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

Alien Aspie said:
This was supposed to be a week-long project for my 2nd effort but in true AlienAspie form... I got fed up with it.

So, you can have the 'unfinished magpie'

I used Procreate and Zen for this as I couldn't do it all in Zen, and I can't paint from memory so the magpie was from a photo :)

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Amazing!
Those flowers are beautiful @Alien Aspie
You've done well between the two apps.


Alien Aspie said:
I envy the speed everyone else can knock this stuff out at, I took so long I had to charge my iPad again ;)
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By the time I have done a painting the iPad, it needs recharging as well!
 
good evening all :)

was 4.7 this morning

a howling gale here and rain early on but then a fine but very blustery day :)
over to mum's to pick up her shopping list, spent far too long picking over blackcurrants today, I listened to an audiobook but it still seemed very tedious, not enough 'zen' today obviously :)

On the plus side we did get a few more strawberries from our neighbour so we had them with a bit of double cream left over from the gooseberry fool production :D

Hope your day is treating you well :)

@Alien Aspie - wonderful art works both, and welcome to the splash and scribble set :hilarious:

I find that having taken to watercolour is helping me to be a bit less 'detail oriented' in my art work.
I think I get that particular tendency from dad, his spelling was dire but he was a clever precision engineer who could pick up a set of plans and turn the finished 3d object over in his mind before it ever went near the workshop, (Mum was the language wonk ;) :D).

@dunelm - I love your latest zen painting, very authentic celestial mountains above the clouds and good depth of field ;)

@gennepher - wonderful, playful and impressively stylised dragons, I like both versions :joyful:

@Muddy Cyclist - The second of your 'gates' is my favourite I think and I really like your very free pencil heathland sketch, different but compelling all the same :joyful:
Thanks for the info on your pencils, I may pick some more up to have a go with shortly,

art bit -

felt I had to join in and have a quick bash at the current style of work ;)
not done in an app. though (haven't downloaded it yet :sorry:), just plain old paint :D

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geefull said:
good evening all :)

was 4.7 this morning

a howling gale here and rain early on but then a fine but very blustery day :)
over to mum's to pick up her shopping list, spent far too long picking over blackcurrants today, I listened to an audiobook but it still seemed very tedious, not enough 'zen' today obviously :)

On the plus side we did get a few more strawberries from our neighbour so we had them with a bit of double cream left over from the gooseberry fool production :D

Hope your day is treating you well :)

@Alien Aspie - wonderful art works both, and welcome to the splash and scribble set :hilarious:

I find that having taken to watercolour is helping me to be a bit less 'detail oriented' in my art work.
I think I get that particular tendency from dad, his spelling was dire but he was a clever precision engineer who could pick up a set of plans and turn the finished 3d object over in his mind before it ever went near the workshop, (Mum was the language wonk ;) :D).

@dunelm - I love your latest zen painting, very authentic celestial mountains above the clouds and good depth of field ;)

@gennepher - wonderful, playful and impressively stylised dragons, I like both versions :joyful:

@Muddy Cyclist - The second of your 'gates' is my favourite I think and I really like your very free pencil heathland sketch, different but compelling all the same :joyful:
Thanks for the info on your pencils, I may pick some more up to have a go with shortly,

art bit -

felt I had to join in and have a quick bash at the current style of work ;)
not done in an app. though (haven't downloaded it yet :sorry:), just plain old paint :D

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Thank you @geefull
:)
‘Just plain old paint’ as you put it has produced a brilliant painting.
It is fantastic!
 
Muddy Cyclist said:
Good Muddy Cycle ride although a sail may have helped, blowing a gale. It was fun because I enjoy the activity but it did get me thinking about the new cycling idea from GOV.

I am not optimistic about it. A few years ago in the Welsh Valleys a similar scheme was introduced. I was working as a National Cycle Coach for British Cycling, training and assessing Cycle coaches on how to lead and train non cyclists to ride bikes. A lot of money was spent on bikes, training and wages. By the end of the first year most of the staff were laid off, bikes were all locked up and the scheme came to a halt. Not surprising, what does cycling offer to inspire someone overweight, comfortable with being a TV addict and not exercising, sitting in the warmth, enjoying beer and takeaways, travelling in a warm car when they need to and generally content with their Lott. OK maybe the worry of Obesity and Corvid will inspire some but in my experience this is going to be another waste of money. Sorry to be pessimistic, I would really like to think it will work, but I suspect not.

Edit... oh! And £50 to help with bike repairs, they must be joking!
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Is it going to be safe, Muddy?
All that adipose tissue straddling a narrow saddle! It could be lethal even without other vehicles on the road.
I just have an exercise bike.
Are bikes going to go up in price? I dont think this is a well thought out strategy.
D.
 
Good Morning and 5.9 for me today.

Early shopping adventure to Tesco at 6.30am. Then over to do more sorting at MILs bungalow so that's my day wiped out.

Get the best you can from your day, keep safe.

PS light here this morning is golden, painting trees against a dark cloudy sky, enlightening.
 
4.8 this morning. Relaxing with a coffee before the dog walk in the sunshine. Had a lovely day yesterday. Did lots of lesson planning and practising new exercises. Still haven't got the ok to start back in September from any of the halls I teach in - but it will be nice to be fully prepared for when they say ok.

Lost another quarter pound so am now 9st 13 3/4 lbs. So lovely to be in the 9s even if it is only just in the 9s.
 
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