Saturday 2 November 2024

Tarting up the Summerhouse,

Aye up me ducks. Work has started on tarting up the Summerhouse. I have some paint, but have found a quick and easy way to cover up the shabby front. It's a cover up. Have a look at this. The painting will start soon. Something to do over the winter period when the days are too short to go anywhere. Roll on the 21st of December. 

If you watch the video you get a detailed explanation of the new look. Many thanks to my friend Angela. Someone just sent me an email saying I have monetised my channel. Don't be fooled just because it has adverts on it. I haven't and I get no payment from the yoootooob. Click through the adverts. 

My hair needs attention and I am going to do that now. 
Thanks for popping in. Enjoy your weekend. Toodle pip.   ilona

Friday 1 November 2024

Walking to clear my head.

Good evening. My brains were fried this morning. You might be under the impression that I know what I am doing with computers. Wrong. I know a few basics, but when I get a strange message come up on the screen I am totally lost. I was trying to upload photo's and a video from the two memory cards I use in the two cameras. When things weren't happening as they should I tried to navigate my way through the gobbledygook. Round and round I went, back and forth, and getting nowhere. I was lost. 
I rang Keith my trusty computer genius. He built this computer. Luckily he was at home. Half an hour on the phone and he talked me through it. Navigating your way around certain tasks is not straight forward, as you probably know. When I have learnt how to do something I stick to that same method. Doing the same thing over and over again. When there is a spanner in the works it is confusing. So now, after much sweat and swearing, Keith has taught me another way to move the pictures from camera to computer, so this is what I need to practice. 
I needed to go for a walk after that. Luckily it's been a sunny day. The only photo's I took were on the way back as the sun was going down. 


Now this is very strange. Exactly the same sunset, about 20 minutes apart, and they are different colours. No filters have been used. It could be caused by how far I zoomed in or zoomed out. Mind you, if you took the time to study sunsets as they happen, or even sun rises, the changes can be quite startling. See how the orange is turning to red. 


My dinner tonight. Veggies and noodles drizzled with toasted sesame seed oil. My favourite. 
Now it's chill time with my pussy. Thanks to the walkers who have checked in. Still time to go to the previous post if you haven't yet done so. 

Have a good weekend. Toodle pip.   ilona

Your health matters. Check in.

Good morning. A shout out to all our members of the International Walking Group. It's time to check in with your progress reports, or non progress whichever the case may be. 
I may not be an inspiration this month because I have to report that I have not been able to keep up. My mileage stands at 741. Still ok, but not as much as it ought to be. 
One thing I did notice. Last night I went out at 7pm to do a three mile village walk. It was Trick or Treat so quite a lot of people about. They were meandering, I was marching on to do the distance quickly. I went to bed about 10.15pm, and had a really good nights sleep. Didn't wake up until 7am. So I definitely think that late walk helped. 
Mayze cat loves her sleep. Oh for a life of being waited on hand and foot, dozing off when you feel like it, having a little wander around the garden, and snoozing in the sun whenever we get some at this time of the year. 
Mayze has just woken up, she is having her first wash of the day, and now wants breakfast. 
Please check in with your mileage if you are taking part in the challenge. Those who are serious about getting their exercise will probably put me to shame. I can take it. It's your health that matters. 
Catch ya later. Toodle pip.   ilona

Thursday 31 October 2024

Black hole.

 Good morning. I am not going to try and unravel the budget figures, big numbers are not my thing. My only comment is that this Government as with all past Governments have got us into a big black hole, of which there is no way to scramble out. They will bleed us dry. Our future is not in their hands, we have to take it upon ourselves to become as self sufficient as we can. The bankers, the oligarchs, the billionaires, Vanguard, Black Rock, Rockefeller, etc etc, are the ones calling the shots. As George Carlin said, it's an exclusive club, and we ain't in it. 

You might want to check this out. 

I’ve never seen anything like it” at the £74 billion on spending and £41 billion in tax rises. As she said, none of this is laid out in their manifesto. Labour have lied to you, the left can never be trusted.

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip. ilona

Wednesday 30 October 2024

Experimental video

Hello. An ordinary day today. I wore my new frock to the Coffee Morning. It was well received, everyone liked it. I put a pink cardigan on, which I got ages ago from a charity shop. Black leggings and short black boots were just right. 
I had a coffee in Angela's kitchen for an hour afterwards. After lunch I took Rocky dog out for a walk. He doesn't want to go far. Spends most of the time sniffing the smells of other dogs. It's an easy walk. 
A letter arrived today from the TV Licensing people. My address is now registered as 'No Licence Needed'. It always has been for the last 20 years. This lasts until October 2025. It seems they have cut it down to one year, instead of the two that it always has been. The letter says we may still need to visit to check. They can please themselves. I have no intention of ever watching television again. I don't have an outside aerial now, ever since the roofing people removed the old one and took it away for scrap. No BBC iplayer will find it's way onto my computer either. 
I uploaded this video today. There is no need for any blog readers to watch it. It is an experiment. I wanted to put the burnt out hotel on my channel, and as I didn't record a video at the time of visiting it, I thought I would point the camera at the computer screen and flick through the pictures with the mouse. I think it works pretty well. If I am in need of something to show on yoootooob, I might dig out some older photo's and make a montage, and add a narrative. 
Right, it's time for dinner. Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona