Thinking... the days go by so fast?!
And yeah, I'm having fun, painting again, and doing some other things here and there. But before I know it the day's over again and it's time for bed. Again.
Which is what I'm going to do now, bed & sleep. It's gone 1 and I'm tired & sleepy.

Yes they're real handy! I only got mine about 2 months ago, just in case of an emergency.
I too have a cigarette port in my car but the darned thing doesn't work. Same problem in the car I had before. At the time, when I had to get this car, I thought, "okay, gonna miss the old one but at least I'll have a cig lighter again." Only to find out it didn't work in this car either?
I guess my cars are trying to tell me to finally quit smoking, hahaha.
Does mean I can't charge anything with it either.

I hope that scenario never comes true... I'd hate to lose all my paintings! It'd break my heart.
And my crystals... (over 400)

I can't do with 1 suitcase. No way I'm leaving my 3 cats behind!! So they come with me one way or another.
And catfood.

Apart from that first my meds, which includes my hormones (if you quit taking oestrogen just like that you risk getting a heart attack!)

Definitely put my firestick in my pocket! And a flashlight. And a lighter.
Mobile & charger, power bank so I can charge it 4x with that.
(Rolling) tobacco and cigarette papers to roll a smoke!

Empty the bucket with emergency stuff in the suitcase. Has an emergency blanket, candles, food. Tablets to purify water.
Really warm clothes.

Certainly my pillow, which is a special one for people with neck issues.
And probably some of my crystals. Probably my fave crystal skull.

I got a real large trolley on wheels which I bought when I went to the US. So I can take quite a lot with me :D

I bought a power bank a few months ago. Keep that charged at all times. If it's a good one you can charge your phone 3-4 times with that :)

Watching the Divergent movies again :)
Only got the last one left to watch.

It's the updated version of "Man are from Mars & Women from Venus" as people and society have changed.
Nothing 50 shades-like in it. I've written a couple of those myself :)

Wondering why Fishingman has a profile photo of his belly instead of showing his face...

I've thought of that too, just getting these stickers/signs to put up. I believe you can also get fake cameras, hihi.
Trail cams prolly cost a fair bit, but would indeed be a great option.

So far I'm quite happy to have put up the solar light on the garage. It works really well!
At least I now have light when I get home on my bicycle, makes it easier to find the keyhole in the gate, haha. Same if I have to get to the rolling bin.

Beyond Mars & Venus by John Gray.
Not finished it yet.

I posted a reply here yesterday, and somehow it's not there.
Oh well...

OT --- thinking... I can't decide which reference photo I want to use for my painting, dangit!
There's 2 I like. Decisions decisions...
And I need to decide so I can get started with the background.

Also can't decide to go for a tad abstract style or more realistic.
I'm struggling with this painting before I've even started, hihi.

A lot of interesting suggestions, thanks!

ZEE I've come across the Will Smith docu but haven't watched it yet.
I sometimes find it difficult to switch when someone takes on a different role. To me Will Smith is a great actor, so I don't see him as someone doing this docu, hihi.
Same with Jim Carrey suddenly presenting himself as a inspirational speaker. To me he's the Riddler and Ace Ventura. Doesn't gel with inspirational speaker so much, lol.

DON Brian Cox is great. The way he can explain difficult things that normally are beyond my wheelhouse... The man really has a talent.

GRAVELRIDGEBOY Sounds interesting!

I want to live for a long long time.
There are people on the planet who are allegedly around 400 years old. Far away from western society, deep into the Himalayas.

Apparently the Essenes have said that our bodies can last us well for at least 900 years. They also said the first 100 years were the toughest as you have to figure stuff out.

I wouldn't mind that at all. Whole lot of time to travel, learn, enjoy and so on.
But forever, not sure bout that.

haha, you're making me --> 🤣
A whole cupboard full?! Greedy git!
I'm happy if I get to buy a small bottle of the stuff. (never seen any larger ones)

What do you have to do to get 5 tonnes of maple syrup? Maybe I too can apply for that, lol.

Glad your dinner was good. Mine was a bit of a disaster but thank goodness I had a nice beetroot salad so in the end it was still okay :)

Feeling happy!
I've been wanting to start a new painting but somehow couldn't find the reference photo I was looking for.
I still haven't but decided to get started with the first step anyways.

