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Fbg 6.9

Very little sleep.

The day yesterday was sunny but pleasantly warm. However come evening and darkness the outside temperature started rising over 22C. My bungalow was inside was 23C, I couldn't breathe.

It was no better outside, the air was warm and still. I was ready to put my rocking chair outside and sleep in it for the night, despite the beasties. But there was no noticeable difference in temperature...

Midnight got agitated being in the warm indoors, so I had to open my bedroom door, into the garden, and he shot out, up the garden path like a bullet, and has not been seen since.

This was 4am...I left the door open...no beastie appeared.
The stray cats appear to have gone to ground in this heat. But they slink in through the undergrowth for feeding.

Over the road have all their windows and front door open (!) when I went to make a flask of tea at 4.30 am (yes they are still alive).

Another of my cube humidifiers has bitten the dust last night (an old one). I do have 2 new ones I bought a short while ago, but not tested yet.

So, that is my exciting life and news!

And I fell asleep while writing this 4 hours ago!!!

The Met office have promised an imminent thunderstorm.
Please...please...please...

But I cannot smell any rain coming....


Creative. I was playing with Kaleider Kaleidoscopes, as I wasn't sleeping...
And here is a Borg cube...
Okay, I know, not quite. This a pyramidal Borg cube.
It was this, or something that looked quite evil, the stuff of nightmares...I might post that tomorrow...

I know...don't tell me...I have lost the plot....

May you all have a wonderful day...

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Lamont D said:
The kids called the Cornish variety dino pies.
Flat pasties are a disgrace.
If I remember rightly, the tin miners only ate the filling and not the exterior pastry.
Who knows?
I tried that after diagnosis, but most of it ended up in my lap!
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It is in an emergency when I need a snack when I am out, that I will do what the tin miners did...not messy at all...just always carry a spoon and a pair of chopsticks in your handbag for every eventuality @Lamont D
 
gennepher said:
It is in an emergency when I need a snack when I am out, that I will do what the tin miners did...not messy at all...just always carry a spoon and a pair of chopsticks in your handbag for every eventuality @Lamont D
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I fear holding any utensil in my left hand. I am right handed.
you would think at times I have the dipso shakes, food goes everywhere.
Worse than the babies.
hope you carry a bib as well?
Mrs L moans at the crumbs beneath me.
And it's always me that cleans up.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.9

Very little sleep.

The day yesterday was sunny but pleasantly warm. However come evening and darkness the outside temperature started rising over 22C. My bungalow was inside was 23C, I couldn't breathe.

It was no better outside, the air was warm and still. I was ready to put my rocking chair outside and sleep in it for the night, despite the beasties. But there was no noticeable difference in temperature...

Midnight got agitated being in the warm indoors, so I had to open my bedroom door, into the garden, and he shot out, up the garden path like a bullet, and has not been seen since.

This was 4am...I left the door open...no beastie appeared.
The stray cats appear to have gone to ground in this heat. But they slink in through the undergrowth for feeding.

Over the road have all their windows and front door open (!) when I went to make a flask of tea at 4.30 am (yes they are still alive).

Another of my cube humidifiers has bitten the dust last night (an old one). I do have 2 new ones I bought a short while ago, but not tested yet.

So, that is my exciting life and news!

And I fell asleep while writing this 4 hours ago!!!

The Met office have promised an imminent thunderstorm.
Please...please...please...

But I cannot smell any rain coming....


Creative. I was playing with Kaleider Kaleidoscopes, as I wasn't sleeping...
And here is a Borg cube...
Okay, I know, not quite. This a pyramidal Borg cube.
It was this, or something that looked quite evil, the stuff of nightmares...I might post that tomorrow...

I know...don't tell me...I have lost the plot....

May you all have a wonderful day...

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I like it!
 
JohnEGreen said:
Flat pasties were carried in the back pocket Cornish pasties were carried in a lunch box.
The pasties my nan used to cook were crimped along the top they were so big she could only just get them in the oven and I think they were among the best things I have ever tasted.
Apart from her steak and kidney pudding with suet crust and steamed for eight hours at least.
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I loved my cake and sydney pies when young.
 
