Keeping the bed warm

Posted on June 27, 2025 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Heat, Hot, Life, Sleep, Temperature, Tired, Tuxedo cat, Weather2 Comments

One of my cats, last night he was keeping the bed warm for me, no thanks. 27°C in the day and not much cooler last night. I think he was rather warm too. As soon as I sat on the bed he was off. He’s not a teddy bear sort of cat.

The cats are all over the place in this weather, they disappear in the day, only to come in for fresh water and the occasional meal. But they seem happy. I’m hoping for some rain soon.

Meanwhile I have decided to have another quiet day. Sitting in a darkened room, I’m shattered by tiredness and the heat.

Flowers

Posted on June 26, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Colour, Flowers, Garden, Gardening, Joy, Life, Petals, Plants, Poem, Poetry, rhymes, ScentLeave a comment

I want more colour

I want more scent

Flowing green

Petals and sepals

Music in sight

The volume

Set to 11

A rhapsody

Of delight.

A warped cave

Posted on June 25, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2 by 1, Art, Cave, Design, Life, Painting, preparation, reinforcement, Scenery, Support, WoodLeave a comment

We had to reinforce the scenery for the play because it’s only made of hardboard and it is stored in a shed leaning up against other props and developed an shape. The wood needs overpainting but I think I can sort it out. X

Paints

Posted on June 24, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic paint, Art, Colours, emulsion paints, Life, Materials, Painting, palettes, SceneryLeave a comment

What paint to use on scenery? It would be cheaper to use emulsion paint, but the tins are too big for the Mystery Play job as we only have a few pieces of scenery to paint, so I got out my trusty acrylic tubes. The palettes are a bit of a mess, but I have to admit I like peeling the paint off to see what the back of the paint looks like (shiny and smooth, multicoloured).

More to do, tired…

I admit doomscrolling

Posted on June 22, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1977, Distraction, doomscrolling, dopamine, Life, Memories, Poem, Poetry, Time, View, Words2 Comments

How do you waste the most time every day?

Too much stuff to see

Glance, read, what was that?

View, like, heart,

Glance, worry, comment.

Distracting dopamine

Images, words, notes,

Got to stop, put it down

Doomscrolling

Not a good way of looking

At the world…

Custard creams

Posted on June 21, 2025June 21, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged biscuits, China pottery, custard creams, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1976, dining room, dining table, Life, Memory, wallpapers1 Comment

Which food, when you eat it, instantly transports you to childhood?

My favourite biscuits when I was a child were custard creams, a layered sandwich of two biscuits with a creamy vanilla layer in the centre. You would twist them apart and lick off the filling, then dunk the biscuits in a cup of tea, carefully soaking them and eating them before they got too soggy and fell apart.

Sometimes mom would buy a crispy slightly oatier version with a lemony centre to it which would be eaten in the same way.

Just reading the prompt took me back to our living room, sitting at the dining table with a China cup and saucer and matching plate. Milk jug and teapot. The biscuits were eaten after heinz sandwich spread sandwiches on white bread.

I also remember the rusty orange settee and the wallpaper with tiny rosebuds and ribbons printed on it.

Dad bought home a wallpaper book once, full of swatches of paper patterns in various colours. So exciting to look at.

Faces

Posted on June 20, 2025 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Design, Fine Art, incollage, Life, Pattern, Photodirector, Texture, TimeLeave a comment

Playing with colours and textures. Who needs AI when you can play with things yourself? This time I started with an acrylic on canvas, then I used photodirector and incollage apps to play with the images. I’m getting some interesting effects.

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!

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.

Mallaband-Brown

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