Today I unpacked the last canvas I've got and Gesso-ed it :D (primer). Meaning that I now can start painting whenever I want.
Canvas is ready to go :)

Maple syrup???
Did anyone say MAPLE SYRUP?
I'm awake now, you got my attention!
When can you be here? You got your driveway sussed, so you should be able to leave tha house, haha.
I LOVE maple syrup!!
The rest of what you mention sounds great too. I'm hungry! It's dinner time, 17.00 over here, so you're more than welcome with that food!
Do not forget the maple syrup, lol.
Please.

Glad I never have to shovel snow, pfff...
We had 2-3 days of snow here in January. Which is quite something for the south west, right next to the North Sea.
Once was barely 2cm, didn't even cover everything, 2nd time it was about 12cm, allowing me to make a small snowman, hihi.
The next day it had collapsed as it temperatures had gone up again. Leaving me with a shawl and a cap on the ground, haha.

Right now it's some 11C and the sun is shining. Finally some sunlight again!

I'm on a dating site with a kind of forum thing. But each post has a 135 character limit.
Teaches you to rephrase, be short & sweet and leave out what isn't really necessary.
Can be a worthwhile exercise!

On the other hand side, 500 limit in email is over the top. Doesn't allow you to have a decent exchange and forces people to go off-site, which usually isn't recommended.

Makes you wonder what the goal of this site has become: war against scammers or helping people to find love.

For me things like being dizzy are related to both position and the state of my neck.
My osteopath has helped me a lot ever since my accident in 2012, but then I found a cranio facial therapist who often has success with treating tinnitus. Which I also have.
She worked on me for a year and boy did that make a difference! Tinnitus hadn't gone, which is apparently harder when you've had it for a long time like me. But my neck and shoulders had improved so much, and with that my head too.
I was hardly ever dizzy anymore, less neck pain and whatnot.
I did something wrong and wanted another appointment. Unfortunately she herself has had a bad accident and is recovering from a serious concussion. Could be months before she can work again (already has been 4 months), and then there's a waiting list a mile long. If she can ever work again.
After all, that's how I got into this chit: a bad concussion.
So for now it's back to my osteopath who is wonderful but cannot work my neck/head/shoulders the way this one particular cranio facial therapist could.

Telling you that cause maybe you could do something like that too for the vertigo.
Alternatively you could try acupressure yourself for it. I do that too. It's a matter of finding that one point that works for you but it can often bring relief.
Of late I work with Bladder 8 on top of the head. But there are many more points for dizziness.
Check out Acupro Academy on FB. Canadian woman who's brilliant!
Search the page for dizziness and start doing acupressure based on that.

BTW I too can get dizzy from watching something at times, even on tv. Normally that doesn't bother me so much, but right now that my head & neck are in worse shape I have to be real careful.

Oh and a tip: if you have to move your head in any direction, first move your eyes in that direction then follow with the head. Not like with a crazy gap in between, but let the eyes lead the way. Can make a helluva difference as then the brain knows which way you're going to turn. Eyes have a lot to do with dizziness.
As does the neck, which is why having your neck sorted can be of great help.

At times I can really enjoy watching documentaries, oftentimes concerning nature and (wild) animals.
I came across one that followed a lion pride for a longer period of time. Unfortunately I cannot recall the title. It was truly awesome.
Two new lion's took over the pride from the older one and then they kill any cub under a certain age so the lionesses get in heat again.
But the mother protected her babies and buggered off with them, and her sister's. A total of 7 that she had to feed, protect etc. while being chased by the 2 not so happy lions.
It was truly awesome, if I come across it again I will post the link.

Couple other really worthwhile docus:
Facing Grizzlies (2021)
Yukon's wild grizzlies (2022)
Wild horse redemption

The latter is about inmates who get to work with wild mustangs, train them etc. Absolutely great watch!
How some of the inmates truly changes through working and bonding with the horses.
Clearly shows how deep a bond with an animal can go and how much good it does a human being.

These 3 can be watched on knowledge.ca but who knows on other sites as well.

Morning!
Learning Kendo was also on my agenda but never happened. Oh well... next life :)

I gave up on the John Wick movies due to too many scenes with flashing lights. My brain isn't keen on that.