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A random assortment of veggies makes an unexpectedly uplifting picture. Makes a nice soup, too.
onion
garlic
celery
mushrooms
tomatoes
persimmon
pomegranate
capsicum
Italian herb mix
chicken stock
blitz and finish with coconut milk
To make the product a bit more versatile I blitzed with a stick blender.
Top tip ... stop the blender before lifting out of the pot. It looks like a crime scene here!
Here's an ancient Italian recipe that i just made up. People seemed to like it and it was easy enough to make. It will be better left to cool and reheated tomorrow.
Today we remember the Blessed Claudio Granzotto, hence the name 😄
This mark was on the same wall at St John's church, but about 1.5 m above ground level.
The website, Trigpointing UK has pictures of many, many trigpoints, and this one appears to be unique, with that deeply-cut triangle going through the traditional benchmark.
So, while I will include this in my Banchmarks album, I believe this is a "3rd Order Trig Point" to use the terminology that's used to describe them.
Now, imagine some dude from Ordnance Survey rocking up to your house today and chiselling a mark on the wall ... that could lead to a fun exchange of words!
Smoke results from the incomplete combustion of fuel.
I looked out of the window a year ago and saw this - the abandoned recycling center (in a former power station) had caught fire, and continued to burn for more than two weeks.
The council had to spend about GBP 2 million on putting it out, which included partial demolition of the building so that the fire brigade could access the fire itself.
For some reason, I completely forgot to post this picture until now.
On Castle Hill stands this charming house. I love the original sash window frames. Sadly, I could not capture the 'wobbly' nature of the panes of glass. Glass remains 'fluid' and old glass thickens at the bottom. These windows show a lot of distortion, making me think they are the originals.
The act of joining wood or stone with a metal staple is sometimes called joggling. Thus, the staple is called a joggle.
Holes are carefully drilled or chiselled at a slight angle to accept the joggle which is hammered-in under slight tension; this pulls the joint together. Molten lead is then ladled into any gaps to seal the hole to prevent corrosion and lock everything in place. Excess lead is chiselled away when cool.
Seen here is a fireplace lintel that has previously cracked and then joggled.
The King of Canada also happens to be the Duke of Lancaster. You can see his badge around town.
He's coming to collect the keys to his castle next week. Fortunately there's always someone there in case he should forget them. Better than leaving them under a plant pot.
Having served my own dinner there was 1 1/2 l remaining. So, jarred for storage in the fridge. I'm giving a jar to a friend. Best he likes it!
Handelsbanken plc is a UK-based bank that appears to be a subsidiary of the better-known Swedish bank. It was interesting to see a branch here in Lancaster. It has the air of a 'private bank' similar to Coutts, but I believe that is not so.
They have a nice building.
The shocking state of the paving slabs is common across the rest of the city, regretably. Here, being on a hill, rainwater tends to run under the slabs, washing away the supporting sand. This leads to general weakening of the pavement/sidewalk and breakage.
A friend has offered to make a bookshelf to replace this little shoe rack. I will fill it with my poetry books, I think.
I had left my afternoon tea a little late, and there were no more scones. "You can have an Empire Biscuit," suggested the waitress. I was non-plussed. What can such a thing be?
Well, this arrived. It was a sandwich of shortbread and jam with almond paste, topped with icing and a glace cherry. Super - a rapid sugar hit!
It transpires that the original biscuit was a Linzer (think of a Jammy Dodger, filled with almond paste, dusted with icing sugar) and was re-named in 1914 to 'Empire Biscuit' for patriotic reasons.
I found that amusing, especially when the ruling Saxe-Coburg Gothas took until 1917 to change their name to Windsor.
About 50% of stations and branch lines were closed in the early 1960s "for efficiency".
I'm on a branch line now heading out into the countryside.
Trains are sometimes controversial but they provide mobility for millions each year.
Happy 200th birthday, railways 🎉🎂
The title is the motto of the BBC.
The BBC was founded in 1922. I was awoken this morning with thoughts of how the BBC should be funded, the purpose of the national broadcaster, and what do I want from it. And then, how much is it worth to me.
These days , I only listen to Radio 3. The news programs I find selective and usually shallow. The regional channels are irrelevant to me. I don't watch TV. The World Service is OK. I seldom use the website.
Currently TV owners pay an annual licence fee that generates 3 billion Pounds of revenue to the BBC. Their annual budget is about 5 billion.
The radio has been a lifelong friend. There was a radio licence in UK until 1971. How much would that be today if reintroduced?
Should I just switch to Radio New Zealand Concert and be done with it?!
I wonder how other countries fund their Public Service Broadcasters.
I just noticed the clock and it's time for lunch.
Here is a very traditional English sandwich - a ploughman's, or cheese and pickle. Again, I was surprised to get a salad and some chips on the side. But it was a pleasant surprise.
Brucciani's is one of my 'happy places', being staffed by friendly and competent people, in a charming Grade II cafe which has changed little over the decades.
Mahlzeit, friends.
I lost my spectacles the other day. Navigation was even more of a challenge than usual.
This is a fair representation of my uncorrected vision.
Rootling around on my Chromebook, I found this picture that I took some years ago.
I haven't used the Flickr app on this thing before, prefering to use Chrome. But let's see what happens!
There's a cafe on platform 4 run by Costa. It does a brisk trade. People come in empty handed and leave with one of those paper take out cups. I won't contemplate the horror of drinking coffee out of such a receptacle.
At the back of the cafe I found this deserted haven. Even the station Tannoy can barely be heard here.
Karl Lagerfeld said, "Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants."
The fashion at the moment seems to be for electric bikes that have been modded to go up to 60 mph (100 kmh) and to ride them on the pavement and pedestrian areas.
Riders are usually equipped with balaclavas or face masks, as shown here. I guess the wind chill is too awful to bear at those speeds.
I have nothing against e-bikes, per se. Just stay off the pavement/sidewalk, please.