Painting by PJ Crook - THE FRIENDS The painting depicts three women drinking wine in a bistro, with two waiters behind them
Saturday ----
Catching up with our next door neighbours over a bottle or three of wine.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings
Medieval image of people dying fabric red.
Good Friday -
Good things today included the cat, sarcasm, and dying some slightly stained towels a rather gorgeous yellow by adding a teaspoon of orange dye to the yellow. I really like dying fabric.
#mentalhealth #mindfulness #gratitude
#dailyblessings #countingblessings
Medieval illustration of two people lying side by side in bed
Tuesday had some frustrating moments - but what day doesn't?
I am however pleased that we now have three usable bedrooms in the house.
#mentalhealth #mindfulness #countingblessings
#achingmuscles #hotbath #bathsalts
A late Victorian painting of a girl knitting in a room with a cat under her chair. Title A Girl Knitting Date 1874 Medium oil on panel Measurements H 64 x W 36 cm Accession number BORGM 00880 Acquisition method bequeathed by Miss Emmeline Young, 1940 Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum Bournemouth
Sunday's pleasure was making good progress stitching together the panels of the jumper I have spent (ahem) a year knitting.
Hopefully done today!
Yesterday also include good craik, and some excellent biscuits.
#mentalhealth #mindfulness
#dailyblessings #countingblessings #ablessingaday
A medieval image of one peasant digging the ground, and another with a load on their back https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages
Saturday's good thing -
Getting a vast amount of Stuff to the tip and the charity shop.
My mojo is coming back. It's pleasing but a little disconcerting too!
#mentalhealth #mindfulness
#ablessingaday #dailyblessings #countingblessings
A vintage postcard showing an illustration of Scottish mountains and a loch. A man in shorts and a woman in a tartan skirt, both with rucksacks, are standing next to a road. A red sports car is speeding past. The text on the card says "I know where I'm going!" and "Central Scotland".
Thursday's good things -
Having a lovely catch-up and blether with a neighbour.
Friday's -
Driving for hours in the sunshine listening to The Rest is History about Boswell and Johnson. Of course our scenery isn't bad either.
#mentalhealth #dailyblessings #countingblessings #mindfulness
Just when I’m beginning to wonder if I’ll make it, I somehow get through the day! #CountingBlessings
This week has involved MUCH MORE than teaching, but Week #9 is in the books. And, praise the Lord (& the Lorde), I’ve ALMOST survived this first week back after my non-break Spring Break.
The Grape Harvest (also known as Autumn), an oil on canvas painting created by Francisco Goya in 1786
Sunday's pleasures included the crisp, fresh taste of Vinho Verde.
#mentalhealth #mindfulness
#ablessingaday #countingblessings
#cheers #drinkresponsibly
Well, Chani Nicholas said this week would include serious communication & systems problems. She was right. I had to shut down TWO credit cards this morning and have them change my account numbers. It wasn't cute, but it definitely could've been worse. #CountingBlessings
White and purple scented stocks in a vase of water
Tuesday's good things.
I did enjoy my bath, watching Pottery Throwdown, and drinking hot chocolate
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A random photo of scented stocks, taken during lockdown.
A panel of six medieval (or medieval-style) images of doctors and their patients.
Some good health news for Lighthouse Hubby.
A huge relief.
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Kind of ridiculous that it took me all day to do, and it should’ve been a nonstop run, but I’m still counting it as 3 of 3.
#Walking #Running #CountingBlessings
My pictures aren’t great, but Drunk Black History in Boston last night was a nice treat! Our group gathered to laugh and learn, and we took up the whole front row! A group picture would’ve been a good idea, but I guess Craig and I were too busy enjoying IRL time with friends. #CountingBlessings.
Took me all day, but I was determined to get the workout week started earlier than I did last week & the week before!
The only thing that felt better than this walk+ run was getting our tax paperwork meticulously organized and sent to the accountant!
1 of 3. #Walking #Running #CountingBlessings
“You ain’t got nothing to prove when you are the proof.” ~Coach Marcel inspired by Tyler, The Creator
Last week and this week haven’t been what would be best, but I’m pleased with this morning’s 30-minute nonstop run. #Walking #CountingBlessings #Running
Painting of three women and two dogs by Marie Laurencin. Marie Laurencin (31 October 1883 – 8 June 1956) was a French painter and printmaker. She became an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the Cubists associated with the Section d'Or. According to Wikipaedia.
