Growling!

Posted on July 2, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Dragon, Fed up, Pottery, saucer, stomach, Tired, unwellLeave a comment

I’m trying to find a gentle way of explaining how I am feeling today. My stomach is growling like a dragon in a bowl!

I don’t know what caused it, but I did put some slightly ‘off’ milk on my porridge a couple of days ago because I thought it tasted OK. One of the problems of losing my sense of smell several years ago means my taste perception is not very good. For instance I can’t smell burnt toast. And I wish I could smell the scent of night scented stock. Its so long since I really smelt flowers properly….

Anyway, I’m babbling on, ignore me! Stomach cramps make me feel fed up (pun intended). Hope the dragon calms down soon, I think I will have a nap.

Too hot

Posted on June 22, 2022June 22, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bird, Blackbird, Cherries, Cream, Food, high tea, Hot, Humid, Poem, Poetry, Tea, TiredLeave a comment

Hot and humid

I have to sit in the shade

UV’s too high

Pollen count too

Had cherries and cream

For high tea today

Now I need a cuppa tea

To make me feel cool.

Blackbird is singing

In the garden today

Water to drink

In an old shallow tray.

Odd places

Posted on June 18, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Couch, Curled up, Poem, Poetry, Sleep, Sleeping, Snuggled, Throw, Tired, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

He sleeps on the floor

Next to the couch

On the edge of a throw

Curled happily

Asleep near my feet.

Cats choose to be comfy

Snuggled up in a ball

Wherever they want to

Relaxed and sweet.

A long day…

Posted on June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blank verse, Choir, Exercise, Gardening, Music, Planting, Poem, Poetry, Singing, Stretch, Tired, YogaLeave a comment

Gardening, Yoga, Choir practice

All in one day!

Poppies to pot

Marigolds and lobelia

Plants bought needed tending.

Then oh!

Blissful Yoga

But with stretches

The Cobra and Sphinx

That have made my legs ache.

Finally, singing

Bunting still hanging

Samoan and Maori

English, fragrent and flowery.

So much in a few hours.

A good rest?

That will be best

Shaking

Posted on May 28, 2022May 30, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Answers, Art, Brain, frustration, Help, left side, Memory, Nerves, right side, Shaking, Sketching, TiredLeave a comment

I want to know what is happening with my brain and nerves. I am still struggling with a shaking left arm and hand, and cramps in my left leg and foot. I think it’s a trapped nerve, but it doesn’t seem to be getting any better. I’m hoping when I finally get to see a doctor I will get a good result and hopefully it can be fixed. Meanwhile I’m thankful it’s on my left side as I’m right handed. It makes some things more difficult and it’s tiring and frustrating. I know I’ve moaned about this before, but it’s getting to me. I wrote this yesterday but then forgot to publish it. And I’m getting forgetful with some words, but I’m hoping thats just stress! I went for an eye appointment set for the 29th, except it’s in June, not May! No wonder they were not open….Help

Slumped

Posted on May 28, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Energy, Flat, Garden, low battery, no energy, Painting, Poem, Poetry, slumped, TiredLeave a comment

I have the garden to tend.

Paintings to work on

Things to mend

But today, I slumped

Sat down, rested

Too tired and flat

Like a battery

Powered down

Without a full charge.

I need some sun

Maybe Vitamin D

A walk tomorrow

Might help me!

Squashed – by a cat!

Posted on May 28, 2022May 28, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Black and white cat, Cat, Happy, Relaxed, Sleeping cat, Tired, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

The cats on my lap. Firmly attached. I can’t move without pushing him off. My leg is going numb! He doesn’t normally stay this long, but I think he’s keeping warm. It’s quite overcast and cool for a May evening.

As soon as I wrote this my hubby walked past, knocked my foot and the cat jumped off my lap and ran upstairs! Just proves nothing stays the same, now I’m missing the cat, and my warm leg is cold!

Sleep

Posted on May 22, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Help, Insomnia, monsters, Night, Sleep, Thinking, Tired, Waking, WorldLeave a comment

Sleep, a wonderful thing. Dreaming of creatures, as long as they aren’t monsters. And if they are monsters then as long as they are friendly ones? My monster is insomnia, when the dreams WON’T come. When the dreams that do appear flit past my eyes for a second and are then gone. Like a butterfly snatched by a cat, or a dragonfly grabbed by a pike. Then awake again I have to watch the seconds click by. Close my eyes and the world swirls sideways. I need rest!

Don’t like being ill

Posted on May 17, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Aches, Cold, Fed up, Ill, lateral flow, Life, Poem, Poetry, Sick, Sore throat, TiredLeave a comment

Negative lateral flow

So that’s good

Sore throat and aches

That’s a bit bad

Tired and fed up

But not very ill

Just feeling down

In the dumps

While my brain slumps!

Big paws

Posted on May 16, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged big paws, Black and white cat, Cat, Dreaming, Sleeping cat, Tired, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Sleeping soundly between us. He snores loudly, then his paws are twitching and so are his ears, he’s dreaming. Catching a butterfly or a bee? Just running through the grass in the garden. Playing with leaves on the garden path or dreaming of sleeping in the sun. Cats, relaxed sweet.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Tired