Slept well last night

Posted on June 20, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Dream, Insomnia, Internet, Life, Mobile phone, off line, Relaxed, Sleep, TiredLeave a comment

My phone isn’t pinging and trilling as much now my Internet is down. I always take my phone upstairs incase of an emergency, but I frequently will watch a few videos before I sleep. Last night no noises, no pings. I slept well. I don’t know if it’s a real effect because I was really tired. I woke up at 7am but went back to sleep and I just woke up from a dream of someone knocking on the front door.

I’ve probably slept too much but I’m glad I got it. And because I wasn’t constantly checking my phone it made my decision to sleep so much easier. I hope the same happens tonight. Maybe you don’t realise you have 4 unless you actually put 2 and 2 together.

Crushed!

Posted on June 19, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged boy, class, crush, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1974, Life, lone ranger, Memories, School, slade, Starsky and Hutch2 Comments

Write about your first crush.

My first crush was a boy in my Junior school. I think I was about 9?

For one year he was in my class. He was tall, I think he had dark blond hair. It was the time of the Lone Ranger on TV and he reminded me of him.

No notes were passed, no looks exchanged, but I would sit behind him in class and listen to him when he answered the questions the teacher asked us.

Time went by. I was wearing glasses by then and had to put up with being called “specky four eyes!” and nasty names because my surname wasn’t Smith or Jones. I wanted him to come to my rescue but he never did. Eventually it was the end of the year. He was put in a different class. I had to get on with life. But then I fell in love with Slade the Rock Band, or was it Starsky and Hutch? Anyway I moved on. And no I actually wasn’t crushed but it made a good title!

Can’t “like” posts

Posted on June 19, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Broken, connect, Delivery, hub, Internet, Life, liking, modem, update, viewing2 Comments

Another problem with having no Internet connection is that I can’t like ⭐ people’s posts. I think that’s because of images, they won’t download onto my phone so I just get the circle that rotates.

I will try and catch up when I get my new hub, but that’s going to take three or four working days, so it might come on Saturday or on Monday. And then it depends if I am in to take it off the postman! Wish me luck X

Modem not working

Posted on June 19, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Annoying, Blogging, broadband, Broken, Computer, Frustrated, Internet, Life, modem, off, switch, telephoneLeave a comment

I found my modem cold and dead last night. All the lights off. I tried switching it on and off. Wiggled all the cables. So I think my phone is using data now. I’m not sure this will post so I am not adding an image. Will contact the phone company when they open up. Might not do much blogging till it’s fixed.

Bench and moss

Posted on June 18, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Broken, Garden, Green, Growth, Life, Metal, Moss, Old, Plants, pots, wooden benchLeave a comment

My garden bench looks a bit worn out. There’s a hole where the wood has rotted. Now it’s growing moss. There’s a small strawberry plant in a pot, and a few empty pots which I might fill up with flowers letter on.

I’m posting about gardening, but I haven’t been out much. The rain has been pouring down all month. Less flaming June, more flipping wet June!

I took this photo today, I might buy another bench. Perhaps a metal one? In the meantime I will continue to use this as a potting bench for now.

Petunias

Posted on June 18, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged baskets, Colour, Flowers, Gardening, Life, Petals, Petunia, Plants, Poem, Poetry, TimeLeave a comment

I like petunias, so bright

Shine in the light

Bedding plant winner,

Trailing around the pots

Hanging from baskets

Tough as old boots

I love this gem

Of colour on a stem!

Wales and Scotland

Posted on June 18, 2024June 18, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Boat, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1973, England, Flying, Life, Memory, Scotland, Time, Travel, Wales2 Comments

What countries do you want to visit?

I would like to visit Wales again one day. Particularly around Tenby. It’s a beautiful and interesting place. There is a lot of history and beautiful scenery, plus what’s better than an amazing dragon on your flag?

Scotland is my other choice, mountainous and mysterious, with a possible monster in Loch Ness! I have never been, I went to Carlisle once which is on the border. It’s always felt too far away.

I won’t fly, so unless I travel by boat or train I’m never going to go much further. I think my carbon footprint is quite small and I’d like to keep it that way! Plus I don’t really do heat, and when I hear of places already getting up to 40°C or more this year it worries me. I don’t think I could cope with it. I’ve always felt I can watch TV I’d I want to see a place. I can’t afford the reality. And there’s still plenty of England to explore too!

Thistles

Posted on June 17, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Green, Growth, Houses, Life, maintained, pavements, Plants, Streets, Thistle, vegetation, WeedsLeave a comment

Plants love growing, their seeds sneak in cracks, send down roots and push up paving, this thistle is an example of one. Looking round my area the streets are less littered with litter and more by plants. I’m not calling them weeds, they are wild vegetation. I don’t really mind them, except where they grow in front of and on doorsteps. I do think that the streets used to get maintained in a better way. I don’t think I’d like a lot of weed killer to be used, but I hope things can improve soon. Hopefully owners could do a little hand weeding.

My eyes

Posted on June 17, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1972, Eyes, Favourite, Hand eye coordination, Life, Poem, Poetry, Thought1 Comment

What’s your favorite thing about yourself?

Not their colour

Not their shape

But the fact they work

That I can see,

So I can paint and draw.

My fear is losing my sight

Finding one day the light has gone

No more views

No more staring at stars

Seeing friends faces

Letting paint flow

Hand eye coordination

My favourite feature

Keep them safe X

Added shade

Posted on June 16, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Bees, Double flowers, eco friendly, Finished, Gardening, Life, Plants, Rose, single flowers3 Comments

I added shading to a rose painting I started a couple of weeks ago to give it more depth. It is one of those blush roses, with pink and red on the edges of the petals and some yellow further down. Roses are beautiful flowers, but the simplest of them, like wild roses, Rosa rugosa, are better for insects to pollenate and collect nectar. That is because the petals are open and the central part of the flower is easily accessible.

Unfortunately a lot of flowers are now being bred to have twice the petals (doubles). They look beautiful and interesting, but they make it hard to pollenate by insects like bees and they are frequently infertile so they don’t produce viable seeds.

Look for bee friendly plants if you are looking for flowers for your garden.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Life