Tuesday's blessing was obviously that my head had stopped banging itself against an imaginary - but very real - brick wall.
But also soup, lunch, friends, dogs. Quiet quotidian pleasures.
#dailyblessings #ablessingady #countingblessings #mentalhealth
A watercolour of a landscape disrupted by a migraine aura - I have not been able to find the artist though it is similar to one which was credited to the book 'Migraine' by Oliver Sachs.
Saturday's good thing? Too long ago for me to remember, unfortunately.
Sunday's was figure drawing, despite being in a vile mood because it was the prodrome for...
Monday's migraine. The blessing there being that I can afford both medication and days off. But even so. 🤮🤯🤮
#countingblessings
Friday's good thing --- the pup in the sunshine.
Golden Retriever Energy is a Thing!
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#dogsofbluesky #sunshine
1930s or 1930s style image of a woman driving an open-top car
Thursday... and the feeling of tension leaving my body because I was driving, and the sun was out.
It's been six weeks since we saw the sun, and three since I could use the car. In many ways, worse than #lockdown was for me.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings #ablessingaday
A print of three women knitting, two are sitting down and one is standing up. One is is looking at the artist and two are looking at something happening to the right of the artist. Les Tricoteuses. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons: Work in the public domain: PD-1923)
Wednesday....
What was good about yesterday?
I enjoyed my history class, and I have embarked on the sleeve of the jumper I am knitting.
#mentalhealth #ablessingaday #countingblessings #craftiverse
Turner's painting of a storm at Bell Rock lighthouse
Monday.....
The wind dropped. Only for one day. But it did drop.
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A 1950s print ad for a TV with the slogan "The New PYE Automatic Picture Control TV" - the advertisement depicts a man's hand reaching out of the tv screen and grabbing a scantily clad miniature woman who is coded as pretty; she is either laughing in delight or screaming in horror. I am screaming in horror, looking at it.
Saturday's rare pleasure
Watching TV with Lighthouse Hubby - not a thing we do together on a regular basis.
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Picture because WTF???
1920s illustration of two women listening to the wireless
Yesterday was a 💩-fest of a day.
But I do love clean sheets. And Radio 3.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings #ablessingaday
A bathbomb dissolving in a bath
Some times this practice is harder than others. Those are the most important times to do it.
Tuesday - the vibrant yellow of supermarket daffodils
Wednesday - the colour and texture of velvet cushions
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Random pic of a bathbomb in a bath
It took me all day to do it, but it’s done…
3 of 3 for the week, and I kept my word to myself by running 30 minutes nonstop!
#Running #CountingBlessings
#Grateful I can move, so I’m moving!
A modern "painting" of the Scots and English fighting at the Battle of Bannockburn. The oldest version of this image I can find is two years old, so it may be AI.
Saturday's delights included the joy, endorphins, dopamine, oxytocin and serotonin released by the laughter of playing Stramash.
#mentalhealth #countingblessings #ablessingaday
www.stramashgames.co.uk
Painting of the original HMV logo - "His Master's Voice" showing a terrier looking down the speaker horn of an old-style gramophone.
Friday's good thing....
My shiny new printer. Is shiny. Is new. Is printing!
Also the dogs behaving better in response to consistent training.
#mentalhealth #ablessingaday #countingblessings
A painting of an artist sitting in a wooden chair in front of a canvas with a landscape. Next to the canvas is an unmade bed. "An Artist in His Studio" by the American artist John Singer Sargent, created in 1904.
Thursday's good things?
Let's call it out for clean sheets.
#mentalhealth #dailyblessings #countingblessings
A pen and ink sketch of a cat and a dog facing off to each other. The cat is hissing, the dog is growling. Dated about 1490.
.....Monday?
A hard day, much of it in tears from the news, and my concentration is shot.
But.... the dogs were less chaotic when our neighbour came round, and the pup did not chase the cat.
Small mercies, my friend, small mercies.
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