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A sudden prifusion of fruitflies threatened the cleanliness of my kitchen. Basil doesn't repel them, nor incense. But a jam jar with a bit of cider vinegar makes an efficient trap. Some wrapfast over the top, with a few holes, and 'job done'.
The stones are quarried, shaped, and lain on compacted sand. The joints are sealed with hot pitch to reduce ingress of water which could weaken the sandy base.
The stones are called setts and confusingly the road is called a cobbled road. Cobbles are the natural rounded stones you might see elsewhere.
While steep, this road still gives good traction, even when wet.
What can be simpler or more comforting than dipping toast 'soldiers' into a soft-boiled egg?
Today is the spring solstice in the northern hemisphere, marking the first day of spring. Happy Ostara to all my pagan friends. 🌱
My Pixel switches on a ' nightsight ' setting when the ambient light drops. This is the same view as the previous picture but choosing the nightsight setting.
If the phone is on a mount, it will also provide a night sky setting. nice for fireworks, star gazing and satellite counting.
Another example of a kissing gate, except this one has been decommissioned, after the fence had been moved to make way for the footpath.
An easy and flexible stew that can be served on rice, or blitzed to make a nice sauce for pasta.
Onion
Garlic
Courgette
Borlotti beans (can)
Plum tomatoes (can)
Mushrooms
Veggie stock
Tomato puree
Herb mix
Salt and pepper
Vary ingredients with whatever you have in store!
20 minutes in microwave pressure cooker
Rest 5 minutes and serve
Wearing the same sort of thing every day makes mornings easier. It doesn't imply that I do the same thing everyday; today I'm being a musician.
Wrought iron gates. Delicate and not really characteristic of the area. I wonder who commissioned them, long ago.
The power company was encouraging its customers to power down for an hour last night to help 'balance the grid'.
Turns out they had to buy electricity at a hugely inflated price because Brits were using their fans and aircon more than expected.
I don't know anyone with aircon other than the local supermarket. And my fan uses 30W an hour - a trivial rate of consumption. Could it be the data centres that need extra cooling? My weather app updated yesterday with a 'complete AI experience ' that I neither asked for nor needed.
In other news, the mix of ratatouille, tuna and red onions chilled during the day. I served over 2 sliced tomatoes drizzled with olive oil and sea salt. Some flat leaf parsley completed the salad.
There's a recent trend to break the windows on this building. I thought I'd take a picture of this pretty window while it lasts.
I bought some loose tea. carefully weighed and packed in a reusable bag.
Today was the turn of Russian Caravan tea, which is a long time fave.
A peculiar bid emerged from the roots of my snake plant. So I broke it off and put it in a pot of soil a couple weeks ago. And here it is, growing and thriving.
The thing I love about Italian bikes is that most of them fit me.
My friend is telling me to get another bike. It's been a while since my last one. This would be great but prudence tells me to get a smaller one for a year.
Isn't this gorgeous!
After a busy morning in the kitchen I like someone else to cook for me. Hence, I've found a new place that hits the spot; I can sit outside in comparative peace while I read and enjoy the shade of the acer trees that are still in leaf. So thick is the foliage that I can sit here in the pouring rain in comfort.
Here's a bowl of slightly spicy capsicum and tomato soup, today's offering. Delicious. I'll have to give this a go myself soon.
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith SJ was a Jesuit priest who was executed after being convicted for being a Catholic Priest in Lancaster on 28 August 1628. He was canonized in 1970 and is included in the list of Forty English Catholic Martyrs.
This window is at Lancaster Cathedral.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Arrowsmith
Windows at the cathedral were mainly done by Shrigley & Hunt of Lancaster, and Hardman's of Birmingham. I don't know who made this one for certain.
Having been out all day I return to find a) some fool has left the lights on and b) the daffodils have come out - how lovely!
A row of linden trees lines the pavement beside the police station in Lancaster (not Berlin - but I couldn't resist this title).
So, here's part 2 of 2 of cleaning the air fryer. I've run the 'hot cycle' and you can see where I have wiped down the metal parts. Without unscrewing and removing the heating element, I can't get to the fan and the surrounding areas. It's too hot to harbor any microbes (I hope) but it won't let me at any fats that build up. I would say that is a design fault. At least I will know what to check for when I eventually have to replace this one.
You might call them mugs, but here they are beakers. Well, they were till mass communication arrived. Some people still call them a beaker and I shall encourage it.
In the window can be seen the iconic Magis Me Too Puppy chair, designed by Eero Arnio and manufactured in Italy.
Unlike Thomas Sheraton's outstanding furniture, of which no original examples survive, these will be around for a very long time, having been made from polyethylene.
They look fun though.