A couple of days off…

Posted on April 4, 2026 Posted in Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged ArtRage app, Battery, Blue, Grief, Hubby, Life, Memory, Phone, Sadness, Sketch, Time, time off2 Comments

A few days ago it would have been my hubby’s birthday. He is not here anymore and I felt too sad to blog here. Also my phone is playing up so I might struggle to post till I get a new battery, which means finding somewhere to do that. I don’t want a replacement for my phone (or hubby). I prefer to get things fixed if I can.

My hubby was not fixable, I can’t tell you how much I wish things had been different. I still feel lost without him. I think grief is not controllable, you have to go with its ways, sometimes succumbing to the pain…. Despite wanting to make it go away. I just want to remember him always, even if I do feel blue….

Spaghetti trees?

Posted on April 1, 2026 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged April Fools day, BBC, Dehydrated water, Funny, Magpie, Memory, Panorama, spaghetti treesLeave a comment

In 1957 there was a famous April Fools trick played on viewers of the Panorama TV show on the BBC.

“The BBC broadcast its famous “spaghetti tree” hoax on April 1, 1957, as a three-minute segment on the current affairs program Panorama. The spoof featured a Swiss family harvesting strands of pasta from trees, narrated by Richard Dimbleby, and successfully convinced many viewers that spaghetti grew on trees. “

It was one of the first April Fools tricks broadcast on TV. Another memorable one was “Dehydrated water”, it was on a Children’s TV show called Magpie in the 70’s I think.

They showed a funnel and I think the presenter added a white powder to it and water flowed out of the funnel? It’s a hazy memory from more than 50 years ago so apologies for not remembering properly….

Anyway happy April 1st!

Postbox

Posted on March 26, 2026 Posted in Uncategorized, MemoriesTagged cylinder, king, Life, Memory, Pillar box, postbox, Queen, Red, reign, stone wall, yarnbombing1 Comment

Most postboxes (pillar boxes) in the UK are red cylinders and some even have GR on them which stands for George Regina. These were made in the reign of George VI. Some are marked ER, the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

Postboxes are made of cast iron. They are traditionally painted red, but recently have been painted gold in towns where sports people won gold medals at recent Olympics. I like this box that had been put into a stone wall.

Another thing that happens is the cylinder ones are being yarnbombed. Where people knit or crochet covers for the top of the box, including characters and buildings etc. These are very funny to see. There’s a page on Facebook about it.

More work

Posted on March 22, 2026 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged acrylic on copper, altering, Fine Art, Life, Memory, Mountain, Painting, Reflection, Sketching2 Comments

I decided to try and improve this painting because it was too reflective and the metallic copper sheet it was painted on was showing through too much. I seem to have worked reasonably well but it took effort to get the acrylic paint to stick onto the surface, but that was the problem on the original picture. Acrylic on a metallic surface.

Jupiter painting

Posted on March 19, 2026 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged based on a photo. South pole, Fine Art, Juno probe, Jupiter, Memory, Nasa, SpaceLeave a comment

From 7 years ago. Acrylic on canvas. This was based on a photo taken by NASAs Juno probe of the South pole of Jupiter showing massive blue storms. I’d forgotten about it. This was when I still had an art studio, and my hubby was alive. Good memories, I hope people remember my art when I gone.

What?

Posted on March 13, 2026 Posted in UncategorizedTagged level crossing, Life, Memory, Photo, Random, Thinking, Train, warch, warning lights, Watch3 Comments

I put a random word in the photo search here “warch” and this came up.. What is it? Some form of lights?

Random thoughts are… A train level crossing warning light? Basically because of the cross behind the lights… But where does “warch” come in….

I was actually looking for Watch, but misspelt it so I just decided to make this a bit of an odd post. I can’t think of something to write about, the world is not a good place at the moment. Sorry to be boring, just losing the plot slightly.

She purrs

Posted on February 25, 2026February 25, 2026 Posted in Cat, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, company, Memory, Sleeping, still sad, Tired, Tuxedo cat, WakingLeave a comment

Lose one cat and another one gets more friendly, wants more attention. The trouble is this one comes and sleeps on my thighs or on my bladder in the morning! It’s very difficult as I wake up…. It makes for uncomfortable feelings. Cramp and aches and well… Desperation!

But I’m so glad to have her here, she and her brother are still here to have them. My memories of all of them are a great comfort.

Award winner is..

Posted on February 23, 2026 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged 80s, Art, award, CV, Design, History, Memory, Poster, proud, recruitment, WinnerLeave a comment

Yes, many years ago, in the 80s, I won an award for something I designed. It was a recruitment poster. I don’t think anything was done about actually using it. It’s probably stuck on top of an old cupboard somewhere? But for a short while I had the frisson of winning something.

I don’t think my name was even engraved on the shield, I think the place I was studying didn’t think a poster was serious enough. Not proper research, which is why I’m not going into detail. But for a while it was firmly on my CV.

Friendship

Posted on February 14, 2026 Posted in Cat, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Goodbye, Lonely, Lost, Memory, Poem, Poetry, Sad, Tuxedo cat7 Comments

He would sit by my side

Keeping me company

My heart is heavy now…

He’s gone

How do I know he loved me?

His purring voice

His kneading paws

He was my two toned friend

Walking away, a single look back

Goodbye, I’ll see you later…

(for my cat)

Christmas cactus

Posted on February 10, 2026February 10, 2026 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Christmas cactuses, Flower, Grandmother, Life, Memory, Photography, Pink, Plant, underwatered2 Comments

My kitchen windowsill is covered with Christmas cactuses. I underwater them before the festive season so they are only just starting to grow individual flowers instead of lots of them.

Some of there were cuttings from my Grandmother’s plants from about 1996….? It’s amazing how they have such longevity .

Mallaband-Brown

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