just visible in the background on the left.

Kiki is a cat. That's what cats do. It's a sad fact that birds have to take their chances and sometimes they lose out. There's nothing that any of us can do about that. You did your best for the poor little creature. Nobody can do more than that.

 

[ianpspurs]

Good morning all from a much more July like L.A. - no socks . 27 (celsius) here Friday and Saturday. Drip Trip day today across the Real Fens © to a town where just over two centuries ago the locals decided to take a different attitude to that culture war. Keto Bagels winging their way here, probably while I'm being dripped, so smoked salmon and cream cheese with the cricket later @SlimLizzy what a magnificent building and bravo Mr Slim. Don't feel any guilt over that bird. @dunelm, in my home village their was a German couple who delivered the milk. He had been a POW but was a wonder at sharpening all manner of blades. Happy memories. Thanks for sharing the art and mind those talented hands. Enjoy Fursday dudes. Have a song - talented lass that KK. and good filum imho.

 

[Annb]

FBG 10.4 - not my first waking period (bed at 12.50, up again at 3.15) because I didn't test in the early hours. This was at 5.30.
Not feeling up to it but today is leg rebandaging day. Neil will have to be more supportive than usual because I am pretty heavily drugged to try to recover from the Glasgow trip - so far, not much good.

 

[SlimLizzy]

It was absolutely not your fault. There was no way you could have stopped it happening.

Thank you @Krystyna23040, MrSlim has offered to take the ladders down overnight to make it more difficult for Kiki to access the roof. Which makes me feel a bit better. Obviously birds don't go there when he is working.

 

[dunelm]

06.07
6.35am FBG 5.7
Belated birthday wishes for @gennepher .Hope you enjoyed the day with your daughter.
Up early and out into garden before it gets hot, forecast max 29°c. Kiki has been exploring MrSlims latest project. She loves climbing and one unfortunate Bluetit met her up there. Although I retrieved it alive it was badly wounded and died. It's blood was literally on my hands and I feel awful about it.
MrSlim is not just reroofing he is making a cupula, finals, and fancy barge boards. Am expecting him to do an intricate pattern with the tiles. So some weeks work yet. This will be the poshest potting shed ever. MrSlim is already calling it the pavilion - despite our French teacher and friend informing him that pavilion has unfortunate racy connatations.
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The well is just visible in the background on the left.

Do you know why your French teacher thinks that pavilion is racy? It comes from Latin, papilionem meaning tent or butterfly - odd! Still, it’s very posh. He could call it The Hermitage but then he would have to be in it alone

 

[SlimLizzy]

She says it comes from  chinese usage? Tradition? A pavilion was the place a husband retired to in the afternoons with his mistress. Or at least I think that's what she said. The explanation was in French, so I may have misunderstood. However she was very definite that pavilion is not a good name for a garden building.

 

[Annb]

Yes, I've heard of a pavilion, in Chinese history, being a sumptuous building where a man could entertain (or be entertained by) his chosen concubine. Not your ordinary riff raff, of course, but then the man would have to be wealthy to afford both pavilion and concubine.

Just back from getting my legs rebandaged. This is going to have to be done every week for the foreseeable future. Bit of a pain in the neck but what can't be changed must be accepted.

Had to laugh at myself on Monday. The plane was a new one to me - long and thin and to get into it everyone had to squeeze through a narrow entrance - about 20 or so inches wide. The bridge from the ambulift to the plane was too narrow for a wheelchair to cross it, so it was just as well I could manage to walk a few feet, holding on to the sides. Not sure what anyone would do who couldn't walk. That was a struggle but clearly they expect their passengers to be slim because my seat belt wouldn't reach round me and I had to ask for an extension. What with that and the opthalmologist being unsure whether I would fit into the MRI scanner... The world seems to want to make me aware that I am fat. It's allright world, I know!

 

[dunelm]

She says it comes from  chinese usage? Tradition? A pavilion was the place a husband retired to in the afternoons with his mistress. Or at least I think that's what she said. The explanation was in French, so I may have misunderstood. However she was very definite that pavilion is not a good name for a garden building.

But they would call it a Ting. It’s us daft Europeans that translated it into Pavilion - oh what a circus.

 

[Krystyna23040]

All admin done and I don't have to leave for Norwich until 5pm as my 5pm 1:1 is stuck at work so I now don't start until 6pm. I am always so happy with a cancellation as it means a bit more time to relax and read.

 

[lindisfel]

Do you know why your French teacher thinks that pavilion is racy? It comes from Latin, papilionem meaning tent or butterfly - odd! Still, it’s very posh. He could call it The Hermitage but then he would have to be in it alone

Poets and writers have small garden rooms where they compose poetry or write, like Malcolm Guite who Ian often refers to.

Simon Armitage has a shed where he entertains his radio guests.
I would imagine even now in these days of climate change one would have to retreat to a warm fire in winter in the Northland's and just look at the shed from a warm room in the house.
D.

