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

[dunelm]

Fbg 6.7

I have a little robin who follows me everywhere, either in front garden or back, and sits next to me on the swing, and sings sweetly to me.
Cat Midnight says, I hate that robin (Midnight has never ever been interested in birds before, but hates that robin with a passion when it sings to me).
And leaps up the trees, but it is more like Midnight hauling his bulky body inch by inch up the tree. And by this time the robin is back sitting with me...
I leave some mealy worms on the bird table for that sweet little robin before I come in...

Nighttime videos...
Badger on a rainy night

gennepher on Instagram: "Badger on a rainy night #ukwildlife #onenight What you see in one video is the animals that appear in the area of the swing in the span of one night. Some nights there are more animals. Some nights a lot of interaction ta

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TikTok same vid

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Oh my goodness, I edited these, not wearing my cochlear processor so no incoming sound for me. I have the sound processor on now, and that rain is horrendous...poor badger...

Creative...I have a sheet of stamps of poppies. And I took a kaleidoscope with Laboscope of them...

Have your best day...
I need a nap ..I have been awake since 3 am...

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The kaleidoscope makes a fabulous image of poppies.

 

[JohnEGreen]

My step father stepped on a mine and lost his right leg below the knee his death in his 50s was in part attributed to the stress his system sustained due to his severe injuries so my mother after his death was counted as a war widow as had been her mother before her.

 

[Lamont D]

I actually can't remember how long ago we stopped giving presents for the older grandkids.
it was probably when the close family of ours on both sides started to multiply very quickly.
I lost count of how many extended family we have. But a tribe would explain it.
And at that time, it was agreed that the adults, would miss out to give the kids a bit more.
of course there is always the exception, which of course is not a burden in that they do get something.

Chrimbo morning in our house has always been electric and full of excitement. And we both get spoilt.

With having quite a few festive season birthdays, #2, #4, #5 and two adults. The visit to the card shop with the Christmas card list, is one of the chores I'm not to keen on.

Mrs L chooses her gift earlier every year, it was in March/April when she announced her need of a nice pair of earrings.
For your birthday, I asked.
No, next week for chrimbo, and is the turkey crown ready to be defrosted, with the gammon?
Yes dear. What are you thinking of getting me? I presumed.
Get yourself a book.......
Ok!

I do love Chrimbo, cos of the grandkids now. And did I mention I get spoilt?
Being generous with what you have. Is the idea behind d it all.
It's not the religion for us. It is family.
And of course, we will be attending our place of worship on boxing day, as my team are at home.
And it is five years now since I stopped working the Christmas period. Christmas was so busy in pro sport.
Christmas day training and matches galore for few weeks in late December and early January.
I think we were quite lucky with our fixtures at that time, the furthest on actual boxing day was Burton Albion.
But if I remember rightly we did have an facup tie some distance away the first Saturday in very early january.
And we were away on New year's day.

Merry Christmas you lot.

 

[Lamont D]

My dad was in training, and got leave to visit family of course.
He said to my mum, I will see you in a couple of weeks, when I finish training.
Over four years later, they saw each other again.
The first letter home to tell my mum, he was on active duty, was a few months arriving.
I'm not sure how long it took to be shipped to Burma, but it was a few weeks???

Fancy not knowing, in this age, with the want to know now, technical obsessions of life?

 

[ianpspurs]

Not quite accurate - they aren't in the city centre but on Midsummer Common but still sad.

 

[Lamont D]

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Not quite accurate - they aren't in the city centre but on Midsummer Common but still sad.

Will they become the forgotten homeless like a lot of ex soldiers?
Don't tell boris, he will start going on about herd immunity again!

 

[alf_Josiah]

Good Remembrance Sunday afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen. I sit here watching the remembrance parade, we recorded it this morning. This morning was a busy morning with the respectful stop at 11:00am for 2 minutes.

I always write on this day, I wear my poppy to remember those who gave their lives that I may choose to wear a poppy.

