One last thought.

Posted on May 2, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Climate change, Dream, Environment, Equality, Hope, Life, Sleep, Thought4 Comments

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Before sleep spins me into unconsciousness, before dreams tangle my hair and twist my body. Before dark night closes in on me. One last thought. We need more kindness and care. We need to look after the poorest and those with the least resources. We need to see this world as a whole, not in parts. Why should luck determine where we are in the world. Why are people so selfish and unkind?

Dreams could be made real if we cared. Damage to life and the environment is our choice. With climate change we need to change our perspectives. I think we should all consider the future and work to make a better planet. Perhaps then we can all sleep a bit more peacefully in our beds if we have them. At least I hope so and that equality is our future goal. I know I’m naive but I still can dream.

Dropping off

Posted on March 13, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital doodle, Doze, Life, Sleep, Sleepy, TiredLeave a comment

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I’m shattered… I’ve been out most of the day in the garden and at a singing event and delivering some leaflets.

Trouble is I start to doze off and then funny gobbledygook starts appearing on my screen such as:

-hhh+h or vvhhgghh or cxdddddjjn

Where my fingertip trails across the screen while I had fallen asleep.

I just did it again but have deleted the scrambled letters .. I need sleep!

Chose the image because it’s bright, cheery, and makes me feel awake.

Sleep

Posted on March 4, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bad rhyme, Blogging, Dream, Life, Nightmare, Poem, Poetry, Sleep, TiredLeave a comment

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Now I light my way to bed

Lots of thoughts twist in my head.

Have I shut the door and locked it?

Have I done it, or just thought it?

Have I got a book to read?

Till sleep descends within my head.

Will I sleep or will I wake?

Will I see a red dawn break?

Now I wonder what I’ll dream?

Soft and gentle will it seem?

Life is complex when I wake

Sleep reveals a nightmare fate.

Now I need to rest my head.

So I’m off to sleep in bed.

Sleeping

Posted on February 14, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Design, Digital doodle, Dreams, Illustrations, Life, Poems, Poetry, Sleep, Stars, Tired, UniverseLeave a comment

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I want to be in my bed

Asleep,

Sleeping, snoozing, snoring, napping.

Tired out

Kaput,

Knackered,

Dozing, having 40 winks

Getting some shut eye

Sleeping under the duvet….

Warm, snuggled, wrapped in feather down

Hushed, soft, moonlit,

Hidden in the dark,

Eyes closed but seeing the stars.

Waves of colour.

Dreaming of galaxies and sun’s,

Nebulae encompassing infinity,

Then shrink down, back to the room,

And sleep.. …

Sitting here

Posted on February 12, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bed, Blog, Blogging, Cat, Late, Life, Reflections, Rest, Sleep, TiredLeave a comment

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With one of the cats, it’s 2am and I’m still not sleepy. Just had a decaff coffee and a yoghurt because we had our evening meal 8 hours ago and I’m more than a little peckish.

I keep thinking I will go to bed early. Like in that old saying about ” early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise”. I guess I’m none of those. I will go up in a bit.. .. All this started over a year ago when my partner had his new (then) motorbike stolen. We tracked it down and got it back (now there’s a funny story) but ever since I have listened out most nights to the traffic and footsteps of people passing. Its not good for me I know. So here I am again (starting a sentence with so) (but that was OK in the sound of music?) … Anyway. Its dark and I find now I do actually want to sleep. Perhaps I have bored myself to sleep!

Goodnight x

He’s asleep

Posted on January 25, 2019January 26, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital art, Digital sketch, Drawing, Sleep, Tired2 Comments

We both are tired out. I have a cold and I think he’s caught it off me. I decided to try and draw him in a simple drawing app. It’s more fun than sitting watching TV. I guess I must be starting to feel a bit better.

I must start going back to life drawing. I was doing it last year, then the nights got dark and cold and I stopped. I realise I’ve stopped doing a few things over the last couple of months. I don’t know if it’s the lack of sunlight or depression, but I feel a bit housebound. Trying to snuggle up and be safe. Life gets like that sometimes.

Flu

Posted on January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Aches, Cold, Flu, Poem, Sleep, Tired4 Comments

Green and snotty.

Hot and fitful

Sweaty and tired

Coughing

Spluttering

Shaking

Shivering.

Aching.

Tired,

Sneezing,

Tight chest

Sore throat,

Pain,

Bleary eyes,

Sleepy,

Stuffy,

Blocked nose.

Sleepppppyyyy….

Dreams

Posted on January 1, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Awakening, Dream, Fun, Life, Poem, Poetry, Reflections, Sleep8 Comments

Lost in a dream, my thoughts engulf me.

Hidden deep below my surface mind,

Jagged edges, or soft pillowing breezes,

Cats turn into cacti, spiking my hands,

Squid tangle my hair in the deep ocean of gravity.

How do I find my way out, up, into night time waking or daylight glimmers.?

Shifting sands release my breath, choosing to push me up out of sleep.

Slumber expelling me for the day, until it slips back around me. Pulls me back down to the abyss. And I sleep and dream……..

Headache

Posted on December 30, 2018 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Cold, Coughs, Doodle, Headache, Sleep, Sneezes, TiredLeave a comment

FB_IMG_1546128347939 I’ve been woken after two hours sleep by a headache. My shoulders are also aching and my nose feels stuffed up. I thought I was doing remarkably well to avoid the festive lurgy that lurks at this time of year, but maybe not.

Two paracetamol and a cup of warm decaff coffee is all I can take to ward off this possible cold. I won’t say it’s worse than that because I don’t know yet… .

If I start snuffling or sneezing or even coughing I shall know then….

Going back to sleep. Night all.

Cat stares

Posted on November 23, 2018November 23, 2018 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Cat, Digital sketch, Look, Sleep, Stare2 Comments

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You know that look cats have. That long slow stare, then a shift to look away at something else. Perhaps a twitch of an ear. Paws tucked up underneath. Then a sudden decision, movement, a lick of the paw. Settle again. Warm body resting on my knee. Curled up now, but if I move an eye opens and he stares again. Measuring minutes and hours, quietly, steadily…. I always miss his blink, to me his eyes are eternally open, then closed, but open…..

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