Hot soothing drink

Posted on December 17, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged blackcurrant cordial, Drink, dry cough, Hot, Ill, Soothing, Sore throat, sugar free7 Comments

I’ve got up because I needed the bathroom. I’m still suffering with the lurgy. Not Covid according to the tests I’ve been doing. So I still have a sore throat and a cough which is worse when I lied down. I can’t take some cold meds as I’m on tablets that contraindicate them. I can’t use lemsip because it has something that can affect your heart rate. Instead I’m drinking hot diluted blackcurrant cordial, it’s sugar free and very tasty when it’s watered down, it seems to coat and soothe my throat. That and paracetamol every few hours seems to be doing the trick. X

Goodnight x

Crumpets for tea

Posted on December 9, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged bready, Butter, crumpet, Food, Honey, Hot, hot buttered, Jam, Jelly, malted, margarine, Tasty, Tea, Treat2 Comments

Hot buttered crumpets for tea! The little holes in the top of them allow the butter or margarine to trickle down into tiny tubes inside the crumpet. You heat them under a grill or in a toaster on both sides to heat them up. The base of them is solid so when you add your topping it doesn’t leak out. I only used to have butter, but recently I’ve added grated cheese and microwaved them for a few seconds so it drizzled inside them, also try honey or jam (America calls it jelly). Note these are NOT muffins, that’s a whole different bready food.

Hot chilli

Posted on November 6, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Chilli, Flavour, Food, Garlic, Hot, oregano, over spiced, spices, spicy, stomach, TasteLeave a comment

Oops, just made the mistake of adding too much chilli to our tea. My mouth has that bitter burning sensation that makes you want to drink something long and cold (possibly a pint of milk). I only intended to add a little flavour, and I deseeded the chilli (I only ever use one), perhaps it was very ripe. It certainly was a flavour enhancer with added oregano and garlic. I think my stomach is regretting my spice choices. Oh dear!

Tired

Posted on October 3, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Awake, Cold, Hot, Insomnia, reasons, Sleep, Sleepy, Thinking, Tired, TV, Video?, yawningLeave a comment

Yawning, aching, eyes blurred, too many late nights watching TV or videos on my phone. I could sleep, but my feet hurt, which keeps me awake. Then I’m either too hot or too cold, or hubby snores, or kicks my ankle. Too many decaff coffees make it worse. Even if I don’t have lots of thoughts sometimes it difficult. I put a light on, if I read sometimes I can sleep, I hear the book drop, but I’m gone. Other times I put the radio on low, a murmur, but sometimes I catch a headline and have to listen…. So many reasons for NOT sleeping, and yet HE can just sleep, like that, so annoying! ❤️

Watching paint dry?

Posted on August 31, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged dry, Hot, Life, Paint, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, solidify, Sun, WatchingLeave a comment

Flaking paint scatters

Like dry blue snow

Bubbled by sunight

A patch of metal on show

So scrape off the old

And paint on the new

Go on, be bold

Then damp as the dew

Paint the wall gold

A liquid will run

Until it solidifies

In the hot sun.

Hot buttered toast

Posted on August 27, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Aches, Butter, decaffeinated, Food, Hot, Insomnia, Sleep, Sleepy, spread, Tired, ToastLeave a comment

When you get up after two hours lying awake at four o’clock in the morning and need comfort food. A lightly toasted slice of white bread and the spread of your choice, and a decaffeinated beverage helps. The first thing I thought last night when I woke up was ‘toast’, I’d got to take a tablet, and I didn’t want to take it on an empty stomach. I remember making toast for people for breakfast in one of my jobs. When all the residents had had theirs we were allowed a slice of toast and a cup of tea. A five minute rest in a hectic morning. And doesn’t it look good enough to eat? I’ve managed to get about three hours sleep in total and all I want to do is get back to bed. But the toast was lovely.

At the exhibition

Posted on July 29, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Burslem School of Art, claustrophobic, Crowd, Exhibition, Fine Art, Hot, Humid, Painting, People, three counties open exhibition, Tired4 Comments

Me with my coast painting at the three counties open. It’s got a red dot ( not on the photo) because it’s sold. I have to day I felt privileged to be amongst such talented artists. There were around 100 pieces of art and maybe 300 people? It was very hot, humid and crowded. We stayed till the speeches were over but then I had to get out.. I felt overwhelmed and claustrophobic. I was ready to run! At one stage a wasp came in the window and I almost knocked a man over trying to dance out of its way! Pirouetting with a glass of wine in one hand and flapping uselessly with the other. I wish I’d worn a mask. Nice to see old friends but after just over an hour we escaped…

Air Con?

Posted on July 19, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 40°C, air conditioning?, Heat, Heathrow Airport, heatwave, Hot, Life, UK, Weather8 Comments

Three frozen bottles in front of our fan. It’s not air conditioning, but it’s creating a cooling breeze. It got up to 27°C today so far in our living room. Last night it was 24.7°C. I got up at 5am to open up a indow and the back door to achieve that it had been a degree higher. We have the windows shut and the curtains closed. I know this temperature is nothing compared with other places, but I don’t travel to hot places so it’s a bit of a shock to my system.

In other news it is the hottest day in UK history. It is at 40°C at Heathrow Airport.

We are complaining, but wild fires are burning in France, Spain, Portugal and Greece. If you don’t believe in Global Warming think again.

There’s an old song ‘mad dogs and English men go out in the midday sun’. It’s due to cool down tomorrow.

Hot

Posted on July 18, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cherries, Colours, Gin and tonic, Glass, Hot, Photo, Poem, Poetry, sliced limeLeave a comment

A gin and tonc

With sliced lime

And added cherries

Cheered me up

It was good to sip!

Cold and icy

Nice and spicy

A dash of gin

And loads of tonic

To drown myself in!

Heating up

Posted on July 16, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Celsius, Heat, Hot, Insulation, Life, met office, red weather warning, TemperatureLeave a comment

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We have a red warning for extreme hot weather in the UK next Monday and Tuesday. Today (Sunday) is forecast to be over 30°C and not cooling to below that at night, then on Monday and Tuesday hot weather coming up from Spain is heading our way. Apparently its been up to 47° in places over on the continent with wild fires burning in Spain and Portugal. The weather service here, the Meteorological office, is concerned that additional deaths will occur because of it. They think there may be a few thousand extra deaths which is worrying. The highest temperature in the UK was in 2020, then it got to 37.8°C. This is a considerable increase above that.

The trouble here is that a lot of buildings are old, they are badly insulated so they don’t keep the heat in in winter or out in summer. Very few properties have air conditioning. I’m going to be sitting here with the fan on and a bottle of frozen water in front of it. What fun. X

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Hot