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The flowers were going to be thrown away and I found this lead crystal vase for a quid. Today's first golden moment. There were several more to come.
went to art class today. draw anything with eyes shut. I did my ginger plant from memory. then paint it with your eyes open. only 3 primary colors available. I had sun fun !
acrylic with bristle round brush on paper. lines done in pencil and vivid marker.
The lights are still low and the church is almost empty. The time before Mass for quiet reflection.
Laetare Sunday is the midpoint during Lent when fasting is relaxed and we are reminded to rejoice. Solemn purple is replaced by pink for the day and we return to our mother churches. We remember our Mother and all mothers.
Happy Mothers' Day.
Look at your camera - has it got a red dot on it? Or maybe an older ThinkPad ... ever wonder how those red dots were made?!
This perforator will go through 30 sheets of 80GSM paper with ease. And it looks pretty, too.
Hiding behind a lamp post at the top of Market Street lurks this benchmark. One of those signs of "if you can't measure it, you can't manage it" from the 1840 benchmark survey of England.
Maybe because it is shielded from wear, the broad arrow on this one is especially clear.
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!).
A bevvy of police BMWs parked at the top of the mews. The range of specialist vehicles here is bewildering. At least these look jolly.
My Laverda-riding partner used to joke about my bike all the time: slow but sure. I still miss that bike 😅
This camera is a deluxe version of the Brownie Six-20 Model E and was manufactured in England by Kodak Limited from 1955 to 1957.
Seen in an antique shop window.
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.
Said Bear enjoys some light gardening.
I think I missed the submission time for Teddy Bear Tuesday.
Happy July, Flickrati 😄