Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.

Posted on August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1960's and 70's, Captain Scarlet, Gerry Anderson, Memories, Old, Old TV, Puppet shows, Sci fi, Spectrum, SupermarionationLeave a comment

Does anyone remember Spectrum? The agency that fought against the Mysterons who came from Mars and attacked the Earth? Captain Scarlet had been taken over by the Mysterons but he escaped. He ended up with the power not to be killed…

Captain Scarlet was a puppet show in the 1960’s and 70’s produced by Gerry Anderson (who also did Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, Four Feather Falls, Stingray and also Joe 90, UFO and I think Space 1999.

I have this little Spectrum patrol car that was clearly merchandise from the show. I also have an Eagle space vehicle from Space 1999.

Isn’t nostalgia a strange thing.

Perseids

Posted on August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Astronomy, Meteors, Perseid, Planet, Sky, Space, Spaceweather.comLeave a comment

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From Spaceweather.com

PERSEID METEOR ALERT: Earth is entering a stream of debris from giant comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Although the display is not expected to peak until August 11-13, sky watchers are already seeing some of the most beautiful fireballs of the year. Plan your Perseid watch with sky maps and observing tips on today’s edition of of Spaceweather.com.

I hope we have clear skies in the UK.

Memory

Posted on August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Decorated, Fun, Glazed, Jug, Memory, Pottery, Tortoiseshell catLeave a comment

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I just found this memory, I’d decorated this jug, I did it at a local pottery in 2017. Now if I could only find the other side with the cat looking outwards not with its back to us! I think I gave it as a Christmas present. That’s the trouble with random memories if they are not in context. I only know when this was because I painted 2017 on it. By the way it’s meant to be a tortoiseshell cat.

Before Covid (BC)

Posted on August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, BC, Before Covid, Blogging, Digital art, Digital drawing, Need ideas?, Sketcher app, Thinking, TiredLeave a comment

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I try to remember before Covid. Walking free, no need to be nervous. Of course we could still catch flu, or get pneumonia, or be so ill you could die. But this is worse.

So I’ve decided to post pictures from before March, this is a digital drawing I did on the sketcher free app… I might draw some more images like this. I think I remember how I did it.

In other words, I don’t want to bore people. I will try and come up with more interesting content.

Crocodile laundry

Posted on August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Crocodile, Duplicate, Fun, Imagination, Mirror, Photo, Toothy clothes?, WashingLeave a comment

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Snap!

Picture mirrored in the Layout app (it’s something from Instagram). I was trying to think what it reminded me if and I suddenly though CROCODILE!

It’s weird how things can look if they are duplicated. You suddenly realise you are looking at some new creation. Some pattern that shouldn’t be there. It’s fun, it’s peculiar, it’s what I like to do.

Washing day

Posted on August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Clothes, Fun, Heat, Hot, Humour, Life, Plants, Poem, Poetry, Shirts, Silly poem, Springs, Trousers, Washing, Water2 Comments

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Slumped by the wall.

Used to support beans growing tall.

A line of washing shades the view

Helping ease the sun’s bright hue.

Plants bathed in heat

Wither and dry

Turning brown

Hope they don’t die.

Above all water of life,

Carried in the clouds

Stopping great strife.

Overall its a British summer.

Bright in parts, in others dimmer.

Some places have vines,

Others marrows,

As the heat of the day

Makes eyes narrow.

So interesting view

Shirts, trousers a few.

Dry in one day.

That’s all I can say.

Friends bean and tomato plants.

Posted on August 7, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Beans, Blogging, Friend, Garden, Gardening, Happy, Life, Plants, Tomatoes, VisitLeave a comment

Visited a friend who has some bean plants growing and some tomato plants.

I was jealous, my tomatoes only have a couple of fruits on them. And we don’t have any beans. But I admire her ability to grow them. It’s good to go out and visit people at a distance. It’s better than sitti g in my house. I still wear a mask even if I’m outside. That made it hard to have a glass of elderflower cordial so I relented because I was thirsty and we kept a good six feet apart. Now I’m back home in the cool. It was 36° C in places today. The hottest August day since 2003, and it’s forecast to get hotter!

Dog drawing 2014

Posted on August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged 2014, Blogging, Boatband, Dog, Double bass, Fun, Happy, Howl, Music, Singing, WoofLeave a comment

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Woof!

I drew him in 2014. It’s in amongst some drawings of the Boatband that I did in 2014. But this cheered me up, I think he was howling along with the music as dogs sometimes do. We had a great time as usual. I’ve even found a picture of someone playing a double bass, not something that occurs very often.

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I can’t imagine anyone wanting to bring this into a crowded pub very often. I think I’ve got the proportions wrong!

Cat got to the vets!

Posted on August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Bag, Blogging, Cat, Cat in a bag, Inoculated, Life, Planning, Vet, Visiting the vetLeave a comment

It was time to take my cat to the vets for her second inoculation. But she knows when I’m planning things, she’s very bright. What to do? I got some nice cat food but didn’t give her any until just before we were due to go out. She followed me into the kitchen and I shut the door. Next I shooed her into the bathroom and shut that door. I had prepared her carrying bag so I quickly scooped her up. Put her in the bag and flapped the lid over… But I couldn’t hold the bag shut and zip it. So I called hubby… He didn’t hear me! The doors were shut! I had to carry the bag with the flap closed by holding it shut and carry it into the living room where my hubby closed the bag.

Result! My cat got her shot!

Flower power

Posted on August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bees, cracks, Flowers, Kerbs, Pavement, Photos, Roads, Streets, Urban landscape, Weeds, Wild flowersLeave a comment

Took a few photos of wild flowers (or weeds) this morning. Things for bees to feed on. But I didn’t see any bees.

The city seems to be full of plants pushing themselves up through cracks in the pavement and along the kerbs of roads. I also saw that green areas which were once lawns now covered in wild grasses and flowers with just a meter round the edge cut back. I did notice that the local main road that was covered in wild flowers a couple of weeks ago have now been weedkiller. The worry is that any bees that sipped from them when they were sprayed will have been poisoned. Madness. I’d rather have weeds than dead bees.

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