And now for something completely normal. My blood sugars this morning were 6.7

Today is not the day to write of yesterdays trials and tribulations. Today is a day to ponder on the words of Professor Issac Asimov “Violence is the last resort of the incompetent “ Also a song written by the pop group Pink Floyd “ Keep Talking “

Stay safe, stay warm and remember.

 

[Annb]

Oh, what a shame Ann .

If it helps (might not)

I use the forum app on my phone .

As I said in previous posts in sizing pics.

I find the picture I want, then screenshot it on phone

I wonder if you do the same on pc or laptop if it works the same way ...mmmhh. Must check later .

Then I simply add THAT screenshot to my post.

Not the most intense of pixel quality but way more than sufficient for sharing a moment on the web or a forum .

Good luck making it work somehow .

I tried that, but for some reason can't get this newish PC to take a screenshot. It will at other times but it won't give me screenshot on my menus on this jpg. The jpg itself is too big for the site to accept. There's probably a way, but I just don't know what it is.

My grandfather came back from WWI but he was a broken man. He went to war even though he wasn't all that fit, was gassed and survived but then developed TB from which he suffered for the next 29 years before his death in 1945. Not sure what the link was between being gassed and TB, unless he picked it up in a military hospital. Oddly, although he had no symptoms, a chest X-ray showed that my father had had TB and a blood test showed that I had been exposed to it, but I never had any symptoms either. My grandfather was the only person we knew who actually showed symptoms of the disease. Could it have come from him and down the generations? No way of knowing, and no real harm anyway but I wonder how much the health of those returning heros' families suffered as a result of their loved ones damaged health and injuries. Certainly my grandmother had to work hard to support both her family (13 of them) and her husband for those years after 1917 when he was discharged as unfit.

 

[gennepher]

Indeed, good job they got coats on

Tho I did use to like a walk in Richmond park when the rain came.

Oddly silent except for the sounds of the rain ..nice

A bit liberating in that kind of rain @jjraak ?

 

[Annb]

8.3 at 04.50 today.

A day to remember all those who sacrificed life and limb in the service of their country. I think my family have been very lucky in that our young men had adventures enough but all survived - at least, those that I know about. Many, of course, did not, or some, having survived, had suffered horrific injuries which affected the rest of their lives - both physical and mental. Mankind can be so altruistic at times, but so inhumane at other times.

I have a really lovely image of a wreath of poppies that I wanted to put in here, but can't get it to work.

So - now that it is November, I will think about Christmas. Not the actual event, but the present part of it. I have come to the conclusion that I have absolutely no idea what anybody would like to receive so, unimaginative as it seems, all the over 14's will be given cash to buy, or contribute to, whatever they would like to have. That still leaves the younger ones - Em at 12 is the oldest of that group - so they are still a problem but I am hoping for some advice, pretty soon, from parents.

For myself, I don't get very festive and I don't want gifts, though I know I will receive them, and appreciate the thought that has gone into them. I will, very happily, mark the occasion, but not with decorations around the house or masses of food. I'm not a killjoy and love to see everyone else enjoying the festival but prefer my Christmas to be quietly reflective.

I have ordered lots of stuff from Amazon for the Christmas "lucky dip" that I make up every year for the family get together but this year it is less small child oriented and more adult and teen oriented - and I've gone a bit more upmarket because now the younger ones have more sophisticated tastes. Makes me wonder if I'll still be around to make up another one next year. I hope so - still so much to do. Two books on the go now. Probably not a good idea to be trying to write two at once, but the idea for the second one came to me out of the blue and I had to make a start on that while I had the inspiration. It may be a fairly slim volume anyway, so I might get it done.

Almost got to the end of Chapter one. Ran out of steam at that point because I couldn't come up with a suitable transition to Chapter two. It'll come to me if I take a break.

 

[dunelm]

8.3 at 04.50 today.

I have a really lovely image of a wreath of poppies that I wanted to put in here, but can't get it to work.

If you have a windows PC then you could try compression on Picture Manager. I use an app called Image Size on my IPad - there are a lot of apps but I am just used to that one (image below)

 

[gennepher]

The kaleidoscope makes a fabulous image of poppies.

