Handle with care

Posted on December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Angry, Box, Elf, Fragile, Hungry, Magical, Mystery, Parcel, Short story, Spooky, Very short storyLeave a comment

What’s in the box? She asked. I couldn’t say he replied. It just arrived in the post.

They sat and drank coffee.

Open it? She said. No wait till Chrismas he replied.

That was three days ago. Now it was Christmas morning. Let’s open it now, she said? After lunch, he said.

Each time they put it off, the tiny Christmas elf in the box got weaker, hungrier, angrier. It had been posted to bestow three wishes. Now it had decided the wishes granted would be its own. It would start by attacking whoever opened the box.

Elves are fragile, but not as fragile as humans!

Cat in a box

Posted on November 26, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Box, Cat, Electron, Interesting, Odd, Quantum, Shrödinger, Strange, Trying to explainLeave a comment

What would Shrödinger say about my cat in a box? Curled up, unaware of the conundrum? What is the thought experiment? If I can remember it rightly…. A cat is in a sealed box, no one can see what is happening with it. Also in the box is a poison is in a sealed canister which can only be released by the radioactive decay of a chemical reaction, releasing an electron. You can’t tell when or if it will be released. The cat is therefore maybe alive or dead, but you don’t know until you open the box….

It’s a weird way of explaining quantum mechanics, but I don’t understand it very well!

Today’s prompt ’empty’

Posted on November 8, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Box, Clutter, Drawing, Envelopes, Fun, Newspaper, SketchingLeave a comment

I drew an empty box and envelopes for my #bandofsketchers prompt today. I included the newspaper to make it more interesting. Just a fine line pen on cartridge paper. I get a lot of enjoyment out of these prompts. Helping me keep my hand in…

Prompt, Blue

Posted on November 3, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Black and white, Blue, Box, Colour, Cross hatching, Nail varnish, SketchLeave a comment

The prompt was Blue for #bandofsketchers today. I decided to use a black pen to draw my box of old nail varnishes. I coloured the bottles with the blue nail varnishes that I have. One way of using them up.

Cat box

Posted on October 6, 2020 Posted in Cat, Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Box, Cat, Fun, Life, Mat, Memory, Oil paint, Painting, Parquet, Stool, Years ago4 Comments

I painted the leather seat if this stool/box about thirty years ago. It used to hold all my old oil paints but they dried out years ago. I unearthed it recently. One of the problems with being an artist I have found, is collecting art materials. I have stuff that goes back years. I tend to think one day things will come in handy. Is anyone else here an artist? Are you the same? Materials cost so much its almost a sin to throw things away.

This is a cat on a mat on a parquet floor. As you can see even then I loved patterns. It’s varnished, but you can see where I must have left a thinners can on the surface that left paint rings…

Playing

Posted on September 18, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Box, Cat, Funny, Hiding, Life, Play, Playing, PounceLeave a comment

Take two cats and a box. Add one cat to the box, the other on top of it, stir in a bit of playfulness and a few pounces and you get this. Fun! I only just managed to get the photo as a split second later the female cat shot across the room leaving her brother with his head spinning.

My box, hooman

Posted on September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Box, Cat, Fit?, Fun, Hooman, Mat, Morning, Play, Post, Train2 Comments

When a small train arrived this morning for my hubby he took it out of its packaging in a flash. Discarding the box it came in. Boy cat pounced on it and tried to get in!

Much amusement and a few photos later! Here he is, the cat on the mat in the box. Box squashed flat! My hubby is pleased with the trains and the cat with the box. Win-win!

I apologise for using the term ‘hooman’ I see it when people post about cats. I guess it’s a fashion thing. Do you think it’s a bit too cutesie?

Might be worth reading Cat watching by Desmond Morris.

Posted!

Posted on August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bike, Bike box, Bike frame, Box, Cardboard, Fragile, Heavy, Photo, Post officeLeave a comment

We posted a full size bike (minus its wheels), today. It was a racing bike, but with mudguards so we had to unscrew the back mudguard and twist it tound because it made the bike too long for the box. Then we rotated the handlebars downwards so they didn’t stick out at the side too much (we had tied then at 90 degrees to how they are when you ride) ideally we should have taken off the pedals but we roughly bubble wrapped. So the box is bulging… We also had to take off the saddle. The saddle stem is sticking up a bit so its covered in tape. The whole thing is a bit ramshackle.

Finally we shoved it in the car and drove round into town. We unloaded it out of the and started to carry it 100 yards and round the corner to the post office – which was closed and shuttered!!!!

Grr…. So we drove a few miles to another post office which was open. Bit of a bonus really, the original post office had quoted £30 for next day delivery. But this one quoted £16.50 for second class, arriving next Wednesday. Why not, cheaper and there is no rush.

Box

Posted on August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bicycle, Bike, Bike frame, Box, Life, Package, Post, Postage, Sending bikeLeave a comment

We contacted our local bike shop because my hubby wants to send his old bike frame to his brother so that it can be tidied up and restored a bit. If we were not nervous about going to visit hir brother, and they were not under a local lockdown, we would have taken it in the car. But no, we can’t travel there as we would not be allowed back!

So this is a HUGE box to put the frame in. It’s about six foot by four? It’s sitting in the living room because it’s too wet to pack it up at the moment. No doubt the cats will try and get in… Sending cats to Lancashire? Not likely!

Chilled cat

Posted on July 27, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Animal, Blogging, Box, Cat, Cute, Feline, Happy cat, Life, Photo, Sleeping, Sweet2 Comments

My cat has taken to sleeping in this cardboard box, and I just saw the sign on the side ‘Chill 2/4°C’.

I had to get my camera and take a couple of photos on him. He might not be the cutest cat in the world, but he certainly is the sweetest to me.

He half closes his eyes, and I’m sure he smiles! He finds various places to sleep. This is his favourite place at the moment.

Mallaband-Brown

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