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Student flats. There are many buildings like this in town. And new apartment blocks near completion. Overseas students pay top dollar. It's the education industry that replaced the defunct lino factory that keeps the town solvent.
Carrots
Red onion
Garlic
Oil
salt and pepper
Mendi spices
Parsley
Coconut milk
Chicken stock
make the base
then add carrots
cook 5 mins
then add stock
boil then simmer
blend
then add coconut milk
garnish with parsley
30 mins start to finish
A kissing gate is designed so that the gate can swing freely, and not be latched; the gate just 'kisses' the posts when it swings. This way, only people and not cattle can get through.
A gentle walk along the canal. I call these flowers flags, but that's a bit old fashioned now, apparently. But yellow iris sounds too prosaïc for these beauties.
And the eponymous book is worth a read, too.
A fine building that will soon become student flats.
Bibby was a Liverpool entrepreneur whose firm included a shipping business. The company has diversified and is still running.
They used to fly a plain red company flag on their ships but added the family emblem after a ship was impounded at Hamburg in 1928...it was thought the ship was a hostile communist come to do nefarious things!
They aren't supposed to be in season 'til December. But here they are. Their juice adds a lovely color to frangipani, I've discovered (by accident!).
The tallest fell in the distance is known as The Old Man of Coniston, or just The Old Man (~802m). Sitting in what is now Cumbria, this is the highest point in the historic county of Lancashire.
It's very popular with walkers and has a number of well-marked tracks to the summit.
Slate and copper mining were carried out on this fell for over 800 years, and you can see spoil tips and the remains of disused mines.
This is looking out from Hoad Hill. It's classed as a Marilyn (hill over 150m), so that's two Marilyns I bagged this week =]
Celeriac and black bean stew, with pickled Korean radish, and rice. Garnished with crispy onions and soy sauce.
Sliced red skin potatoes
Sliced red onion
Grated red Leicester cheese
1/2 cup water
Aromat
Garlic
in an oblongs 8 inch dish
cover
20 mins in the microwave on full
enough for 5 or 6 servings
nice with a salad and glass of wine 😁
Haworthiopsis attenuata. Originally from South Africa; a succulent, not a cactus.
Several pups and the pot is pretty full. Time to repot will be in the spring when the roots reawaken.
This one is about 4 years old, and with gentle care should go on for about 50 years. I guess I'll have to include it in my will.
Adrian Hardy Howarth (1767-1833) was an English botanist from Hull, who later settled in Little Chelsea (now absorbed into Fulham). He described these plants in his book, 'Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum' (London, 1812) and which you can read online. It's a good read.
Rusty hasp with blue padlock on a blue wooden door.
Phone image.
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In the US military an officer who joined as an enlisted man is sometimes called a Mustang.
There have been many notable Mustangs, including Chesty Puller and Chuck Yeager.
Until I looked this up in a 'big book of Clematis' I hadn't realized there are so many varieties. All the characteristics indicate that this is a 'Broughton star' but, whatever it is, it's pretty, cascading over the wall.
Under a hedge, with no other crocuses nearby. this single clump of flowers reaches out into the winter sun. Perhaps they have self-deeded; who can tell?
I admired the determination of this little plant to succeed, all alone.
Did I say that I have joined a food club? What's that, you say. Some people confuse them with food banks, but they are not quite the same, even though they do serve the needs of people with limited means. As co-operatives, they are able to buy products in greater bulk than an individual and take advantage of discounts. As charities, they are able to receive products that may have reached their 'sell by' dates, as well as over-stocked items. This saves me money, and saves food going to landfill. I pay a set sum each week, and collect my 'allocation' once a week.
You never know what will be available, which encourages creativity and is huge fun.
Today I am making a batch of soup for the week. For your entertainment, and my own records, here is what is in the mix:
Tomatoes
Red pepper
Spring onions (scallions)
Garlic
Parsley
Basil
Carrots
Parsnips
Brussels sprouts
Lime
Cabbage
Celery
Mushrooms
Bulgur wheat
Olives (stoned)
Anchovies in oil
Chilli flakes (just a few)
Stock
Pepper
Salt
Mixed herbs
Into the slow cooker on low, to go on at midnight (when the power is cheaper) and off at 6.
There's been a weekly market at Lancaster since 1193, when the king granted a charter to permit trading.
I look at these every time I am at the sink, washing up or filling the kettle. They are probably the loveliest flowers I have been given. There's something about gypsophila that takes me back to childhood, when I wanted to become a florist when I got older. I wonder how life might have been, had I followed that ambition.
My favorite erstwhile apprentice baker is now working as a roofer, restoring historic buildings. "AI won't replace this job and everyone has a roof," he said.