Drought?

Posted on June 19, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged amber alert, Britain, Fog, Hail, Heat, Life, Rain, Snow, Sunshine, temperatures, Weather3 Comments

Oh for some rain, but today came the news that there is an amber heat warning for parts of Britain. That means there is some danger to health for people, especially for the vulnerable ones. There might be a cooler week next week, but that doesn’t mean rain.

In other news we had reports that we can expect temperatures of up to 40°Celcius in future years, that’s a lot higher than we are used to. Britain has a maritime weather system, meaning weather coming from all directions and all sorts of types. Rain, wind, sleet, hail, snow, sun, fog, mist, drizzle, gales, thunder and even tornadoes and water spouts, we get it all!

A cheerful flower

Posted on June 17, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Camera, Colour, Facebook, Flower, Gardening, Life, Marigold, Memories, Orange, PlantLeave a comment

Marigold? I’m not sure. Taken 14 years ago, came up on Facebook memories. The brilliant orange makes me want to eat fruit! I think there’s a tiny bee or wasp sitting in it. I think it was taken on a digital camera not on my phone. Not bad memory. I can even remember my friends garden where the photo was taken.

Hot and cool

Posted on June 16, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Bees, Flowers, Green, Humid, old photo, Orange, Poem, Poetry, Red, Summer, SunlightLeave a comment

Red, orange and green.

Complementary colours

Glow in the afternoon sun

Dappled shade covers the view

Humid air drips with heat

Lazy bees circle the flowers

Looking for a drink

To cool their flagging wings

Summer has arrived.

Impish

Posted on June 15, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Impish, Life, Mask, Memories, Mystery Plays, Penkhull, Rehearsals, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

I’m playing an Imp in the Penkhull Mystery Play, I have one line (and a few more as the narrator). It’s not obvious I’m an Imp, I just have to shout out “my name is Jakobah” , push a rock across a cave mouth. Then shout “goodbye”. There were more lines but they were cut because the play was originally one and a half hours long so it had to be edited. Maybe this is another case of measure twice, cut once! Anyway I hope to do so some more painting later x

Eating too many

Posted on June 13, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Cold, Food, Heat, Ice cream, puthery, Rain, Sugar, Summer, Thunderstorms, Time, Too manyLeave a comment

It’s been just too hot and humid. I’m tired out so I’ve eaten far too many ice creams over the past two or three weeks. Even when it rains it stays warm and it’s very humid too. I don’t know when it will let up. I keep sleeping in my chair and I can’t sleep in bed because I either feel cold or hot. Tomorrow it might be thundering. (us brits don’t understand humidity, we call it puthery round here)…..

Happy times

Posted on June 13, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Birthday, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1969, Flowers, Hanging basket, Happy, Life, Memories, Sister, Time2 Comments

Describe one of your favorite moments.

One of my favourite moments is collecting my hanging baskets from a local nursery. Today (yesterday now) I did that. It was my birthday treat. I ordered 6 this year instead of 8 so I bought some extra plants for the walls and ground. I was really pleased with them. Luckily my sister was over for a visit so she helped me hang them. And that was a favourite moment.

Don’t look at the sun!

Posted on June 12, 2025 Posted in Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Bright, Burning, Danger, Infra red, Light, Orange, Pink, Red, Sketching, Sun, Sunset, Ultra violetLeave a comment

A couple of days ago I was driving home and came round a bend to see a bright red sun on the horizon. For a second I stared at it then realised it was dangerous and looked away. But it was slightly too late. Now when I look I can see a slight bright patch where my eyes had wandered across the view. It’s faded a bit so I guess I haven’t done permanent damage but I will try not to do that again!

14 years ago

Posted on June 11, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged 14 years ago, Bright, Colour, Garden, Photography, Red and green, Steep, Sunlight, Swiss chardLeave a comment

I took this photo in my friends garden of Swiss Chard. She had all sorts of flowering plants in her steeply sloping sunny garden and I have kept my other photos. But this was my favourite. The reds and greens really zing.

So much for a restful day…

Posted on June 11, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Annoying, drilling, hammering, Neighbour, no peace, Noise, Sound, Swearwords, Working4 Comments

Next door is banging and drilling again! So much for a quiet day. I live in a terraced house and there is no soundproofing between us, so the noise can be distracting.

This has been going on for probably a year. I thought the drill was going to come through my wall a few minutes ago. He must have been drilling a deep hole. I presume he’s fitting the house out now?

Last week I found half a window frame in my yard. I was tempted to try and throw it back but I don’t have the strength and I don’t want to break anything! And there goes the drilling again. I will have to go out.

SWEARWORDS!

Freedom to say no.

Posted on June 11, 2025 Posted in Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Crafts, Crowd, Day out, freedom, Garden, Loud, not going, panicking, Party, saying no2 Comments

I was due to go out to an annual craft fair and party today, but I feel panicked. I could go, force myself, but I’m tired and I need to go shopping, get medication and tidy up because I’m expecting a visitor tomorrow.

Then I realised that I have the freedom to say no. I don’t have to rush out, to stand in a long queue for a burger, or listen to over loud music. Being in a crowd bothers me. I usually get a headache. My friend who was coming with me has not been able to get the time off. I already feel hot and bothered. So I’ll give it a miss this time. X

If a loud crowd is not your thing then don’t be cowed, be proud and say no.

Mallaband-Brown

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