Blurry cat

Posted on November 6, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Caring for cats, Cat, Flea collar, Fun, Happy, Outdoor cat, Playing, Purr, Settee, Toy, VisitingLeave a comment

Outdoor cat is in again. In fact he’s been in three times today. Mainly to avoid the noise of fireworks 🎇 going off.

He will sit on the settee for an hour then mooch back off to the backdoor, to be let out. He’s also eating in the kitchen now. In the past he was eating in the shed, then by the back door. Eventually he started eating inside the back door with the door open… Now, inside. Next thing I want to do is get him a strong flea collar. He’s worn collars in the past so it should be OK.

Tonight there is more progress, he actually played with a cat toy for a few minutes, then came over to be petted by both of us and purred loudly. I’m glad he’s ‘playing nicely’ he’s twice the size of my other cats. I want no squabbles. So I’ll stay up till he wants out again, just to ensure my other two are OK.

Sneezing

Posted on November 5, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Allergies, Health, Nose, Reaction, Scary, Sneeze, sneezingLeave a comment

Every so often my hubby starts sneezing. It’s usually out of the blue. He will sneeze for ten or twenty minutes, then stop. It must be an allergy but we don’t know what sets it off.

The reaction is so strange, we can’t work out what is setting it off. Eventually it will abate, but it’s upsetting when it happens.

The number of people who have allergies is increasing. It appears to be because we might live in homes that are too clean or that we now eat more unusual foods or drinks that may cause problems. I don’t know… At least he’s stopped sneezing!

Llangollen

Posted on November 5, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Canoeing, Day out, Fun, Landscape, Llangollen, Photo, River, Steam railway, Viaduct, Welsh hillsLeave a comment

There are of course beautiful places in the UK. This was the view of the river at Llangollen last year. Sometimes you can see people canoeing down through the rocks. On a sunny day that must be wonderful.

Llangollen is also the place to ride on steam trains that run on the preserved railway from the town along the valley. One day we might get there early enough to take a ride on it. There is also the Llangollen canal where you can take horse drawn barge rides across the canal viaduct.

The Welsh hills and mountains may be smaller than Nepal, but they are still beautiful.

Zoom talk on Nepal

Posted on November 5, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Beauty, Fun, Interesting, Mountains, Music, Nepal, Nepalese, Photos, Talk, ZoomLeave a comment

We just attended a Zoom talk on Nepal. Our friend went walking there in 2006 to raise funds for eye surgery for the residents of Nepal. The talk included beautiful photos of the mountains including the Anapurna range. They were close to the eighth highest mountain in the world. The scale of the mountains is incredible. The villages in the valleys are tiny in comparison.

Through wonderful photography of the landscape and the Nepalese people my friend gave us such an informative talk about the country. He also included the music of the people with sweet, calm songs. A very pleasant couple of hours with many friends attending.

will the counting ever end?

Posted on November 5, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged counting ballots, Election, looking on, News, Thinking, UK, USA, watching the news2 Comments

Will the counting ever end? 200,000,540 or 74,002,350 or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ….

I’m sitting in the UK watching the news about the USA election. Thinking about how disorganised it seems. Clearly they needed mail in ballots ( we call them postal votes) because of the pandemic. How can that be argued against. Then it said Pennsylvania is supposed to be causing problems because the mail in ballots were counted after the polls closed, but thats because the Republicans would not allow them to be counted before then!

The delightful Donald is tweeting that they should stop counting in one state but he is behind, so that would give the win to his rival?

I am being disparaging I know. I apologise, but when you sit outside and look in it does seem peculiar. It feels like one of the greatest countries in the world is being run by a toddler. I’m expecting him to say he’s not playing football anymore and is taking the football with him. He may be very good, what do I know? And I can’t claim we have got the best government ourselves. I guess democracy is not an exact science, humans get in the way of sensible ideas.

Apologies if I have given offence to anyone.

earth

Posted on November 5, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Bee, Earth, hexagon, Life, Painting, Poem, Poetry, Thinking, WorldLeave a comment

Earth in a hexagon.

I guess that makes me think of bees?

What are we doing to our blue marble?

life will cling on

if we are gone,

hiding in cracks and crevices’

finding the light

maybe

if we are gone

the bees can come back

and re-colonise

earth….

so long ago

Posted on November 5, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Analogue, Artefact, Design, Environment, Fun, Ideas, Life, SketchingLeave a comment

I drew this back in August, I can’t believe its so long ago! I was mooching through my pictures because what I have on my computer is not synced with my phone ( which has most of my images on it). Whatever happened to digital cameras? Ive still got one in a drawer somewhere, probably with leaking batteries in it, now I just use my phone. How much technology has been discarded because it no longer works?

For instance i have an idea to use little watches in an artefact for a college piece, what I want to find out is whether you can use reconditioned watches instead of buying in new and wasting resources.

So I come back to my little sketch, analogue, ink on paper. I dont know what I was channeling, but it makes sense, dont waste, use less…..

Heated wheat bag

Posted on November 5, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ache, Age, Fed up, Life, Pain, Shoulder, Sore, Sore shoulder, Tired, Wheat bag3 Comments

My shoulder has decided to play up, I’m in a lot of pain, I’m trying to get a doctors appointment but in the meantime I’ve got a lavender scented wheat bag that you microwave and then put on the affecting ed area. It smells nice but I’m not sure it’s actually helping. Maybe I need embrocation! The worst thing is how tired I feel. That’s why I’ve not been here today….

Wish I was happy

Posted on November 4, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Information soon, Life, Longport, Online gallery, Painting, Waiting room gallery, Want to paintLeave a comment

If I was happy I would be painting, I would be relaxed. I would not have the weight of the world on my shoulders. My chair that I rest paintings on is empty. I have things to do. It’s just the world turns and I want to get off as the old saying goes.

The photo is the underpainting of a painting of Spode in Stoke-on-Trent. Also a portrait of my friends cat.

I’ve just had a few paintings accepted at a local gallery (the waiting room gallery in Longport) that I’ve had work in before. Those are 2019 paintings, but they still are for sale. They will be on display in their on line gallery. I will post details when I have them.

Doodling

Posted on November 4, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Added textures, Art, Artrage oils, Filters, Horse, Instagram, Layout app, Sketch app, Sketching, Woman artistLeave a comment

When I’m drawing, whether it’s in analogue, or as here digitally, I love to play and mess about. Why stick with one idea? After I’d drawn this I decided to put it through a another a called sketch and I added the cracks. Finally I duplicated it in Layout and changed the filter when I posted it to my Instagram account.

Mallaband-Brown

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