Prompts

Posted on November 2, 2025November 2, 2025 Posted in Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Helping, Life, Memory, Poem, Poetry, prompts, Question, reply, Words2 Comments

My friend in our #bandofsketchers group asked me to come up with some drawing prompts. This is my reply. The list could be a poem!

“Sorry I’ve not been doing much again. I’ll try again soon! New prompts:

Ideas and dreams
Sugar
Black and white
Green and red
Purple and yellow
Orange and blue
Blurred
Stitches
Games
Holding on
Silly
Ripples
Fish
Floating
Suspended
Itch
Hobby
Strap
Festival
Flop
Book or booking
African
South American
Asian
North American
Australian
Shower
Sunny
Slope
Feed
Fright
Parrot
Hold
Amphibian
Resting
Testing
Opera
Bulge
Seaside
Steps
Happy
Miffed
Splatter
Gold
Metal
Chomp
Sold
Smell

I think these can be quite open? Hope this helps.”

Growing up…

Posted on October 14, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged 1960's, facilities, History, Memories, programmes, Question, Radio, telephone, Thoughts, Time, TV1 Comment

Someone asked if I grew up with 3 TV channels and no smartphone? My answer:

We watched 1 channel, on black and white TV. God save the queen played when the station closed and then a high tone would play to get you to switch off your TV.

We listened to Radio 1 and the light programme, with Jimmy Clitheroe on at the weekends. My mom got the thunderbird theme tune played on the radio for our birthday.

We had rotary phone (eventually) after we moved house. Then we had spin dryer, boiler/top loading washer with a ringer.

In the old house we had a toilet at the end of the yard but we had one downstairs in the new house. In the old house we had a tin bath. In the new house we had a brand new bathroom. And my parents bought an electric shower. Shall I go on… Memories.

Old sign?

Posted on May 14, 2025May 14, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Antique, Art, Design, fake, graphic design, metal sign, Picture, Poem, Poetry, Question, realLeave a comment

You look old….

But the joke is new

How did that happen?

To you…

Is the joke on us

Or you?

Not antique

But imitation?

I’d have it!

And that’s true X

A man?

Posted on December 18, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2156, intelligence enthusiast, Life, man, Question, Woman6 Comments

Describe a man who has positively impacted your life.

One of the reasons I love science is that I started watching “the sky at night” bbc TV programme from an early age.

The presenter at that time was Patrick Moore, later to be knighted. He was an amateur astronomer who popularised science in general and astronomy in particular. This was at a time when most programmes were presented by men. What it did do was help me get into critical thinking and formed an interest in science me.

The reason why I question the query asking which MAN influenced me is the fact that women presenters could be as important. For instance Maggie Aderin-Pocock is one of the main presenters of ‘the sky at night’ now. She has been doing it for several years now and her enthusiasm and intelligence shines through.

I don’t know?

Posted on June 9, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Chaotic, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1964, Humour, Life, Prompt, Question, Random, tagline, what three wordsLeave a comment

If humans had taglines, what would yours be?

What a question! Taglines are used as short snappy phrases to sell things through advertising. So is this prompt suggesting we should advertise ourselves?

Mine could be “confused and chaotic”, but would that give people a full picture of my real personality. I guess taglines could be like the “What three words” app. As every three meters square is located on the planet, it means that a house can have multiple words to define it’s location. It’s up to the user to choose which ones they want to use.

My three words could be:

HARP APPLE DEVELOPMENT

ALGAR EVENT SUNSHINE

BEVEL CRUTCH DOSES

SCAN FOOT DOMED?

By the time you’ve gone all through them, disliked them, wished they could be changed, you’ve forgotten what you were choosing them for?

So my tagline will be something random

MILDEW SCORCH FERVENT!

Should I keep blogging?

Posted on May 20, 2024May 20, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Boring, Ideas, Life, Memories, Question, Short stories, Thinking, Time8 Comments

I wanted to review my blog so I decided to ask what people think?

I used to try and write short stories on here and I also wrote more about art and science. So my question is, is this blog getting boring? I don’t seem to have enough time to blog although I don’t feel like I am doing that much. I just want to know if I should try and change things? What do you think? What would you like to see here?

Why do the daily prompts say I’ve answered them?

Posted on March 8, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged answering WordPress prompts, daily prompt, Glitch, Question, why is this happeningLeave a comment

I have done a few of the WordPress prompts recently, but now when I look at the question it says I’ve already answered it? I thought I’d look at it just after midnight, but it already says I’ve answered ot. And there is no way of going back into the prompt when that happens unless I just write the prompt out again. But then will anyone notice I’ve answered it because it won’t come up on the appropriate page.

Anyway I’ll try again tomorrow. Meantime has anyone also had the same problem, and have you resolved it?

Begonia

Posted on August 24, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Begonia, double flower, Flowers, Gardening, Growing, Life, Petal, Question, what plant?2 Comments

One of my favourite flowers in the hanging baskets. Begonia flowers seem to come in big and small sizes. I think I heard that they have male and female flowers. But I might be wrong? They are quite fleshy and thick petaled, some of them are doubles like this one (double the normal number of petals). They look amazing BUT they are crammed with petals and that makes it harder, or even impossible, for bees and pollenating insects to collect nectar from their flowers. It also means that they are unlikely to be fertilised so I’m not sure if you can grow them from seed? This is all speculation on my part. I think I need to hear from a real gardener! I may not even have the correct identification of the plant!

How do I know?

Posted on August 21, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged domain name, free transfer, Google, Life, Money, payment, Question, squarespace, Why?, WordPress1 Comment

Something has come up. Google domains has been sold to squarespace. People can transfer them free of charge to WordPress?

But how do I know if I have a Google domain? I tried looking it up but didn’t go far, I need to write down the sequence of what to do or I might get lost? Plus how come Google is allowed to sell something you have already paid for? Is it like buying a car and then being told the maker has gone bankrupt so your car now belongs to someone else? I never understand this guff….

I am not a writer

Posted on August 20, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged am ii a real writer?, Blogging, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2034, Question, Time, WritingLeave a comment

What do you enjoy most about writing?

I write this blog, and I’ve written college work recently. I tried writing a children’s book for my final major project and took it to a small publishers a few weeks ago but haven’t heard back from them yet. The story is a little adventure, but described in limerick form (I do a regular limerick challenge on WordPress that gave me the idea.)

Apart from that I can describe myself as anything other than a bit of a blogger. And I don’t write anything of any length.

So what do I get? I like the creativity it allows me, this is a bit like a diary and people have kindly read what I write. I guess I’m quite middle of the road, but a bit eccentric? What I write is often what I’m hearing in my head as I write. Is that normal? Anyway it’s almost another week. Take care.

Mallaband-Brown

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