You can see how grudgingly this kerbstone allowed itself to be inscribed.

Old fashioned service and everything a household might need, and more!

The remains of Arnside Tower. Built around 1340. Tower houses were designed to protect occupants from border raiders, known as reevers.

Art class left me hungry, so I made some lunch when I got home. The broccoli looked a bit tired, but it steamed nicely with some lemon juice and garlic.

It's steeper than it looks. A handy ginnel between Judges Lodgings and the castle. In old times a judge could hear a case, pass sentence and still be back in time for elevenses without breaking into a trot.

A small portion of haddock and chips. Today I was offered tar tare sauce and a wedge of lemon. The youth behind the counter suggested I would enjoy some gravy, too. He was right!

A YouGov survey found that 23% of Northerners regularly pour gravy over their chips, compared to 15% of Midlanders and 9% of Southerners. Greater Manchester is considered the spiritual home of gravy on chips, with 38% of residents indulging.

Afternote: I think, for clarity, that I should say the gravy is for dipping your chips in; not the fish! Also, you dip your chips; you don't pour the gravy over them - that's why you get the gravy on a pot.

I am learning a lot about fish and chips in England. In the North, the default fish is haddock while in the South it's cod. Personally, I prefer skate, but good luck finding any - it tends to go straight to France and Portugal.

Finally, "fish supper" is a Scottish or Irish term. But if you are in a fish and chip shop and ask for one, you tend to get it!

looking serene!

The Storey Institute has this window by Shrigley and Hunt. The colors are unmistakable. Names of famous British artists and architects are shown, including Wren, Turner, and Flaxman.

Seen at the entrance to the local organic grocery, this electric delivery bike must surely be the way forward.

Campanula. Sometimes called bell flowers or hare bells.

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.

Instead of the main road, you can use a ginnel to get to Williamson Park that retraces the route used by the quarry workers in the 19th century. Unexpectedly I saw the back of the Ashton Memorial.

The Ashton Memorial is, by chance, close to the mathematical center of Great Britain, if you exclude the Isle of Man. To paraphrase a favorite actor, "not a lot of people know that."

she likes to be cosy

from my back garden

Not every day is as balmy and calm as this.

Some of the suits of armor in the collection at Kelvingrove. These are from Germany and Italy.

Melody by Kellock Brown.

Ethyl wasn't even a thing

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

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Fishmarket of Rialto in a foggy evening, after a glorious sunset. Autumn, during the Madonna della Salute holiday.

Veggie stew with purple carrots and rice.

The purple carrots had a more earthy taste than the traditional orange ones and made a nice change. And they looked interesting.

In the courtyard of Lancaster Cathedral.

Saint Patrick landed in Heysham and this holy well is named for him.

At uni yesterday was a market with a variety of stalls. I realized it's at least 2 years since I had a burger (Burger King; simply dreadful) and the menu here looked attractive.

Having gone for wild boar, I was not disappointed. No need for any sauce or mustard, it was juicy and full of flavor. Being wild game, it was lean and tender. I'm glad I passed on the cheese that was offered.