Watercolour & Procreate

I was up early because I wasn't sure when the recycle was this week. They never collected the recycle or waste last Saturday, so I needed to get the date they're going to collect. I checked on their site last night and it said Thursday, but I was pretty sure I had seen someone on the neighbourhood watch site saying don't forget it's Friday this week. I checked on two calendars within the council site and they both said today for recycle. Then I found a downloadable PDF. Open that up, and it said Friday. But there was nothing on the site even when I looked before Christmas to say Christmas/New Year collections or anything.

So I put on my purple beanie with the headlight, and went out. The ground is like a skating rink, my car is frozen solid, and I can see the main road has not been gritted. I won't be going to the shops for fresh food this morning. Looked up and down the road no recycle out so I now assume it's Friday for recycle.

That took an hour of my time!!!!

I am safely back in now.

Although when you slip on ice, you generally go backwards, onto your bottom or flat on your back... and I have never done an Akido backward roll. I just had a quick look on YouTube and most people who are teaching the Aikido forward roll (or it's the ones I have just looked at) advocate putting your hands on the ground on the beginning of the road. I was never taught like that. That is definitely a sure way to damage your wrists and hands. So that is my job for today to find someone on YouTube who teaches Aikido the way I learned it all those years ago.... there are a couple of other moves that I would like to be refreshed on because they would help me if I was in difficulty..... although I have never had the need to use them yet, it is just the forward roll....

Nighttime wildlife
Badger Willow searching for food...

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DETIE-LoK_v/?igsh=MTIxYmE3ZnczZXpmOA==

Same vid on TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdk7HcAt/

Creative...a watercolour I had done many years ago... I put it in procreate and did some detail on it.....

Have your best kind of day.

Time for a nap, I need more sleep.