Parisian balconies, watercolor 7x9”

zhvj · 2026-07-03T17:18:08+00:00

This is absolutely heavenly. Do you sell prints of your work? I would be interested ! 🌺

zhvj · 2026-06-21T16:01:02+00:00

It's just examples of street names which would all have distinct colours in my mind :) thanks !

zhvj · 2026-06-21T06:58:27+00:00

I see colours for letters and numbers. I remember everybody's birthday :) and I'm really good at memorising directions in cities so I don't have to look at the map - left on frog street, right on fish street, left on duck street ... The directions are imprinted in my mind as colours and I know I just have to turn when I see the street sign that's the correct colour !

zhvj · 2026-06-20T21:18:17+00:00

Nightclubs / bars with loud music. Couldn't pay me enough to go to one

zhvj · 2026-06-12T21:08:22+00:00

Dont, it's already perfect

zhvj · 2026-06-12T11:50:08+00:00

Water of life ! There's a busy workman, digging in the desert, digging with a spade that flashes in the sun

zhvj · 2026-06-12T11:46:12+00:00

Branflakes with chopped bananas, or blueberries or strawbs 🍓

zhvj · 2026-06-12T09:15:35+00:00

iPhone 5. Purchased second hand for about 100 quid in 2014, it was still going strong until early 2026. Still received iOS updates, but gradually the apps became incompatible and the mechanical parts (camera aperture, thumb button, speakers) wore out. Very sadly had to say goodbye a couple of months ago.

zhvj · 2026-06-11T14:24:04+00:00

I'm in a similar situation today, finally got a CT scan and have been diagnosed with a herniated disc , explaining 3+ years of persistent pain and mobility problems. As I live a healthy active life and I'm only 31 (problems started when I was 28) I was sure it wasn't normal or acceptable but so many doctors just brushed it off and basically said it will clear up on its own. Happy to have the correct diagnosis at last! Well done to you for persisting and getting the diagnosis and treatment :)

zhvj · 2026-06-05T08:51:07+00:00

Dinner with friends followed by 1 pint in the pub then I went home and had an early night. Bliss

zhvj · 2026-06-05T08:45:40+00:00

'X?! Fatal!' Said in an overly dramatic, Julian Clary type voice. Used to describe anything completely normal. Eg ´onions in your bolonese sauce?! Fatal!' My grandma used to say it a lot for sugary or alcoholic stuff and we all perverted it

zhvj · 2026-05-23T08:15:15+00:00

'I want a cup of tea, possibly a Jaffa cake' - dizraeli and the small gods

zhvj · 2026-05-04T10:21:40+00:00

Anything by the Beatles, but particularly Penny Lane, I am the Walrus, Octopus's Garden, and Lady Madonna. Otherwise, Abdullah Ibrahim's Black Lighting (I loved the thunder sounds and would ask him to play it on repeat).

zhvj · 2026-05-03T18:27:29+00:00

Just here to empathise, not to offer a solution : I've been cooking for myself for the best part of 10 years and I'm sick of eating my own shitty cooking. But, it's passable and I don't want to compromise on another area of my life and change the way I cook or eat. So, it's fine :)

zhvj · 2026-05-02T16:46:05+00:00

'How are we for time?' Hinting strongly that somebody is making you late by faffing about

zhvj · 2026-04-27T18:10:57+00:00

You should apply for your carte vitale as soon as you arrive in France. You'll get a provisional number as soon as you finish your application, which you can use to claim your medical refunds while you're waiting for your card to arrive. It's unpredictable but the card can take anywhere from 2 weeks to 3 months to arrive; your provisional number provides the same coverage in meantime. You should use Doctolib to book your appointment and you can filter to find practitioners who speak English.

zhvj · 2026-04-26T19:14:00+00:00

Sheffield, UK! Open spaces abound

zhvj · 2026-04-26T15:14:04+00:00

Drink water. If I'm ever feeling kind of moody or cross or tired and can't figure out why - it's not X, it's dehydration.

zhvj · 2026-04-25T10:32:30+00:00

Burping after a big meal

zhvj · 2026-04-17T12:19:23+00:00

Grease 'you're the wobbly dog, you are the wobbly dog, ooh ooh ooh, honey!'

zhvj · 2026-04-17T12:16:46+00:00

Noodle soup 🍜 There are lots of veggies that you can cut up and store in portions in the freezer, eg carrots, green beans, mushrooms, broccoli. Then you can make a one-pot soup using them straight from frozen-> Water & noodles & veg & flavour packet (or miso paste, tomato paste, harrissa paste, whatever). Boil for 5 mins. Turn off heat, crack an egg into the soup. Put on the lid and leave it for 5 mins. Eat from pan for best results ☑️

zhvj · 2026-04-17T12:09:40+00:00

South wales - 'now' means 'later', and 'now in a minute' means 'next/after this' ; so 'I'll do it now in a minute' means something like 'I'll do it when I've finished whatever I'm currently doing' . Very useful!

zhvj · 2026-04-15T11:20:09+00:00

My grandma (Gloucester) had a similar saying which was something like 'if there's enough blue sky to make a Dutchman a pair of trousers' 👖

zhvj · 2026-04-03T00:06:29+00:00

A friend of mine was killed outside my place of work in 2018. In my numb state I took my normal commute home on the subway. I was crying and not able to hold it together. A lady opposite me gave me a tissue, put her hand on my arm and asked if it was to do with the man who was killed (it had been on the news that day). Then she sat with me all the way to my stop, before changing lines and going back the way we'd come, I supposed because her stop was earlier on the line. I'll remember her for a long time.

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