CT scan

Posted on April 1, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged CT scan, Health, Hospital, Life, NHS, outcome, Parking, Patient, result, Time, Waiting3 Comments

I had a CT scan today. I’m a bit scared of what they will find. But I was glad to have it done. I only had to wait a few weeks and because it was done on a bank Holiday Monday the hospital was quiet and my friend was able to find parking on the road near to the entrance (about a third of the normal cost).

We complain about the NHS but we don’t have to pay massive bills as you would have to in the USA. I’m not saying our system is the best, but we really appreciate it when it’s working well.

So anyway, I have to wait for the results. More worry and anxiety, but at least I might have an answer soon.

Breakfast

Posted on April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Breakfast, Cat, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1895, Food, hour, Poem, Poetry, Porridge, Struggle, Tablets, Tangled, Time, wobbleLeave a comment

What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like?

The excitement of porridge

The joy of tablets

A cool shower

If I can afford it

Trying to get dressed

Without getting tangled

Feed the cats

Work out what I can do today

It all takes time.

Wobbly arms and leg

Don’t help my balance

Feel like I’m moaning again

Let’s just go back

To bed…..

April fools day

Posted on April 1, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Fun, Funny, Humbolt Penguins, Leek, Memories, Peak Wildlife Park, Penguins, programmes, Staffordshire, TV, Winkhill3 Comments

The Peak Wildlife Park posted a prank on Facebook today. It reported that some of their Humbolt Penguins had taken flight today and if anyone saw one or found them in their garden they should report it to the park (to check their migratory habits?).

Of course Penguins don’t fly, (and they don’t migrate either as far as I know, but I added that bit), so it was obviously an April Fools joke, but it’s nice and gentle, not rude or unkind. I remember an old one on TV when they reported that the spaghetti trees were being harvested and another one on a children’s TV programme about dehydrated water!

I haven’t seen many jokes today but I liked one about flat pack Easter eggs from IKEA, (chocolate bars), may your April Fools day be fun!

Peak Wildlife Park is at Winkhill, Leek ST13 7QR, UK. Details can be found on Google.

2004 drawing

Posted on March 31, 2024 Posted in Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged 2004, Art, Art group, Drawing, Facebook memories, Five years ago, Life, Pencil, Time2 Comments

Facebook Memory

Sometimes things just pop up on my status and I don’t remember when I drew them. In this case the memory was from five years ago, but the comment said I drew it in 2004. I think that’s right because I wasn’t doing many pencil drawings a few years ago. I think this was from a monthly drawing group. Friends met up at a pub and we would draw each other or customers. I have the Sketchbook somewhere in the house. One of a miriad of them.

WordPress changes?

Posted on March 31, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Apps, Changes, Facebook, Instagram, Life, Thinking, Time, Understanding?, WordPress2 Comments

One day things work in a way I understand, then the next day it’s slightly different. Icons and buttons change. It happens here at WordPress, but I think its worse at places like Facebook. It seems like there are more restrictions, changes to what you can see, and more ads.

For instance Facebook reverts to ‘most relevant’ posts even though you want to see all of them. Then if you press like or live to every comment you can get suspended! It happened to me. My hubby had passed away and many people commented about it and because I wanted to thank everyone I got a warning for spam!

Instagram can be a bit confusing too and X. I know the sites want us to have a better experience but sometimes it would be nice to be told.

Celtic?

Posted on March 31, 2024March 31, 2024 Posted in Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Artrage, Celtic, Digital drawing, Drawing, incollage, Instagram, Knots, Patterns, Photodirector, SketchingLeave a comment

Digital drawing in response to some celtic knot drawings I did thirty or forty years ago. I started with Artrage, then used photodirector app and incollage, finally I used a filter in Instagram. Sketching the patterns was easier for me back in those days, but by using digital technology I can create more complaxity.

An art school?

Posted on March 30, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged art school, Challenge, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1893, Idea, Life, Name, Reuse, School, Thought2 Comments

If you could have something named after you, what would it be?

I’d like to be able to open an art school for anyone that wants to be involved. If I had the money to open it, it would be free to artists and art enthusiasts.

Would I name it after me? Possibly. Or call it the CMB art school. I would like to think that it would encourage creativity in all aspects of art. I have an idea of saving a derelict building for perpetuity and the school would be housed within it.

I would also try and involve local schools to seed the idea of arts and crafts in the children’s minds. It’s a pipe dream. But I like it.

Crumpets with…

Posted on March 30, 2024March 30, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Butter, crumpets, Food, holes, margarine, mozzarella cheese, Pasta sauce, Tea, Tomato2 Comments

I used to just eat crumpets with butter or margarine. Then I tried melted cheese, tonight I tried a bit of pasta sauce with mozzarella on top.

Crumpets have little holes in them, like a sponge, but the sides and base are solid so they can hold melted butter when you toast them. But I have half a jar of pasta sauce that needs using up. A tablespoon of the tomatoey sauce spooned onto the crumpets sank down into the holes. Then the cheese sprinkled on top. The toasted crumpets got microwaved for about 90 seconds.

Result, tasty crumpets with stringy cheese falling off it!

Two soups

Posted on March 30, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Bowls, Comedian, Comedy, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1892, diners, Funny, hilarious, two soupsLeave a comment

What makes you laugh?

Have you ever seen the “two soups” sketch on the “Victoria Wood as seen on TV” sketch show?

It stars Julia Walters as an elderly waitress.

Two diners are seated at the front of the set, chatting and choosing from a menu. The waitress comes out of swing doors at the back of the set, apparently the kitchen. She is white haired and elderly, she slowly stumbles towards the diners. She takes their order and licks a pencil and proceeds to write it down. I can’t remember all the dialogue but it is funny. The decision is they will have “two soups”.

A bit more conversation happens while the waitress totters off to the kitchen, she is very wobbly with age.

After a wait she comes out of the kitchen carrying two bowls of soup, one in each hand. They are held loosely and because they are sloping the soup is gradually pouring out of them. She approaches the table and the bowls are clearly empty. She plonks the dishes down on the table. “two soups! ” she proudly announces.

It’s hards to explain but it’s so funny!

Happy Easter

Posted on March 29, 2024 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged bunnies, Chocolate, Easter egg, Flowers, holographic card, Rabbits?, Scraper board, SketchingLeave a comment

Have a happy Easter. I realise it’s not just about chocolate eggs and bunnies, it is about faith and resurrection. It is the centre of the meaning of being a Christian, like everything else it has become a reason to market chocolate and other treats like hot cross buns.

But I enjoyed doing this scraper board drawing on holographic card. It’s decorated with flowers like tulips and daffodils plus eggs and rabbits.

I hope that however you celebrate this time of year you have some peace and loving kindness. Take care of yourselves.

Mallaband-Brown

Author: artbychristinemallabandbrown