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Is the lamp a tree?
The cross bar below the lamp was to allow the lamplighter to rest his ladder, should he need to change the mantle, or otherwise service the lamp.
Meet the latest member of the household, Number Five. He's from Cambridge, so 'Five' seemed obvious, if a bit unkind. So Number Five it shall be.
Russ Berrie & Co (the makers) was registered in New Jersey, and this bear was nearly called Tony (Soprano) but Five is a reformed character now.
Today, 9 Nov 2024, Germany marks the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. That day in 1989 was one of huge celebration and relief for many. It also marked the beginning of the end for the DDR, and led to the reunification treaty of 3 October 1990.
Not everyone was happy about this, and some even felt that they had been annexed.
It marked a turning point in the way that Europe works, and a step towards the current position in which Europe now finds itself.
With that said, Berlin was definitely party central back then.
One of my great-grandmothers was Irish, and so I feel no shame in using a Gaelige name for my latest attempt at making this speckled fruit loaf, using my own recipe. I think it will do, finally.
I definitely need to get a wire cooling rack!
I feel that everything is slipping away so quickly at the moment. I wish it would slow down a little.
Just to prove it isn't only German that I mangle!
Dinner tonight was a lamb steak, served on a bed of mashed carrot and sweet potato, with garden peas and pickled red cabbage. Brought together with some more veloute sauce.
So - other than the enormous quantity of peas (don't hate me - I like them) - what's the deal? Well, I cooked all of this in a microwave, in three separate 4 minute sessions. Cost of energy was about 15 p. You do need the appropriate dish to sear and cook the meat, but there are so many on the used pages these days, you really ought to get one.
Lékué (offices in Barcelona) is my favorite brand, but there are others of course.
A levelling plate, also known as a flush bracket, is a specific type of brass fitting found on trig points (triangulation pillars) and other structures used for surveying and mapping. It is designed to provide a precise and stable surface for attaching a levelling staff during height measurement, enabling accurate determination of elevations above sea level.
If you type in 'trig point S5406' or whichever trig point you are looking at, into your browser, you will get a page telling you all about the trig point itself:
I have included this in my Benchmarks album because the abbreviation on the plate, OSBM, stands for Ordnance Survey Benchmark.
And I just realised I should have 'trued' this picture to put the plate completely vertical, as it is in life. I'll do that sometime =]
First day back at work ...
I got a new recipe to try:
Round about the cauldron go;
In the poison'd entrails throw.
Toad, that under cold stone
Days and nights has thirty-one
Swelter'd venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i' the charmed pot.
Who knows - they might enjoy it =]
"Lancaster Martyrs - Wikipedia" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster_Martyrs
Here is the approximate location where the Lancaster Martyrs were executed. At the time it was out of the way and the hope was that it could be done out of sight of the people while they would be at home at lunch.
Grilled beef tomato with a sprinkling of herbs and garlic, with local bacon. Damson ketchup and Dijon mustard.
I love breakfast!
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Friends made me a card and I wanted to share the joy.
Peace on Earth and goodwill to all 🙏
The work of seconds with a bolt cropper and someone's treasured bike is gone.
Nobody sees anything. It's a shame.
Corollary - use a U bolt lock, or tie a wolverine to the frame if you leave your bike for even a few minutes.
I was putting in a new door frame and came outside for a break. Saw these on the edge of the car park and had to take a picture or 10!
The custom of sending a postcard from where one is visiting seems to have died out. Certainly, it's increasingly difficult to buy a postcard. Gone are the days of searching through the carousel that displays the card for just the right one. Gone is the tiny income for photographers who created them. So now we snap a picture, just like everyone else's, cluttering up the landscape as we do so, and 'flick it' to Facehugger or whatever.
Gone also is the discipline required to write something interesting and legible in the small space allowed on the back of the card, and the foresight to have brought an address book that has all the necessary details. Aunty Maud gets her annual card, even if we never actually visit her, for instance. I could go on.
For now, feel free to print this and post it. You don't need to be in Morecambe and nobody will know otherwise. Holidaying at Great Barrier Reef? St Kitts? Ulan Bator? Worry not - I've got you covered - send greetings from Morecambe and bring friends and rellies sunshine, wherever they are!
I once read a specification for how to securely close a garbage bag. This is one of the methods.
I thought it was a UN specification, but I have misremembered. It's all a load of rubbish.
blown glass by David Kaplan and Annica Sandström, Galashiels.
The technique, Overhang, is complicated. Look it up if you're interested.
There's an interesting, representative collection of glass at Kelvingrove but it is very poorly lit. I liked this piece but wasn't inspired to linger.
But of a sort. Didn't feel like cooking tonight but hungry. So i threw this together quickly. It doesn't look much but it hit the spot.
1 egg
3 sliced mushrooms
Garden peas
Blue cheese
Chives
Olive oil
Mix together in a small dish
Baked quickly
I really like this tiny graffito that I saw in a local coffee shop. the slightly curved 'spine' makes this seem almost alive.
Carved into a kerbstone, a single letter. What does it signify? Who did it? When was it done?
No hydrant, hospital, hotel or other 'H' is nearby. It's a mystery.
A project by Lancaster University to show a living room of the future, equipped with objects from the Internet of Things, and to elicit people's reactions.
A visionary engineer, architect, and all round good bloke. Here's his house, near the postal depot. He even sorted out sewerage so people had safe water. Read more, here:
"Edmund Sharpe - Wikipedia" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Sharpe
I love the Asian supermarkets in our city. Here's a souvenir of one of my favorite cities; sulfur soap. Bactericidal and gentle in use. For really clean hands. The scent is, predictably, not to everyone's taste.
And a splash of yellow 💛 during these grey days is welcome.
Celeriac and black bean stew, with pickled Korean radish, and rice. Garnished with crispy onions and soy sauce.
Walking along the riverside, the trees and undergrowth bury their roots in the ground that keep the banks together - come rain, shine, and flood. Sometimes the leaves are so dense that you can't see the river any more. So it's good to look at the trees, and think of Joyce Kilmer's wonderful poem:
Trees
By Joyce Kilmer
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
This lovely piano was built at the Bechstein English subsidiary, and not at Berlin, around 1930 (going from the serial number on the frame). Sadly, it has not been kept in concert fettle and the keyboard and action need to be overhauled by a technician. The Ivory Act makes it illegal to sell this on, so I shall look forward to returning next year to play it again.
Notwithstanding, it was a pleasure to play.