Putting the heating on.

Posted on October 14, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Central heating, Cold, Cooking, Cool, Heating, Life, managing, oil heater, radiators, Time2 Comments

I’m limiting how long I have the heating on each day. I have a timer on my central heating that can be set to quarter hour intervals. I have set it to one hour in the morning, one in the evening and about half an hour at two other times. That way I can get the temperature up slightly for washing up and bathing while I wear warm clothes to stave off the cold.

My oven no longer works and I only use the hob on the top plus a microwave and an air fryer. So I can heat up food, and I have an oil filled heater near me if I’m getting really cold.

Why? My income is too low to pay out as much as when hubby was here. He had a seperate income. But just because I’m a bit cool doesn’t mean I’m uncomfortable. I can cope. Things will change. I will try and manage. I just hope for a warm winter! Not a good idea as the globe warms, but at least my carbon footprint is quite small!

Interesting?

Posted on July 31, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Background, Cool, Drink, frappachino, ice cold, Interesting, Life, Photo, Poem, Poetry, SweetLeave a comment

Trying to make my cold drink cool?

Playing with position, am I a fool…

Place the camera low and see

What’s in the background

Line up the straw

Straight with the door

Blue white view

And green too

Outside the heat

Inside I’m seat-ed

In a cool suite

With a cold, chocolate, sweet

Drinking icy views in.

Cold

Posted on June 14, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Cold, Cool, Drawing, Fan, Felt pens, Quick, Sketching, Tuesdays prompt2 Comments

Cold was our #bandofsketchers Tuesday prompt.

How to keep cool in hot weather. We don’t have air conditioning so we occasionally use a fan to at least stir the air a bit. I’ve imagined one with ribbons (which would probably get tangled up). Just a quick felt pen sketch.

Lemon tree

Posted on April 4, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cool, Drink, Food, Gardening, Green, Ice, Indoor plant, Lemon, lemon tree, Sunlight, Warmth2 Comments

The fruit hanging at the bottom of this little tree is a lemon. Hubby bought the plant at the weekend because our lemon tree died a few years ago. This is sitting on top of our cat tree by the radiator so it can get full sun and warmth. Ii would have put it on the window ledge but I think it would be too hot directly above the radiator. I hope that this lemon and another one which is higher up the tree will ripen. If it does we will have it sliced with ice in a cool drink this summer. X

Cool drink

Posted on February 3, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged blackcurrant cordial, Coffee, Cold drink, Cool, Decaff, Drink, Hot, low sugar, orange cordial, TeaLeave a comment

I am fed up of decaff coffee, I want a cold drink. Maybe some ginger beer or diet tonic water. I have ice so I can cool it down. But its still winter so I might have a blackcurrant or orange cordial with hot water. Or orange juice with water to dilute it. That’s very soothing, and I choose the ones with low sugar. I might even share a bottle of beer with my hubby. I don’t know, but something less boring than decaff? Maybe a cup of tea.

I love

Posted on September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Cold, Cool, Favourite, Food, Icecream, love it, Poem, Poetry, Sketch, TastyLeave a comment

Icecream

Can’t get enough

Sweet treat

Cooling balm.

Too much

Sugar rush

But too little

I’m sad

In a mood

My favourite

Food!

Digital ice

Posted on May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, ArtRage app, Blues, Cold, Cool, Digital drawing, Freezing, IceLeave a comment

Sundays #bandofsketchers prompt was cool. After looking at various things on a cold day I decided to look for an image on Google. I found a picture of some ice cubes and drew that in my ArtRage app.

G+T+lime

Posted on January 8, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #30daysketchbookchallenge, Art, Cold, Cool, Drink, favourite drink, Ice, Life, Lime, Liquid, Painting, refreshing, WatercolourLeave a comment

My favourite drink. I painted this from memory because I don’t drink it very often. Gin and tonic and lime #30daysketchbookchallenge day 8.

Four faced

Posted on August 26, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Breeze, Cool, Digital art, Drawing, Life, Poem, Poetry, Storm, Thinking, Weather, WindLeave a comment

Four winds blow

East, North and West

Don’t forget South.

Four faced breezes

softly and gently

Like a blown kiss

Warm southerly

Cold northerly

The winds blow from the East

And lands freeze

From the West and storms

They rage.

Howling

Moaning

Shouting

Weeping

Four faced

Strong but gentle

Creating an atmosphere!

The other one

Posted on August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Bathroom, Boy cat, Chasing, Cool, Fun, Girl cat, Life, Mad half hour, Playing, SunshineLeave a comment

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Our boy cat having a stretch in the bathroom. He had been ill but he’s a lot better now. For the moment he sleeps in the bathroom on a towel because it’s a lot cooler in there. Not as much sun getting in. But sometimes I will find him in a patch of sunlight, curled up and warming himself. Cats have characters. He’s chilled. Our female cat is lively and loves chasing things. Sometimes they chase each other. A mad half hour. Then peace descends again.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Cool

Putting the heating on.

Interesting?

Cold

Lemon tree

Cool drink

I love

Digital ice

G+T+lime

Four faced

The other one