Yes but not telling

Posted on June 29, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1984, Life, Memory, Prompt, Surgery, Talking, telling, ThinkingLeave a comment

Have you ever had surgery? What for?

Why should I share this information? Can I trust the person who is asking? Or the people who are reading this blog?… Sometimes we share too much information. It’s too easy to trust everyone on the Internet. And yet I wouldn’t tell people in the street my life story, my insurance details, if I’ve ever been in hospital. True I do share some information but as far as I can tell it’s of little use to others. I appreciate that it’s good to talk about your life, but I think you shouldn’t go too far.

Someone will be out there looking at your details putting two and two together, finding out about me. Well I’d rather not be too informative, I don’t think it’s a good idea.

Cat drawing

Posted on June 29, 2024 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, companions, Friends, Life, Poem, Poetry, Sitting, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

My friend

Sitting on the chair arm

Next to me.

Staring into space

Front paws shuffle

Finding comfort

Whiskers alert.

Another cat

On the other chair arm.

Lies down

Looks at me

Where’s my tea?

Get up, eat, go to bed? OK, Choir.

Posted on June 28, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Art, Choir, choir membership, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1983, habit, Hubby, Life, Music, regular, SingingLeave a comment

What are your daily habits?

Habits? What are they?

Life turned upside down when I started caring for my hubby. Everyday was different and it was hard to do things the same each day. Then he died and things got even less organised. Since then I’ve tried to regulate my life. Going to choir has helped. I’ve been in choirs for twenty years and that habit has helped my mental health. If the rest of the week is confused and mixed up I can hold onto the knowledge that I will be going to choir. Other than that I enjoy art and try and hold onto that habit. I would be lost without it.

Treeish

Posted on June 28, 2024June 28, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Branches, Church, Duplicated, Fun, Life, Local, Penkhull, Photo, quarter, TreeLeave a comment

A cage of bars? No tree branches quadruple. Outside our local church yesterday. The overhanging branches curves was an ideal subject to use for this image. I think it looks surreal. It’s amazing what you can do with a phone.

Tired again

Posted on June 28, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged alternative., bully, campaign, lies, moderators, Politics, president, Raffle, Sleep, Time, USA, weak, Why?2 Comments

I made a mistake last night and decided to watch the Presidential debate. It started at 2am and I went to bed at 4.30am totally dejected by the whole thing.

What they talked about has no doubt been reported across the world. But as a person interested in politics it was in turn worrying and unbelievable! It was like two boys squabbling, one a big bully and the other a child with illnesses that made him weak. I’d hate to be their parents. Two moderators tried to keep control, but never chastised the bully or called out the constant lies. In fact I’d call one of the speakers a spoilt brat!

Why run politics this way? Too much power and pressure in the hands of one man. There must be other ways to do it. I know of one country that chooses a random citizen once a year in a type of raffle? You have to be a decent, healthy person, but then your job is to work hard for your country. There must be some guidelines but no one gets absolute power. Is that a good idea?

Trentham

Posted on June 27, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Hubby, Memory, Sleep, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Tired, Trentham GardensLeave a comment

A year ago I went to Trentham Gardens in Stoke-on-Trent with hubby and a photo of us popped up on my Facebook memories yesterday. So I decided to go with a friend today. I felt so sad and very tired to begin with, but as I walked with my friend I started to feel better. But I am so tired now. I can’t walk as far as I used to. I’m shattered. But I’m so glad I went. Took lots of pictures to make new memories. But I need to try and get some sleep now.

View through

Posted on June 27, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Eye, Layers, Life, Photo, Reality, Spode, Studio, superimposed, View, WindowLeave a comment

Looking through a window in a door at Spode out of the studio window. The layers of lines and squares superimposed on top of each other made it interesting. The wood frames each section neatly.

What you can’t see is the bright sunlight catching the building in the background. I could see it, but here it’s over exposed and looks almost white,merging into the line of sky above it. Eyes are so important, cameras are wonderful, but seeing in reality is a better experience sometimes.

Playing with art

Posted on June 27, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged adjusted, Apologies, Artist, Blue and white, Explaining, Mural, Photodirector, Spode factoryLeave a comment

I used a photo of a mural painted on the ground outside one of the entrances of Spode in Stoke on Trent. I was explaining photodirector to someone so I used it to alter the image. Apologies to the artist. I will delete if this is not acceptable.

Lobster thermidore

Posted on June 26, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Cheese, Cookery, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1981, Food, Lobster, lobster thermidore, Memory, WineLeave a comment

What’s the most delicious thing you’ve ever eaten?

I once went for a meal and decided to try Lobster thermidore. It was cooked with a mild cheese and wine sauce.

I don’t know how it was cooked, it was a special treat, but I’m glad I tried it.

I think its 15 to 20 years since I tried it but I still remember it. It was tasty and rich. But I wouldn’t be able to afford it now.

I guess, anything could be delicious if you have not had it before. If you don’t have money or resources you may never get to eat anything than the basic food, that you eat everyday if you are lucky. I’m not sure if I would eat it again now I think about their situation.

Stuck

Posted on June 26, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged belongings, Healing, holding on, Life, Memory, organised, Six months, Stuck, Stuff, TimeLeave a comment

Six months after he died and I’m still stuck. It’s hard to move things, clear them away. I feel like I’m walking through treacle. I’ve got too much stuff, mine and his. I’m still holding tight to things.

Can I donate to charity? Or sell things? Or bin things? But I’m still attached. I can’t do anything but look at things, I rarely move any of it. My mind is fused into a lump of static thoughts, unable to move on.

Maybe I’m overdramaticising the situation? I don’t know, but I think it might take years to get sorted out. I’ve done a lot of the legal stuff and paperwork, but forty years of belongings, especially when you have been with someone for so long, are hard to organise.

Mallaband-Brown

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