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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.8

Wildlife nighttime camera
Midnight rules
Cat Midnight snarls and frightens the Badger
46 secs


Creative...
I woke up in the night, so decided to do my secret doorway. Woke up this morning and couldn't find it, then found it under my pillow.

So, black pen and a waterbrush on a post card and a wee bit of white pen added just now...

All doors and windows open.
Clear blue skies.
Sun is touching the tops of my trees.
Cat Chunky Marmalade is availing himself of the cat food I have just put out.
Male Blackbird is scolding him from a high vantage point.
All is well with the world.
Except Midnight.
Because I turned him upside down trying to rummage through my bedcovers for my secret doorway drawing.
He is sulking because he was warm and comfy before I moved the bedcovers.
I did try to move him gently, but he had refused to move.
Oh dear, Chunky Marmalade has just come in my bedroom to avail himself of Midnight's breakfast (I did say all doors & windows were open for fresh air...).
Midnight has objected, and Chunky has just fled with Midnight hard on his tail.
All is not well with the the world...

Don't let little things upset you.
Have your best day.

Oh what a beautiful morning.
Time for a cuppa...

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Midnight's a tough ol' boy.

Like how he stands his ground, while jade's more likely to make herself scarce.

And he then gets back to contemplating a day in the life of a cat ...
"how long to sulk before snuggling back up to mum,

how to get revenge on that cheeky cat intruder daring to eat MY food.

if I had opposable thumbs, could I really learn to drive...mmmm.."

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jjraak said:
Midnight's a tough ol' boy.

Like how he stands his ground, while jade's more likely to make herself scarce.

And he then gets back to contemplating a day in the life of a cat ...
"how long to sulk before snuggling back up to mum,

how to get revenge on that cheeky cat intruder daring to eat MY food.

if I had opposable thumbs, could I really learn to drive...mmmm.."

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Jade will usually (but not always) stay on the swing with one badger, but when there are two she normally gets off because she knows one of them wants the cloths @jjraak

Midnight will defend HIS manor...

He soon came back to me.
Tried the sulking routine again.
But I ignored him.
Then he came right up to me.
Grabbed my hand with his paw.
Claws (sharp, he sharpens them every day by tree climbing...) very slightly extended...
"Now, you look at me. I am your bestest cat in the whole wide world."
And he slow blinks...
I slow blink back...
But he doesn't release my hand...
Then he fell asleep and I got my hand back...
 
Morning all correspondents of the Testing Times. I may join in the fun from the middle of next week. Thanks to the resident artists for sharing their gifts and good news that our fitness and wellbeing correspondent is healing nicely. If you too are experiencing a spell of dry, sunny, warm for the time of year weather enjoy it while it lasts. Decorating, MIL's stair lift adjustments and Sunday lunch were all a triumph daahling, a triumph. Half term here is next week but I have it on excellent if very excited authority it is this week in Winchester along with a third birthday and a trip to Pepper Pig world. More tea and Superbowl highlights are next on the agenda for me
 
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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.8

Wildlife nighttime camera
Midnight rules
Cat Midnight snarls and frightens the Badger
46 secs


Creative...
I woke up in the night, so decided to do my secret doorway. Woke up this morning and couldn't find it, then found it under my pillow.

So, black pen and a waterbrush on a post card and a wee bit of white pen added just now...

All doors and windows open.
Clear blue skies.
Sun is touching the tops of my trees.
Cat Chunky Marmalade is availing himself of the cat food I have just put out.
Male Blackbird is scolding him from a high vantage point.
All is well with the world.
Except Midnight.
Because I turned him upside down trying to rummage through my bedcovers for my secret doorway drawing.
He is sulking because he was warm and comfy before I moved the bedcovers.
I did try to move him gently, but he had refused to move.
Oh dear, Chunky Marmalade has just come in my bedroom to avail himself of Midnight's breakfast (I did say all doors & windows were open for fresh air...).
Midnight has objected, and Chunky has just fled with Midnight hard on his tail.
All is not well with the the world...

Don't let little things upset you.
Have your best day.

Oh what a beautiful morning.
Time for a cuppa...

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The world is a seesaw of well and not well - another splendid view into the secret garden.
 
gennepher said:
...and still do your intermittent chair rests while teaching even though you are pain free, just for a few days @Krystyna23040

We all think we are superhuman (me included)...
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Yes, @gennepher. You are so right. I am very guilty of thinking I am super human. Thank you for reminding me to do my intermittent chair rests.
 
Sleep just didn't want to come last night, Went to bed about 2345 and was still wide awake at 0145 so I got up to have a cup of warm milk to see if that would help. It didn't, but I finally felt tired enough to go to bed again at 0430. BG by that time was 10.4 - that was the milk. Did get to sleep then after about 15 minutes but woke again at 0700 and got up. BG by then was 9.8 and carried on down until just after 1300 (8.8) when I took insulin and had what I think will be my one meal today.

What is it with young people and dogs? Em has shown me several video clips of people who look to be around 20 wearing dog masks and clip on tails, prancing around like no dog ever did. She thinks it's great and has bought herself a furry tail and made a (very effective) mask. She also has a new friend who wants to be a wolf, so Em has made a mask for her as well. It's encouraging her creativity, but please tell me she'll grow out of it.
 
dunelm said:
Great news if you are a mouse then
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Oh ye of little faith/.titter ye not. Pearl clutchers gonna be wery, wery cwoss but that's the price of free speech. Since you know your art and music consider yourself cultured and uncancelled. Then again so was the kefir on my grocery delivery so probably don't wake Mrs Miggins at 3.00 am celebrating a stunning win for common sense. What did happen to Esther McVey? :D
 
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Fbg 6.5

Nighttime wildlife video
Cats Jade & Midnight - then Skinny Fox - then two Badgers(Ma & Pa Badger)
If you notice Jade when she jumps off the swing, she walks straight into the bush the badger was, just seconds before. She often does this...
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Creative...
I got a postcard yesterday, which was of a doorway to a landscape. A small boy was sitting in the doorway. The door itself was the pages of a book.
So, that is where this Creative idea came from. Pen and waterbrush on a postcard.

