Friday 31st March 2017
Chichewa (Malawi): Lachisanu 31 March 2017
0400hrs: Woke once again trying to recall the dreams I knew I’d had all night long, waking often throughout the night. For some reason, I did not make any notes despite my desire to remember them, as they were all scary I know that, but not a single event remembered again! Damnations!
As I dismounted the shuddering scarily £300 second-hand recliner, one again Arthur Itis, Roger Reflux and Duodenal Daniel were in a good mood and not bothering me. Anne Gyna soon started kicking off, but still not complaining. Even the gum I stabbed was easier… mind you, I hadn’t eaten or drank owt yet? Hehe!
Off to the porcelain throne, and Haemorrhoid Harold had only been bleeding the tiniest bit. It was looking good, but give it time. Hehe! Doing a lot of laughing this morning, worrying that!
Titivated myself and creamed the areas requiring it. Into the kitchen and made a cuppa and took the medications with a nice strong cup of tea.
How I didn’t howl out with agony when the hot tea went into the gash in the gum, I don’t know! Looks like I’m going to suffer when eating and drinking for a while.
Wonder if I’ve got any straws anywhere? Then I might be able to bypass the lesion when drinking?
Washed the pot’s I’d missed doing last night and got the computer on to finalise Thursday’s post and start this one off.
Did a bit of WordPressing, then onto Facebooking.
Spent hours on it, but still, I enjoyed it.
Linda Novak mentioned her local area statistics on a Facebook comment and her post and this got me searching for mine.
No idea what period the little screen grab covers, though.
Then onto doing a graphic for the TFZers site.
This is Linda, at her imaginary Leisure Lounge window, with a suitable colection of lads inside with her. Hahaha!
I hope she likes it.
I took a photograph as the clouds darkened on the horizon. I took one with each camera.
The new Nikon camera seems to have caught more detail? Not that the Lumix one was bad mind?
Found I’d left the hot water tap running – Humph! No shave yet then, not sure when it comes back on, this night mode thingy. 1330hrs, and not warming up yet.
Made a brew and took the afternoon medications.
Found the miniature worded booklet for the new camera in readiness to have a self-lesson in the finer intricacies of the thing.
I’ve spotted a diopter control wheel, whatever one of those are.
I may invest in a one-to-one lesson at Jessops methinks. Wonder how much they cost?
The clouds were getting much lighter now.
Photographed it using the new Nikon camera.
What the white spot on it is, I just don’t know. Hang on, I’ll nip into the kitchen to see if I can see it int sky. – Nope!
It says: BUILT-IN ELECTRONIC VIEWFINDER (EVF)
The high-definition 921k-dot, 0.2-in LCD (with diopter adjustment) electronic viewfinder gives 100% of frame coverage, so you’ll always know exactly what you’re shooting. Switch shooting styles seamlessly from screen to viewfinder, as the eye sensor automatically switches from monitor shooting when your eye gets close to the sensor. Viewfinder shooting is useful for cramped conditions and also ensures stable posture, minimising camera shake. I’m afraid this means little to me.
I’ve been on Jessops site and found out the Level One Course is £190, but might be worth it to get the best from the camera, so Saturday, I might nip to town and the Jessop store to book one. Too late today with me running out of hot water.
Checked the tap, and it’s just getting warm.
Did some more graphicalisationing.
Took a final photographicalisation of the sky.
I’ve taken to this camera now.
Got the meal cooking.
Made some Bisto lamb gravy and added it to the lamb stew, arrange the sliced potatoes on top as per the instructions. 20 minutes later I added a vegetarian and one battered sausage and some of the little tomatoes to the tray in 
the oven.
Very nice, I really enjoyed this one. A lemon fool and a banana to follow.
Got the TV on… well, I needed something to fall asleep to.
Hehe!
Gave up watching the TV and nodding off and read the book for a while.
Then nodded off!
0335hrs: Down to the laundry room with the first bag of clothing.
0410hrs: Down with next laundry load. The first load moved into the dryer, 2nd load into the washing machine.
and up to the apartment to put the washed clothes away. Noticed a car pulling away from the space opposite the foyer doors – early riser there?
Back up a final time to the flat, and took a photographicalisation from the kitchen window of the rather beautifully blue misty scene.
Then some Facebooking.
and outside the flats.
garages that we know are due for the chop next week I think it starts.
I wondered as I took it if the younger of the residents would remember it in twenty years time and mourn its demise?
this turd on the right, nearly had me over as he coasted down the hill path threateningly close to the few pedestrians on it.
Further along, there was one tree in a far more advanced stage of ‘fruiting’ compared to the others.
Down the hill and called into Wilko and got another of the power extensions with the individual on/off switches.
Even further down the hill and into the Continental Foods Store. Where I got a small loaf, belly pork slices and a packet of the Hochland Cheese portions. Similar to the one I tried the other day.
Opened one of the three for £10 lamb meal I’d gotten yesterday from Marks & Sparks.The food was in a bag with a foil tray, tipped the contents into the tray and placed the sliced potatoes on top as per the instructions.
Served up the meal in the oven tray I cooked it in.
Got the dirty pots washed up, made a brew and took the medications, then trimmed the carrots and got them into the slow cooker with Mushroom Soy Sauce.
room to do the weighing of my fat frame, and I found the missing camera! Perfectly naturally and to be expected, it was in the laundry bag! Huh?
Even the pulse had gone down nicely. Add the fact that Haemorrhoid Harold and Little Inchy had not been bleeding and Arthur Itis was so kind this morning, even after yesterday’s struggle in town. And Duodenal Donald had eased too, things were looking good I thought – That was before I tested the carrots again and managed without any bother to stab myself between the fingernail and finger with the sharp end knife!