 

[ianpspurs]

Poets and writers have small garden rooms where they compose poetry or write, like Malcolm Guite who Ian often refers to.

Simon Armitage has a shed where he entertains his radio guests.
I would imagine even now in these days of climate change one would have to retreat to a warm fire in winter in the Northland's.
D.

Call me Dave has an aspirational shepherd's hut he uses to write his truth. Predictive text has been at work on MG. According to the signage the Northlands start once one is north of Hatfield. In Croydon, the maps in schools showed there be dragons beyond the Thames.

 

[dunelm]

Poets and writers have small garden rooms where they compose poetry or write, like Malcolm Guite who Ian often refers to.

Simon Armitage has a shed where he entertains his radio guests.
I would imagine even now in these days of climate change one would have to retreat to a warm fire in winter in the Northland's and just look at the shed from a warm room in the house.
D.

Mine is definately a shed - no Pavillion or Hermitage here old fruit. Pretty good modern insulation and two heaters but when the temperature goes into wode, it’s the dining room table for me.

 

[gennepher]

Good morning pop pickers from another episode of International Bin Day here in the dark and dangerous north. Spotted Mrs Miggins’ twin sister on the Peoples Procession down to St Giles‘ Cathedral on the goggle box yesterday. Those in charge of claymores and feather bonnets wanted one of the pair to represent the clan so in the great tradition of highland folk, an Ardblair Stone Challenge took place and Mrs Miggins’ sister was dubbed the chosen one. Todays task is sharpening garden tools which includes the blades on the lawn mower. What fun. Art bit, more details added. Have a wonderful day if you can, I shall finish my koffy.


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An imposing structure. Look forward to your magic of colour @dunelm

 

[gennepher]

06.07
6.35am FBG 5.7
Belated birthday wishes for @gennepher .Hope you enjoyed the day with your daughter.
Up early and out into garden before it gets hot, forecast max 29°c. Kiki has been exploring MrSlims latest project. She loves climbing and one unfortunate Bluetit met her up there. Although I retrieved it alive it was badly wounded and died. It's blood was literally on my hands and I feel awful about it.
MrSlim is not just reroofing he is making a cupula, finals, and fancy barge boards. Am expecting him to do an intricate pattern with the tiles. So some weeks work yet. This will be the poshest potting shed ever. MrSlim is already calling it the pavilion - despite our French teacher and friend informing him that pavilion has unfortunate racy connatations.
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The well is just visible in the background on the left.

Thank you @SlimLizzy
That looks an amazing structure...

 

[gennepher]

Fbg 6.7

Still painting with daughter. Finished some paintings off. And we talked.

Another kaleidoscope here. Ferns and pink Foxgloves.

My iPad mini has gone doolally, so I cannot do any video editing until I have sorted it, and I don't feel up to it this minute. I had to order a pile of micro sd cards in order to keep recording.

Hope your day worked out.

 

[ianpspurs]

Fbg 6.7

Still painting with daughter. Finished some paintings off. And we talked.

Another kaleidoscope here. Ferns and pink Foxgloves.

My iPad mini has gone doolally, so I cannot do any video editing until I have sorted it, and I don't feel up to it this minute. I had to order a pile of micro sd cards in order to keep recording.

Hope your day worked out.

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Shame about the iPad, hope it is an easy fix when you have the time. Wonderful kaleidoscope thank you so much for sharing.

 

[gennepher]

Shame about the iPad, hope it is an easy fix when you have the time. Wonderful kaleidoscope thank you so much for sharing.

Thank you very much @ianpspurs

 

[Annb]

Not sure what to do with myself tonight. Back too sore to sit, legs to sore to stand. Up to maximum permissable painkillers today and it really isn't touching the pain. Very tired, but that's the drugs. I think I'll go to bed, although it's early for me and I'll be back up in a couple of hours but I might just feel better by then. So - goodnight all. I hope your night is better than mine is shaping up to be.

 

[dunelm]

Fbg 6.7

Still painting with daughter. Finished some paintings off. And we talked.

Another kaleidoscope here. Ferns and pink Foxgloves.

My iPad mini has gone doolally, so I cannot do any video editing until I have sorted it, and I don't feel up to it this minute. I had to order a pile of micro sd cards in order to keep recording.

Hope your day worked out.

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Smashing kaleidoscope, colours work well. Hope the iPad has calmed down.

 

[lindisfel]

No wonder Orkney would prefer to be under the umbrella of Norway they are one of the countries with the largest Sovereign wealth funds. So why not Shetland as well they have never seen themselves as Scottish?
Now Norway have enough minerals to cover the world's production of batteries and other renewable kit for a hounded years.

I guess geologist are now looking in the mountains of Scotland and northeast of N.A. which I believe have the same fossils and materials. The former plate split to make the Atlantic Ocean.

How our planet keeps making the face of the ground new is absolutely amazing.
D.