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Glasses

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I keep reaching for my glasses even though I no longer need them!

Is this muscle memory or cognitive dissonance? For 58 years the first thing I have done in the morning is reach for my glasses.. My face feels empty now. Like going out without a coat on. Most things are very clear but because one eye wanders I have to consciously focus to reduce double vision. I will need reading glasses and possibly distance ones too but at a lot smaller diopter (strength). In the meantime I’m nervous of going outside. I don’t fancy wind blown eyeballs!

Extraordinary views?

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Something is going on with my stats and they have skyrocketed. I looked at the countries that have been viewing my posts  and there are hundreds from China?

I don’t know why, I’m not a very exciting person. Is someone accessing my posts to teach an AI? A weird thought, but I am speculating.

I’ve never had this experience before and would love to know what’s going on? Does anyone have any insight into this?

I haven’t got Covid!

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Phew! I don’t have Covid now. I think I might have had it this week. Sneezing, feeling hot, sore throat, achy. I’m relieved and I am feeling a little better. I need to go and get cat food and things for myself, but I am so tired all I want to do is sleep.

Sorry to have a moan, but I think I caught this when I visited the doctors last week for a different problem. The waiting room was full and you never know what’s in the air. Maybe I should wear a mask if I go shopping? Just hope I can get my Covid booster soon. Take care all. X

Onomatopoeia

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What’s your favorite word?

A word that actually sounds like something in life sounds…

A sizzling, fizzing, firework

Birds tweet

Dogs woof or howl

Owls hoot!

Sheep baaaa baaaa

Cows moo at you

Oompah bands play

Trombones trumpet!

Water splashing and plishing

Swishing and gurgling

Tocking ticking clocks

Wham! Bam! Crashing

A purr from a kitten or cat

A dropped boot in mud. splat!

Slurp my cocoa

Go to sleep for a few zzzeds!

Owl and pussycat

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Looking at random things in the house. On my bookcase upstairs these two friends. I think I put them together because they remind me of Edward Lears poem.

The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea green boat.

They took some honey and plenty of money wrapped up in a five pound note…..

Which is the female and which is the male? I don’t know, is it important? I don’t  remember the full poem and I often get it mixed up with Lewis Carrolls Jabberwocky poem.

It’s amazing what pops up in your memory when you see things. I have a good visual memory and that helps when I’m painting. I often talk to myself if I’m trying to remember what something looks like or how it’s put together. X

Murals remembered

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Found an old photo of my mural of Walter a regular at the Leopard Hotel in Burslem, the other picture is my reimagined  portrait of Molly Leigh, based on the mural I did of her. Both murals were destroyed when the pub burnt down a couple of years ago. I might try and recreate the Walter one too. The final photo is of my Molly Leigh painting and my Spode circular window painting in the Orme Art Group Exhibition at the Brampton museum and art gallery in Newcastle under Lyme. It’s on at the moment.