Got the nosh ready. The red carrots cooked in the crock-pot with mushroom soy sauce were appetising, the belly pork divine with the beetroot cheeses and pickled eggs.
tea brew.
I repeatedly drifted off for a few minutes, woke, realised the programme had finished, drifted off again, realised the prog… you get the picture. The mind was seemingly over-active, and I have no idea when I eventually nodded off proper-like, but it was well after midnight.
notes
Checked the email, and one from Sister Jane brought me some more sad news. She is taking Arthur the cat, to the veterinary today, in anticipation that he will recommend him being put down. All thin, but Jane says he is eating well?
The Pulse seems a bit high still, but I was well pleased with the weight!
Got the ablutions tended to, wrapped up and set off to catch the L9 bus into town to look into buying a camera to replace the lost Lumix one. Missed the bus.
Sherwood was busy but with vehicles not many shoppers or pedestrians about today again.
Dropped off the bus on Upper Parliament Street and walked down Queen Street.
protesting about something or other. And noticed that the closed-down clothes shop was now a 24-hour
Hobbled around and came out with three pairs of trousers and a thick shirt for winter. Carrying the carrier bags with me as well, I wondered over to look at the things on the proper price shelving and racks. A few minutes later I was struggling as the clobber being carried over my arm stopped the blood flow, and the left arm froze and ached a bit.
side if she would mind me taking a photo or two of the ladies dressing gowns, as I was hoping to treat Olive when she comes out of the hospital after her operation to one.I thought it best if I show her photographs first to see if she
The total spent on this days visit, first load £131.00, second £48.00. Oh, dear me! Tsk! Both receipts informed me that I have only until 24/04/2017 to return any of the On Sale goods for exchange.
fooderies on that street.
coffee places within yards of each other. Closer inspection revealed that the distant one was closed down. I think in a desperate move by the Council, they are offering rate reductions to anyone moving into retail property there – so Costa may have moved to get the tax free perks?
I wandered in the Shopping Centre (Mall), and it was so depressing with the closed down shops (Although the eateries seemed plentiful).
appalling gathering of foul-mouthed yobboes I’ve come across in ages on Lister Gate.
claim to know no English, and if the police took any details, they would have difficulty in spelling Celestyn Wiśniewski, have to get an interpreter on their mobiles and actually do something other than fine people for dropping a nub end or parking on a double yellow line for 20 seconds. Can’t have that, can we?
I met some new tenants on my way out. Two of them spoke and talked, the other was a bit aloof. Maybe through his being new?
Just up the road a bit, I saw such beauty again in one of the tree’s roots and gave myself a moment or two admiring nature as I had not done before I moved into this flat and the amazing scenery and greenery that surrounds it.
I turned the corner and down Winchester Street toward Sherwood, and took yet another photographicalisation that I found remarkable.
Out and up the hill, over the top and down to the entrance to Woodthorpe Grange Park and through the gates, up the path.
A few hundred yards up the footpath and lady overtook me., then a Footpath Cyclist appeared
king.
With mixed emotions, but gladness that she is home and sounding a bit better, I got the meal prepared.
don’t think it has long left, Hehe) took off the wonderfully warm cover and the cushions and searched all over for it, in the certainty that I actually did write it. Guess what I found? Think food…
I was summoned to the porcelain for a heavy duty session. Splendid, no bleeding from either front or rear! Arthur Itis was hardly noticeable, Duodenal Daniel was not bad at all, Reflux Roger was active, but this was not due to the valve sticking and not painful in the slightest; This wind was due to last nights nosh I’m sure. Hehe! Hernia Harry was all calm too. Only Anne Gyne with her new pain on the left chest and up under the left arm was giving me any real grief, and that was far less than last night.
The only concern was my so regular visitations to the WC, where’s it all coming from, I’ve only had half a small mug of tea?
Not too many folks around today. Plenty of street artists, beggars, Big Issue Sellers and pavement cyclists, though.
Then had a nosey in Marks & Spencers food hall – and came out buying nothing!
photographs to use on the TFZer site graphic series. That was when I saw a family of Mum, Dad and four kids, Mam was shoving things into the pram of the youngest child and covering them up. This was in the fashion clothing section. For some stupid reason, I followed them.
Back at the flats, the wind was howling, the sun disappeared, and the rain just starting, missed it nicely, by the time I’d got in and up the lift and into the flat, it was belting down!
I rescued the bacon and sausages and dished them up with some mushrooms in the new deep dish.
Then, I spotted the bag with the underpants still inside.
Got the din-dins sorted in no time. roast potatoes,
Had a meal with a difference. The choices will get less as the days go on and I still can’t access my money. Tsk!
0245hrs: Woke still tasting the excellent meal from last night. Perhaps I’d overdone the flavourings just a bit? Hehe!
A nice strong mug of Thompson’s wonderful tea and took the medications.
Did the ablutions.
Dressed and made a mug of tea, but the milk had gone off. Tsk!
He handed the bags to me through the door, took the return bags and he was off.
Hehehe!
Sorted them and it was such a nice looking morning, I meandered out onto the balcony and took this photographicalisation to the left of the flats.
The cleaner gals arrived, I ask them to clean behind the WC today, and not to clean anywhere near the stacks of bank paperwork I have that are lurking on the computer desk, or to touch the second-hand 1969 E-Plan sideboard, cause they always catch the computer screen and it being a touch thingy I usually lose something I’ve been working on, anyway.
Feeling well tired now, I got the meal cooking, sorted some medications and served up the fodder to myself.
Made a brew and took the medications.
I did almost cheer up a bit when I saw someone with two giant horse-sized poodles! Hehe!
Turning right on my way down the hill, some crows landed in the trees on the outside of the Copse.