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A traditional name for wild garlic is 'bears garlic', hence the scientific name, allium ursunum. A head of these little flowers will give a sweet burst of garlic flavour when sprinkled over a salad.

Memorial garden outside the local fire brigade. An unexpected gem hidden in plain sight.

New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax. Native to Aotearoa/New Zealand. It was a pleasant surprise to see it growing in a front garden.

  

Anna Pavlova

by Sir John Lavery

 

Life size.

 

Anna Pavlova toured Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s.

A meringue dessert was invented in her honor. But was it by a Kiwi or an Aussie? The discussion goes on. No Christmas is complete without a Pav!

It's more than a door, really. It's wider than a standard door of today. Grander, without being ostentatious.

I love the ferns growing out from the wall.

sleepy old boy

After a good bit of walking I needed a sit down and refreshment. At 'The Milking Parlour' in the charmingly-named Jingling Lane, I got everything I needed. And that included this delicious, refreshing and delicate elderflower sorbet. All the ices sold here are made in a nearby farm. Buy local, as the slogan goes.

A light and sound installation in Blackpool. Looking brilliant in the afternoon sun.

The fine flowers seem to glow in the late afternoon light.

The great gothic pile that is Saint Pancras station, overshadowing the British Library.

There's nothing quite like walking in the pouring rain, comfortably numb from some newly prescribed painkillers, to find this beautiful hydrangea waiting to greet me.

It's not the best coffee but it's what we drank together.

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Rye bread with seeds. First go. Pretty stoked with the result.

 

Rye bread has less gluten than white bread apparently.

When i cook it's like we're together again.

 

Apple, blackberry, lemon, sultana, cinnamon, Demerara sugar, finish with apricot jam glaze.

Walking back from work I noticed the ferris wheel had been completed and gave Queen Victoria an unexpectedly radiant look, set against a gin clear sky.

 

Lancaster hosts an annual temporary ice rink at this time of year, complete with Ferris wheel, and other bits and bats.

Dusk approaches the canal. I'm off to dinner.

Connected to the train wifi and attempted to upload this. Sadly, it failed to go. Flickr just buffered but never connected properly.

Anyway, it was a grand day out for me today, and I hope you had a great day, too.

Drain a can of chickpeas and add it to the reduced mixture. Stir and cook for another 10 minutes.

I've been reading about different techniques to use a French press. Most of them miss the point. It's not rocket science.

Older than the buildings around it. A beloved tree, fragrant and shady.

Bug hotels are nice to look at and handy habitats for little creatures while all about is changing.

Gone to the charity shop. I used it 3 times and the rest of the time it hogged cupboard space. An immersion blender and a nutribullet do everything that I need if a motorized chopper upper.

Walk up through the bracken, aiming at the ruins on top of the headland and you will find this view across the bay. This is what Saint Patrick would have seen when he returned to England from captivity in Ireland.

You just have to look for it.

The flower spike from one of the echeveria plants. This plant was a pup last year so it seems to be doing ok.

The British General Post Office held the monopoly on telephone services for the whole country, except Hull, until 1969.

With fewer people having landlines than before, I wonder what is under here.

This was my first view, looking up Radical Steps. Flaring sun ...

I used my hand as an improvised lens hood to produce the previous image. But this one has a certain charm, I think.

The apple smoothie is supplemented with seeded toast with a good coverage of local honey. So, additional goodness, including selenium, and natural antibiotic action.

  

Something built a nest in the old wall. Any suggestions what?

An edible mushroom. But not especially tasty. Leave it for the next passer-by.

I saw these pretty primroses after vespers tonight. A second moment of joy.

Looking up from the headland trail and one catches sight of some ruins.

Crystal glasses have gone out of fashion like crystal accents have. I bought 4 of these lovely whiskey glasses for a pound.

Makes a fun filter, too 😁

 

I just noticed this is off center. Does anyone care?

Getting itself ready for 'the Visit' is this lovely Jerusalem sage.

I might have a few leaves for salad when they've gone!

Avoiding a meltdown.

 

Which reminds me -- where are my castanets?

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."

Shepherd's warning

or Sailor's warning....

Not a measure but an infuser. Does anyone make these anymore? No worries about polypropylene glues or bleaching. Just fill it with tea and make a delicious cuppa.

Local teams bring much to a society. Activity and social cohesion are just two of the benefits.

Ingredients for winter shots. Add honey and ginger and you're good to go.

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