How are you today?
Thoreau is famously quoted as saying" The Mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation "
I disagree with this generalisation and always have done because I think that the people who may agree with it may be the pessimists, the depressives, the unhappy, the more thwarted of life.
Personally I think most people plod along with things in a similar way as animals do . The normal joys and the disappointments life bringing , more colour and texture
I know I plod.......and I know my emotional pendulum swings generally towards the optimistic view of the world rather than the negative.
So I think I am luckier than most.
I also reward myself with things and company and positives, something many don't do
Today I've booked myself a ticket to see Summerland as well as buying myself some cheerful sunflowers
Yesterday it was a stupid toy and the company of work friends
Summerland
How are you today?
Where does your emotional pendulum swing?
Chameleon
On Friday I collected prints and paintings bought a while ago before lockdown .
They have been framed and hung in the cottage alongside the drawing by Monika's daughter
The whole personality of the cottage has changed over the last two years
It's mine now
I took the opportunity to go shopping and went to Waterstones to look and smell the books.
And saw something I bought on impulse
Not a book,
Not stationary, pens or magazines
But a Chameleon
A cheefully stuffed chameleon with odd eyes
I'm fucking 58 !
He's now sat beneath my art wall,
swinging his leg at a Jaunty angle
And smiling his odd smile at the world
What's all this about?
Masks
It smells of me that why I think she feels comfortable in it mind you ...bulldogs generally don't mind dressing up at all.
It's a breed quirk!!
After work I was called around to Polish Monika's house to check a chicken who is suffering from Bumble Foot. I wore gloves and a mask , something Monika's daughter captured quite well as she watched me from her drawing spot at the kitchen table.
I felt awful
I think the hens not going to make it
Doppelganger
A car pulled alongside and the driver told me I looked like Harry Potters grandad!
Swear Away
Blogger is playing up
I have no idea why, but I suspect it's the new upgraded version
Just for now I've put comment verification on in an effort to stop the spam commentators who have swarmed to fill the comment boxes
I've literally had 1000s
Can followers comment with a one or two word hello to see if things are working
The words can be your favourite swear word
Old Videos
Village Elder was 70 yesterday
Belated happy birthday to him
See also a couple of old videos
The first is winnie in fitter vdays stealing goose eggs
The second is a lovely video of 97 year old Auntie Glad
Opening the flower Show. Few years back
Enjoy x
Hygge Mugs and New Arty Stuff
Last night I met Gorgeous Dave and we chatted and drank beer at his allotment
It was a nice meet
Today is my one day off before another three long days at work and I was suppose to drive into work for a study session this afternoon.
I didn't go
Instead I answered a request by a local art gallery to pick up the stuff I had bought as lockdown befell us all too many months ago.
The screen prints of sea birds are by Liz Tool, The Spanish tile Print by R Moxon
The mugs are called Hygge mugs ......
The jug is just sweet and will be used as a flower vase.
It's hot.
I'm just pottering
Today
Apologies to Dr Barnsley today, I didn't see him walking down the lane as I was flinging stale cat food over the lane and into the Churchyard for the rooks to eat
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