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For some reason that I do not understand, UK is the biggest market for drophead or open top cars. Here they are, crewed by people who look better equipped to take on the South Pole than a gentle drive in the country. As they say up here, there's nowt so strange as folk.
It's been a bit of a day, to be frank. But I forced myself to go out, and i found this string of mains-powered lights for a quid. So here they are, strung out temporarily to see if they work.
Not sevruga but lumpfish roe on some buckwheat blinis with crème fraiche.
A cheap but no less delightful snack for the Christmas season.
The spoon is made from horn. Metal tends to add a taste to the delicate fish eggs.
I posted another shot of this house a while ago. I just like it. The front door has been replaced recently using a 'period' design. I watched it being hung in place - super workmanship.
I really like the lead flashing above the door, carefully cut into scallop shapes. A nice detail. The internal shutters are originals, as are the window frames.
It's called 'The engineer's house' because the castle engineer lived here for a while. I think that might have been Thomas Harrison, who did extensive work on the castle, including building accommodation for male and female prisoners.
If you know who the engineer was for certain, do let me know!
Sometimes it needs a bit more grunt to get the lid off a jar.
I found this metal adjustable jar opener online last week for the price of a coffee. So far it has lived up to the advertisement.
In other news there's not much happening this morning 😅
At low tide the sands just go on and on. Birds feed on the creatures living just below the surface. All is well. Until the tide sweeps back in at a surprisingly fast rate. There's even a bore that, when the wind and moon are in the right alignment, can be several meters high.
The danger really is extreme.
A cheap set of scales and a cheap grinder. No matter. Grinder on scales and set tare. Add beans to desired weight and grind away!
It's not much faffing about and it means you get more consistent results.
And who could resist these oily Brazilian beans?!
Samphire is a succulent, salt-tolerant plant that grows in littoral areas. What you see here is marsh samphire; it's the stuff that some of our sheep graze on, giving the meat a distinctive sweetness. Sometimes, samphire is also called 'asparagus of the sea.'
I got this clump today and lightly boiled it, which made sure it was clean of any impurities and bacteria. The local water comapny isn't as careful about dischages into the lakes and bay as we would prefer.
Some toast, some grilled sardines, pickled cornichons, and preserved tomato, and a dash of lemon juice is all I needed for a tasty and nutritious tea today.
This is part of my 'cooking on a budget' project, designed to make healthy and tasty food available for very little money.
If you are interested in learning more about smphire, read on:
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I love laundry day and it's so nice to be able to dry in sunlight again.
The plants benefit from the extra humidity.
I call it lunch. But maybe it has a name.
Sausages
Black eyed beans
Onions
Butternut squash
Tomatoes
Garlic
Herb mix
From WIkipedia:
The San Francisco Peace Pagoda is a five-tiered concrete stupa between Post and Geary Streets at Buchanan in San Francisco's Nihonmachi (Japantown). The Pagoda, located in the southwestern corner of Peace Plaza between the Japan Center Mall and Nihonmachi Mall, was constructed in the 1960s and presented to San Francisco by its sister city Osaka, Japan on March 28, 1968. It was designed by Japanese architect Yoshiro Taniguchi.
I don't like labels, having been assigned a variety of them throughout life. However, it can be handy to label food with what it is, and when you should use it by.
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A busy day at the beach, surfers catching waves during a beautiful sunset at Laguna Niguel.
The camera on the OnePlus Open continues to impress. Not just "good for a folding phone", it's a legit good camera.
This is the Mary Anne, the last remaining rowed ferry that was used on Windermere. It would have been built and in use before 1870, when the powered ferries were introduced. Ferries had been in use on Windermere since at least the 1450s.
This was rowed with huge oars, called sweeps. The ferry is 40 feet long and 11 feet at the beam, and had a movable ramp, to allow cattle to be loaded and unloaded easily.
Mary Anne sank off Belle Isle sometime after WW2 and was recovered in 1978. It is now under preservation at the Windermere Jetty Museum, which is a world leader in the preservation, restoration and maintenance of boats.
(If you are in the area, do go and support this charity; it's interesting, and has a great cafe that has tables right by the waterside!)