Lamont D said:
I fear holding any utensil in my left hand. I am right handed.
you would think at times I have the dipso shakes, food goes everywhere.
Worse than the babies.
hope you carry a bib as well?
Mrs L moans at the crumbs beneath me.
And it's always me that cleans up.
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No bib needed @Lamont D
If I am eating an impromptu snack like that, then it's outside, and I stand up and give myself a shake down, and the little sparrows come along......
 
@gennepher thank you for sharing today's creative which looks like a very upmarket stair carpet. Here, the scores are in. Add roast chicken to leg of lamb, lamb chop, pork chop, pork loin, roast gammon, haddock, cod and fish pie - however much you pay and however meticulously you prepare and cook them I can't be persuaded to like them. The gravy was wonderful though, so was the cheesecake.
 
ianpspurs said:
@gennepher thank you for sharing today's creative which looks like a very upmarket stair carpet. Here, the scores are in. Add roast chicken to leg of lamb, lamb chop, pork chop, pork loin, roast gammon, haddock, cod and fish pie - however much you pay and however meticulously you prepare and cook them I can't be persuaded to like them. The gravy was wonderful though, so was the cheesecake.
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Thanks Ian!!!!
 
I always find any liquid in food, goes somewhere other than in my mouth.
Must have a hole in my lip!

Something happened at the corner shop. Lots of rozzers around, and a black vehicle parked across the grass verge. Find out more tomorrow.

Gasmen have finally finished, I'm assured now!

While talking (and being nosey) to the guys a neighbour down the road, was telling me, that further down the road, there was a raid by the rozzers. Apparently, someone was growing something in the back garden, in a greenhouse. You just never know.

My best wishes to you lot as always.
 
Lamont D said:
I totally agree, cups not mugs, tea leaves not bags, brewed in a pot with a cosy, sipped not glugged, pinky at 45degrees. Tea poured first then if you are adding afterwards. Cups should be warmed beforehand.
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I always warm the teapot as well @Lamont D, then discard the water once the pot is warmed and brew the tea with fresh water. Otherwise, I'm inclined to agree. I really dislike teabags. I swear I can taste the paper.


Sunday's FBG 4.4 mmol on waking at 6.00 am.
 
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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.9

Very little sleep.

The day yesterday was sunny but pleasantly warm. However come evening and darkness the outside temperature started rising over 22C. My bungalow was inside was 23C, I couldn't breathe.

It was no better outside, the air was warm and still. I was ready to put my rocking chair outside and sleep in it for the night, despite the beasties. But there was no noticeable difference in temperature...

Midnight got agitated being in the warm indoors, so I had to open my bedroom door, into the garden, and he shot out, up the garden path like a bullet, and has not been seen since.

This was 4am...I left the door open...no beastie appeared.
The stray cats appear to have gone to ground in this heat. But they slink in through the undergrowth for feeding.

Over the road have all their windows and front door open (!) when I went to make a flask of tea at 4.30 am (yes they are still alive).

Another of my cube humidifiers has bitten the dust last night (an old one). I do have 2 new ones I bought a short while ago, but not tested yet.

So, that is my exciting life and news!

And I fell asleep while writing this 4 hours ago!!!

The Met office have promised an imminent thunderstorm.
Please...please...please...

But I cannot smell any rain coming....


Creative. I was playing with Kaleider Kaleidoscopes, as I wasn't sleeping...
And here is a Borg cube...
Okay, I know, not quite. This a pyramidal Borg cube.
It was this, or something that looked quite evil, the stuff of nightmares...I might post that tomorrow...

I know...don't tell me...I have lost the plot....

May you all have a wonderful day...

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Smashing - stairway of the stars
 
Good morning everyone, it’s an early start here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.3 this a.m. Smashing day yesterday, family all huddled inside a big stripy tent but the children didn’t care about the odd splash on a bouncy castle - mothers moaning about wet socks, marvellous. Kept well away from all things white or covered in chocolate. Art bit - trolls live inside the walls of the fjords. Hope you have a joyful day. I best make some koffy and then get to the railway station.
 

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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone, it’s an early start here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.3 this a.m. Smashing day yesterday, family all huddled inside a big stripy tent but the children didn’t care about the odd splash on a bouncy castle - mothers moaning about wet socks, marvellous. Kept well away from all things white or covered in chocolate. Art bit - trolls live inside the walls of the fjords. Hope you have a joyful day. I best make some koffy and then get to the railway station.
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Have a smooth journey @dunelm
Like the contrast of the painted background to the detailed foreground...
 
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