Thank you @dunelm
I was pleased the way it turned out...

 

[Lamont D]

I tried that, but for some reason can't get this newish PC to take a screenshot. It will at other times but it won't give me screenshot on my menus on this jpg. The jpg itself is too big for the site to accept. There's probably a way, but I just don't know what it is.

My grandfather came back from WWI but he was a broken man. He went to war even though he wasn't all that fit, was gassed and survived but then developed TB from which he suffered for the next 29 years before his death in 1945. Not sure what the link was between being gassed and TB, unless he picked it up in a military hospital. Oddly, although he had no symptoms, a chest X-ray showed that my father had had TB and a blood test showed that I had been exposed to it, but I never had any symptoms either. My grandfather was the only person we knew who actually showed symptoms of the disease. Could it have come from him and down the generations? No way of knowing, and no real harm anyway but I wonder how much the health of those returning heros' families suffered as a result of their loved ones damaged health and injuries. Certainly my grandmother had to work hard to support both her family (13 of them) and her husband for those years after 1917 when he was discharged as unfit.

Mrs L 's great uncle was gassed but didn't survive the first world war.

part two,
my dad, had double malaria and was sent home in 1946.
of course medically unfit for the army and most of the jobs he applied for.
he did a year at SMM, but he became ill and during the next few years in and out of hospital.
my mum meanwhile worked full time in a sweet factory.
My dad then in the fifties, started working with the civil defence as a driving instructor at first.
I remember a Christmas party, vaguely in the town hall.
Eventually, early sixties he applied for an office job with the local borough council.
Where he stayed until his early death in 1985.
Did the war contribute to his health and mental issues?
Without doubt.
Into his fifties, he became a bowls referee, because he had to stop playing.
He was on serious meds for all his life.
We were lucky he lived so long. Lucky he came through the war at all.
He was so proud to be a chindit.
But he paid the price for it.

 

[LivingLightly]

Fbg 6.7

I have a little robin who follows me everywhere, either in front garden or back, and sits next to me on the swing, and sings sweetly to me.
Cat Midnight says, I hate that robin (Midnight has never ever been interested in birds before, but hates that robin with a passion when it sings to me).
And leaps up the trees, but it is more like Midnight hauling his bulky body inch by inch up the tree. And by this time the robin is back sitting with me...
I leave some mealy worms on the bird table for that sweet little robin before I come in...

Nighttime videos...
Badger on a rainy night

gennepher on Instagram: "Badger on a rainy night #ukwildlife #onenight What you see in one video is the animals that appear in the area of the swing in the span of one night. Some nights there are more animals. Some nights a lot of interaction ta

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TikTok same vid

TikTok - Make Your Day

Oh my goodness, I edited these, not wearing my cochlear processor so no incoming sound for me. I have the sound processor on now, and that rain is horrendous...poor badger...

Creative...I have a sheet of stamps of poppies. And I took a kaleidoscope with Laboscope of them...

Have your best day...
I need a nap ..I have been awake since 3 am...

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Yes, as a race. English robins readily come to people on their territory @gennepher, especially where food is offered. Starlings quickly snaffle up mealworms and other insect larvae on the bird table, so I feed our resident male and female robins by hand.

Interestingly, beyond the UK, robins behave quite differently. An extremely shy woodland bird, their exposure to hunting has perhaps resulted in a more retiring species.

We all love robins, but they're viciously territorial. Disputes typically begin with males singing at each other, trying to get a higher perch in order to display their red breast more prominently and warn off rivals. If escalation should occur, injury or death seems inevitable, but IME one adversary usually withdraws.

Unfortunately for other bird species, robins don't necessarily stop at attacking their own kind. Dunnocks, for example, are frequently the recipient of this aggression.

Thank you for sharing another action-packed video and a beautiful kaleidoscope for Remembrance Sunday


Sunday's FBG 4.7 mmol/l on waking at 6.00 am.

