CT scan

Posted on June 19, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged contrast medium, CT scan, Health, Life, lucky, NHS, Radiography, tests, Thinking3 Comments

Just been for a scan to see what’s going on in my body. I had to have contrast medium to outline my blood vessels. I went to the hospital, waited an hour, had it done and was back out half an hour later. Thank you NHS.

I don’t know how much it costs here, but we do have free tests because we pay for it in our general taxes. I then decided to check what a CT scan costs in America. $675 to $10000 or more! And what if you don’t have insurance over there? Terrible to have to pay unaffordable amounts and even bankrupt yourself….. I’m lucky to live here.

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!

Hot here!

Posted on June 18, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged dehydrated, Drink, Flowers, Garden, Helpful, Hot, Plants, shop assistant, Shopping, Tired, WaterLeave a comment

Goodness it’s got hot.

Someone serving me in a shop bought me a bottle of water when I was buying more plants. I’d got myself in a real tizzy!

People can be kind xxxx

Clouds

Posted on June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Clouds, Greeks, History, Patterns, polyhedron, Shapes, tangent, Thinking, TimeLeave a comment

Seen last week. A mackerel sky? Or like waves on a beach or ripples in sand. One thing mimics another. There are only a few shapes in the world, so there is repetition. The Greeks had shapes that nested inside each other called platonic solids.

Wikipedia says:

The ancient Greeks studied the Platonic solids extensively. Some sources (such as Proclus) credit Pythagoras with their discovery. Other evidence suggests that he may have only been familiar with the tetrahedron, cube, and dodecahedron and that the discovery of the octahedron and icosahedron belong to Theaetetus, a contemporary of Plato. In any case, Theaetetus gave a mathematical description of all five and may have been responsible for the first known proof that no other convex regular polyhedra exist.

That went off on a bit of a tangent!

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.

Dentists appointment…

Posted on June 17, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Appointment, consultation, Dentist, Hot, Life, lift, Stairs, Time, Tired, Traffic, traffic jamLeave a comment

Well that was a waste of time!

I set out early and spent half an hour in a very hot car travelling about 1.5 miles. I had to walk quite a way due to no spare parking spaces.

I got in to the dentists and reported to reception, ‘your waiting area is upstairs’. Oh! About 20 steep steps, one handrail. If I got up I would struggle to get down. Parkinsons does not make things easy.

So I explained it was not possible. I didn’t want to fall. I asked if I could go in a downstairs consulting room. They tried their best and my dentist tried hard to see if they could fit me in later. But they didn’t ask me! In the end I stopped them. ‘why don’t you let me come back another day?’ they were relieved, I was relieved. Going back in a couple of weeks. The trip home? Another traffic jam. I’m home and hot and bothered with no treatment. I need a rest!

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.

Abstracted

Posted on June 16, 2025 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Apps, Art, Artrage, Colour, Design, digitally drawn, Fun, Life, Pattern, PhotodirectorLeave a comment

Abstract pattern. Is less more? Or can convoluted shapes be fabulous? It’s all about balance, nuance, things can still be beautiful even when they are strange. Pleasing to the eye. Artrage app and textures from photodirector. Simple and yet complex.

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

Esther’s 55 word challenge

Posted on June 14, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Challenge, Crab, cruel, Esther Chilton, labyrinth, Life, Prompt, soak, Thinking, Wheel, Writing, YellowLeave a comment

Every week Esther Chilton gives us a challenge to use a list of words and write a set number of words..

This week’s is 55 words including :

WHEEL
CRUEL
SOAK
LABYRINTH
YELLOW
CRAB

Morning on the reef. A yellow crab skittered through the labyrinth of coral. It was headed to its feeding ground on the other side of the bay. But the cruel sea washed over and soaked everything in a deluge. Waves like great wheels curved up and back. In a moment the crab was washed away.