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I'd call this the bridge to nowhere, but that's in Aotearoa New Zealand. The canal is still here, but it is silted up. All the same, it's a fine bit of stonemason's craftsmanship.
While you make the sauce, put the pasta on to cook. When it's al dente, use the tongs to lift it from the water and add to the sauce. Using tongs makes sure a good amount of pasta water goes into the sauce. Mix together, and add some more water if you want a more liquid sauce.
It's all very quick!
There's an ad for these from Target, at $45.99. Utterly insane. These cost a quid from my favorite local shop. Next year I shall stain them with some strong tea, and voila, a new look.
Seen at Williamson Park, Lancaster, used in a footpath.
These bricks are a very hard engineering brick, and were also used in the foundation for Blackpool Tower, and the Empire State Building.
Read more here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accrington_brick
'Accrington' is a great name, and Accrington Stanley is one of my favorite football teams - their history has been chequered but doggedly persistent. A great quality found all over Lancashire!
Winter ends in the northern hemisphere on 20 March. This should be my final batch of winter shots for the season. They appear to have worked by protecting me from coughs and colds this season. But, if nothing else, they have given me something to drink with breakfast.
A report has been published this week by the Meteorological Office whose records began in 1884. The UK climate is different now from just a few decades ago. England is now hotter and wetter than before.
Being mid July I was hoping to dispense with my sou'wester and oilskins for a few weeks more. Seems not.
Time to enjoy some Chopin played by Daniil Trifunov:
living in an apartment need not exclude gardening from ones routine. I've planted hyacinth and frittilaries for next year. and potted up the specimen that I rescued from the trash. it's been recovering over summer and has put on some strong growth.
Another introduced species from the Victorian era. Used in Cantonese cooking and some medicinal use though results are questionable. Big stone in the fruits so I'll leave these for the birds. Pretty to look at though.
Now, doesn't that sound altogether posher than 'fish fingers'?
Minted peas, crushed potato with garlic and cayenne pepper, and Polish-made tomato sauce (from the 'World Foods' section in the supermarket) because it is way cheaper than the others, and tastes better, too.
Linux-users may see the logo for Manjaro (well, it's close). I used to run Manjaro on an old Thinkpad, and it worked very well with that hardware.
In other news, walking is a bit of a problem at the moment, so I haven't been able to get outdoors for today's shot.
Taking a group photo that looks relatively unposed is not easy when people are the subjects. Flowers tend to have more grace and less vanity.
Today we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the beginning of the modern railway system.
The first locomotives run in USA were built by the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company.