 

[gennepher]

Yes, as a race. English robins readily come to people on their territory @gennepher, especially where food is offered. Starlings quickly snaffle up mealworms and other insect larvae on the bird table, so I feed our resident male and female robins by hand.

Interestingly, beyond the UK, robins behave quite differently. An extremely shy woodland bird, their exposure to hunting has perhaps resulted in a more retiring species.

We all love robins, but they're viciously territorial. Disputes typically begin with males singing at each other, trying to get a higher perch in order to display their red breast more prominently and warn off rivals. If escalation should occur, injury or death seems inevitable, but IME one adversary usually withdraws.

Unfortunately for other bird species, robins don't necessarily stop at attacking their own kind. Dunnocks, for example, are frequently the recipient of this aggression.

Thank you for sharing another action-packed video and a beautiful kaleidoscope for Remembrance Sunday


Sunday's FBG 4.7 mmol/l on waking at 6.00 am.

Thanks @LivingLightly

I only have one resident dunnock in the garden. If it is the same one, each year, then she has been living in my garden for three years. Last year she found a mate (that is how I identified her as a she), and left my garden but came back. This year she did not find a mate and carried on living in my garden. She is in the garden now.
Unless there is some kind of criteria that says only one dunnock may live in my garden at a time....
So far, the last few years she has always got on with the male robin...

 

[karen8967]

4.8 for me have a good day everyone

 

[dunelm]

Good morning everyone on a smasher of a sun shiney day here in the dark and dangerous north. Will it last? 5.6 this am in the micro world of blood sugars. According to the documentary, Fantastic Voyage, too much sugar in your blood interferes with the engines of micro submarines. We have a bunch of poppies to take to the Commonwealth War Graves in our local cemetery on this Armistice Day and then some breakfast I think. Art bit, another boat. Hope you have a good day, mine is a Monday. Koffy, must make koffy.

 

[Krystyna23040]

6.8 this morning.
Yesterday was a lovely relaxing day.

Will still use ankle support and stick this week as I am being really sensible (for once)

Off to classes shortly

 

[gennepher]

Fbg 6.5

Good morning.

The sun has finally got out of bed, it made a few streaks at dawn. I have not seen it for more than a week.

It makes a heck of a difference to my mood, and I feel so much lighter and freer and probably happier because I can see the sun.

Wildlife night time video
Pa Badger & Boy Badger
Pa Badger appears rather cross with Boy Badger.
In the opening scene Pa Badger is the one with his front paws on the swing. A moment later Boy Badger comes in and attempts to put his paws on the swing. From my observation of this (and I have seen Pa Badger get cross with Boy Badger for showing interest in the swing before now), is that Pa Badger considers that the swing is his own domain, and does not like Boy Badger showing an interest in it. This is the biggest noisiest kerfuffle between Boy Badger and Pa Badger I have ever seen yet.
In the next scene you see Boy Badger coming in and he's looking up at the swing very tentatively/carefully because he appears to know that it is something out of bound to him by Pa Badger...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCM4y2NIym2/?igsh=MXE2YTV3Y2MxeW5xeg==.

TikTok same video

TikTok - Make Your Day

Creative... I am leaving this one as it is. It is rag paper, wet with a water spray, and different paints and inks put on and they've spread. I painted it in landscape mode, but when I turned it round I very much like the portrait mode, so I put them both on here for you.

Still cloudy out there, the weather that tells me I have full bright sun. Well I don't!!!

If the sun does not get up then I'm not getting up, I'm going back to sleep...

Have your best kind of day...

 

[ianpspurs]

Morning all from the sunshine without warmth - obviously Milton inspired me more than I thought - of L.A.. No known fbg but as detailed an analysis of my food intake yesterday as Cronometer can muster. Thank you to @JohnEGreen , @karen8967 and @gennepher for sharing the poppy themed artwork yesterday. Dunelm thank you for sharing your art yesterday and today. I'm having to revisit the skill of pushing down the foil top on a glass milk bottle since JKP has decided that back to the future is the way forward. Seems she has caught the zeitgeist virus. Do enjoy your Monday.