When I was a small child, my 'doorways' were entrances to places where I looked out from, eg I lived on a farm besides Sherwood Forest. There were no restrictions about going right up to the Major Oak then. I used to go in the hollow of the tree with my dog, and we would watch people go past. Also, just up the lane from the farm was the River Maun where there is a sandstone outcrop, and I found a cave there which only could be accessed by wading in the river, and I sat in there for hours with my dog. It was not until many years later I discovered that it was actually called Robin Hood's Cave.
I went there early one summer morning (5am?) about 25 years ago with my first hearing dog for the deaf. We got into the cave. But a short while later some young Boy Scouts (the scout camp was just in the woods) put their heads round the entrance. The horror on their faces when they saw someone and a dog at the back of the cave. They screamed and fled. I thought it might be a wise idea at that point to leave...

Also, often in my dreams I come across doorways, but these doorways I know I must not go through... If I open them, there is a vast dark terrifying abyss at the other side. I have never leapt into it. I always thought I might never wake up from my dream if I did that...

On that bright note, have a great day.

Time for a cuppa!


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5.9 this morning. Am relaxing in the conservatory with a coffee while Mr K takes Poppy for the early morning dog walk.

Yesterday I had a really long break between classes so walked to Notcutts garden centre for a browse around their shop.

I had absolutely no intention of buying any clothes but saw a lovely Regatta fleece in a colour I have been trying to find for years but have not seen in a style I liked. It was half price so I bought two.
 
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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.5

Nighttime wildlife video
Cats Jade & Midnight - then Skinny Fox - then two Badgers(Ma & Pa Badger)
39secs


Creative...
I got a postcard yesterday, which was of a doorway to a landscape. A small boy was sitting in the doorway. The door itself was the pages of a book.
So, that is where this Creative idea came from.

When I was a small child, my 'doorways' were entrances to places where I looked out from, eg I lived on a farm besides Sherwood Forest. There were no restrictions about going right up to the Major Oak then. I used to go in the hollow of the tree with my dog, and we would watch people go past. Also, just up the lane from the farm was the River Maun where there is a sandstone outcrop, and I found a cave there which only could be accessed by wading in the river, and I sat in there for hours with my dog. It was not until many years later I discovered that it was actually called Robin Hood's Cave.
I went there early one summer morning (5am?) about 25 years ago with my first hearing dog for the deaf. We got into the cave. But a short while later some young Boy Scouts (the scout camp was just in the woods) put their heads round the entrance. The horror on their faces when they saw someone and a dog at the back of the cave. They screamed and fled. I thought it might be a wise idea at that point to leave...

Also, often in my dreams I come across doorways, but these doorways I know I must not go through... If I open them, there is a vast dark terrifying abyss at the other side. I have never leapt into it. I always thought I might never wake up from my dream if I did that...

On that bright note, have a great day.

Time for a cuppa!


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What a wonderful place you grew up in @gennepher.

I had a nightmare about a doorway once. My youngest daughter had been struggling with some work for her A Levels. She was so happy when she completed it as she had been really stressing out.

The night she completed it I had a nightmare that I was reading it when a doorway opened in the floor and in shock I dropped her work and watched fall into the opening and disappear forever. It felt so real it was quite scary.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
What a wonderful place you grew up in @gennepher.

I had a nightmare about a doorway once. My youngest daughter had been struggling with some work for her A Levels. She was so happy when she completed it as she had been really stressing out.

The night she completed it I had a nightmare that I was reading it when a doorway opened in the floor and in shock I dropped her work and watched fall into the opening and disappear forever. It felt so real it was quite scary.
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Thank you @Krystyna23040

They are very real...
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.5

Nighttime wildlife video
Cats Jade & Midnight - then Skinny Fox - then two Badgers(Ma & Pa Badger)
If you notice Jade when she jumps off the swing, she walks straight into the bush the badger was, just seconds before. She often does this...
39secs


Creative...
I got a postcard yesterday, which was of a doorway to a landscape. A small boy was sitting in the doorway. The door itself was the pages of a book.
So, that is where this Creative idea came from. Pen and waterbrush on a postcard.

When I was a small child, my 'doorways' were entrances to places where I looked out from, eg I lived on a farm besides Sherwood Forest. There were no restrictions about going right up to the Major Oak then. I used to go in the hollow of the tree with my dog, and we would watch people go past. Also, just up the lane from the farm was the River Maun where there is a sandstone outcrop, and I found a cave there which only could be accessed by wading in the river, and I sat in there for hours with my dog. It was not until many years later I discovered that it was actually called Robin Hood's Cave.
I went there early one summer morning (5am?) about 25 years ago with my first hearing dog for the deaf. We got into the cave. But a short while later some young Boy Scouts (the scout camp was just in the woods) put their heads round the entrance. The horror on their faces when they saw someone and a dog at the back of the cave. They screamed and fled. I thought it might be a wise idea at that point to leave...

Also, often in my dreams I come across doorways, but these doorways I know I must not go through... If I open them, there is a vast dark terrifying abyss at the other side. I have never leapt into it. I always thought I might never wake up from my dream if I did that...

On that bright note, have a great day.

Time for a cuppa!


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A lovely story and finely illustrated - is that an apple next to you. Perhaps from the tree outside? We used to go to Sherwood Forest on my uncles motorbike and side car - two adults and four children. I suppose that we would all be arrested nowadays!
 
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