Getting a bit cold this week in the Scottish hills as we move into Autumn, so an icy antlered Doe arrived for this weeks #Colour_Collective. Could imagine her giving a deer hunter a bit of a shock. The colour this week is Glaucous.
A wee thingy about the image quality this last month here, at the Fears. Since arriving in Scotland I’ve been on a 4G connection through my mobile in the mountains. It was generally worse than 90s dial-up. We kludged around it, but until this last few days, I haven’t been able to upload anything bigger than 200kb from home. That’s meant going so far as removing the paper texture from my drawings to reduce file size. Yeuch. Sorry if it’s given a whiff of the ugly.
I got a contractless router to take the heat off my phone. The updated version of this thing from 4Gee. Our landline in the new home was so bad we actually got a 4G aerial fitted to the house free, then a price reduction on our 4Gee monthly plan. We’re still paying about £60 a month for the net, but we’ve gone from less than 28k download speeds and zero upload speeds to about 60mb download and 15mb upload. That’s better than my old fibre optic line in London! Cripes.
So I’ll carry on with Inktober as I have been for a bit of consistency, hopefully, upload a few videos, then crack on with the great schemes for the Fears in November.
Ooo, and November! For the men, don’t forget about Movember. For the writers, don’t forget about NaNoWriMo. Anyone participating in either?
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Sorry to hear about bad connection issues and hopefully all good now 🙂 I can relate, many years ago, l was using a dongle literally on the outside of the dongle’s zone of cover – nightmare!
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Ooof. It’s a modern trial we all go through nowadays. Just annoying when it lasts a few months heh.
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Ha ha, Scottish mountains? You should try a South African internet connection. They tell us ‘fiber’ is coming soon: will that be for breakfast?
Oh yes, I’m up for NaNoWriMo this time around. I’ve been promising myself for years, so may be going right off the grid.
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Aww, yeah, my missus drops off the face of the earth for NaNo. And arf to South African internet. 😀
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I think I might struggle with Movember but to fair, I’m already struggling with NaNoWriMo and it hasn’t even started yet!
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I’m eternally moustached and run a few events for Movember. Two years ago we were at the Ace Cafe with a bunch of barbers and a face painting team drawing on moustaches to the women and children. 😀 Good luck with NaNo!
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Not doing NaNoWriMo this year. Too many other things going on (some of them even involving writing).
Not doing anything for Movember, either…but really, every month is Movember for me when it comes to the facial rig. I’ve been continuously and prodigiously bearded and/or moustachioed since 1990. 🙂
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Ooof to Nano. It’s a hell of a time sink.
I hear ya on the moustachio front. I’ve always got a moustache going, and thanks to 3-4 months between homes, I’m currently bearded. Not a fan of having chin fungus… Gotta shear it back to the top lip soon heh.
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I started it in this comment but now I have to do it for real. A short tale about a man recounting his encounter with The Doe over an evening pint.
There will be chills. Maybe. I hope?
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Be a good story I reckon. If you ever write and post it, feel free to use my portrait to accompany it.
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I’ve been brewing the story in my head and pecking away at it. Each hour sees refinements.
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I’m doing NanoWriMo…at least, I hope to. Getting prepped!
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It’s quite an undertaking! Good luck, mate.
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I need it! Or a couple of daily pints LOL
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