So what’s happening?

Posted on March 9, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1869, explanation, Films, Programme, Thinking, Time, TV, Words2 Comments

What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain.

Don’t you hate it when you are watching a film or programme and someone comes in the room and asks what has been happening. You don’t want to have to reply but you know you are going to have to. It’s halfway through the programme and one person has died, another one is being blamed. A third is actually responsible. How to explain while trying to continue watching? Sometimes a grunt works. Other times a full explanation is required.

The worst thing is when it is you asking the question, and you know you are not going to get any sort of an answer that makes sense.

White

Posted on March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Drawing, Felt pens, fine line ink pen, Prompt, Sketching, Snow, String, White, white penLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was white. I could have done snow, but by the time I’d seen the prompt it had mainly melted. Its supposed to come back but I just decided to imagine a white ball of string.

Putin attacks again.

Posted on March 9, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Death, Fear, Life, missiles, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, violence, War2 Comments

Yet again Putins army has attacked Ukraine. This morning eighty missiles rained down on about ten districts of Ukraine. Hey were mainly in the east of the country but smoke was seen in Kyiv and Oddessa. The attack killed civilians and damaged places like a nuclear power plant at Zaphoriza (not sure of the spelling). The fact Putin thinks this is OK is terrible. It was not that long ago the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, also in the Ukraine? was destroyed in an accident. Radiation spread across the whole of Europe. But Putin doesn’t seem to care. However many civilians, including women and children that he kills and maims he does not want to stop, till he destroys Ukraine.

International Womens Day

Posted on March 8, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Elizabeth 1, History, International Women's Day, Jo Brand, Marie Curie, personal choice, WomenLeave a comment

It is International Womens day until midnight. Someone asked me which three women from the present or history I would like to meet?

Queen Elizabeth the first. Henry the eighths daughter, known as the Virgin Queen, famous for the first Elizabethan age.

Marie Curie, who discovered through long and hard research Radium and other radioactive elements.

Jo Brand, a wonderful and hilarious comedian. She has been on British TV for years and has an acerbic wit.

Snow coming…

Posted on March 8, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Arron Burden photographer, Derbyshire, Free photo, Monochrome, North, Snow, South South, Staffordshire, unsplash, WeatherLeave a comment

Beautiful photo by Aaron Burden from unsplash. I don’t normally use other people’s pictures but this is free to use on the Internet.

We have had snow warnings, for Thursday night and for Friday. We have had a lot of snow across the country over the last couple of days, but in the South and the North of the UK. But a low pressure zone is travelling up from the South, and an Arctic blast of cold air is coming from the North. The wet air from the south is due to turn into snow somewhere over the Midlands and Northern England (Staffordshire and Derbyshire). Lower levels are due to be 10 to 20 centimetres, but higher ground might get 40 centimeters. Not sure how much that is in inches but it sounds a lot? I think 12 centimeters is 4.7 inches? So today we got the shopping done. Made sense rather than getting caught out tomorrow or Friday.

Sunset glow

Posted on March 8, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Glass, Hill, Horizon, House, Poem, Poetry, rays, Sky, Sun, Sunset, Sunshine, TreeLeave a comment

Behind the glass

Beyond the tree

And house of brick

Lies the hill.

Behind that hill

And valley wide

Sits the horizon

Where the sun rides.

It sinks below

And it’s last rays

Illuminates

A golden glow

On the glass

In brilliant ways.

Croaky, eating trifle

Posted on March 7, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cold, Cough, Cream, Dessert, Food, Jelly, Port, Pudding, Raspberries, Soothing, Sore throat, Trifle2 Comments

Staying in with a croaky sore throat and a bit of a cough. No covid testing kits, so better to keep away from everyone.

I made this on Sunday, it has jelly with raspberries and port in it. Very soothing for my throat. Its low sugar because I use a bit of sweetner instead of sugar. It’s cool and tasty. Unfortunately I had to use custard (not my favourite), but it went down well.

What’s your comfort food? If I didn’t have this it would be ice-cream or yoghurt.. All the stuff that’s bad for me! ❤️

Silver Sliver?

Posted on March 7, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cough, Digital manipulation, Drawing, Filters, Flow, Life, mindful, Now, silver, Sketching, Sliver, Sore throat, Time2 Comments

When you sit all day feeling ill with a sore throat and a cough what do you do? I draw wobbly sketches! Play with filters, add colours, use metallic pens. Play with words. I think since I’ve been doing Esther Chilton’s blog challenges (limericks and five word challenges) it’s made me think more about words and how they work. It’s also taking part in #bandofsketchers prompts which gives me the chance to illustrate different ideas. Yes it is just a minor, wobbly, not very clear sketch, and I have put it through digital filters. But it keeps my mind busy and takes it off other thoughts, like feeling too sorry for myself. I think I experience flow, that feeling of time passing without you noticing, and being in the ‘now’? X

Distant

Posted on March 7, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Distance, distant, Drawing, Landscape, Life, Perspective, Sketching, two points of viewLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was distant. I used to like to play with perspective drawings, using either one or two vanishing points. Both show how buildings or streets dwindle into the distance, becoming distant. It’s also fun to make up your own architecture.

My autobiography?

Posted on March 7, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged autobiography, Biography, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1867, Jetpack, Prompt, Thinking, Writing6 Comments

You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence?

“Life had been simple and uncomplicated until my blog page changed overnight.”

Yes, it had been OK, I could talk about my early years, and which schools I went to, but these days data can be mined. So if I do write my autobiography it will be in a book. At least then if you want my information you might have to pay for it!

Then there is the question of whether it’s an autobiography or biography? Would anyone care enough to want to write about me, or would I get someone to ghost write it for me?

Seeing the outrage and amazement caused by the recent release of information from the writer of Matt Hancock’s biography, thousands of pages from WhatsApp, I’m not sure I’d want to do it (although mine might be boring and not salacious).

Mallaband-Brown

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