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Seen today on the window of a local bank. Lynette's window paintings stay for a while, but are not permanent additions, sadly.
Today is also the 80th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter. That's worth thinking about for a moment, I'd suggest.
And a short film, here:
Seen are the pilae that supported the floor of the Roman bath house. Hot air would be forced through the space.
Accurate scales build customer goodwill; so says the Herbert & Sons leaflet.
Here are the scales used to weigh out orders at Atkinson's. They may be old, but they are quick and accurate - I re-weighed my tea at home on my electronic scales, and the weight was spot on.
These scales were made sometime between 1910 and 1945. The maker, Herbert & Sons, was established in London in 1760 and is still trading.
You can see different models of Lion scales at 1:36 and 4:32 in this fascinating historical film, here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9wNJ78S2GY
You can read more about the Lion Quick Action Scale, here:
www.herberthistory.co.uk/userdata/files/light_on_the_lion...
Happy Shrove Tuesday.
This Lententide, let's all abstain from harsh words and rash judgment. Let's be attentive, and do all this together.
Enjoy those pancakes and remember the first one out of the pan is usually not so brilliant 😅👍
Here is the British Library. It contains many amazing treasures, including one of the original copies of Magna Carta. The building has been awarded Grade I listing, which I do not understand. However, I came to look at what is inside, and not the building.
(Then) Prince Charles described the building as looking like "an academy for secret police" and the late Sir Gerald Kaufman MP said it was "about as glamorous as a public lavatory."
I love this handsome tree. you can see that it was cut down once but had regrown from the remaining stump. A real survivor.
My neighbor's cat sometimes goes walkabout but comes back to guard the front door. Here he is today.
Left on my kitchen counter this week. people can be so kind.
it's blowing a hooley outside. Red weather warnings for the West Coast of England. stay home if you can.
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.
Jameson's whiskey is aged for at least 7 years: "Not a drop sold till it's seven years old."
This soup has been in the fridge for almost a week; it's been a busy day so I was hungry (again!). The last portion of tomato soup looked a bit dull, so I dropped a handful of spinach leaves in with the soup when I heated it up. Finished with a good grating of old 'mousetrap' cheese, a hefty dollop of homemade yogurt, lemon juice, and a few twists of black pepper.
It was 'proper reet good' as we say here!
Elder, or Sambucus nigra. There should be plenty of berries later for making a winter cordial that's packed with vitamin C.
The new student accommodations - studio apartments - are built on the site of where sails for ships were made.
Rents are at full commercial rates, contributing to the big student loans that most students take out. Higher education is a big business.
Giles Gilbert Scott was the principle architect of Battersea Power Station. Much later Frank Gehry set out this transformation and reuse of this icon of South London.
This seen in 2019.
Gilbert Scott also designed the K6 telephone box (1935).
Red beetroots
Carrots
Red onions
Celery (not red!)
Garlic
Secret herbs n spices
Stock
Slow cook overnight on low
Down at the chazza I spotted this classic from the 60s. The Parker 65 Consort was only made in England.
Once cleaned this produced a lovely wet line and the gold nib has a nice, springy feel to it. It should be able to vary the line width, with practice.
Ham cooked overnight in the slow cooker, with bay leaves, pink peppercorns, onion, garlic, on carrots and mushrooms.
Served on couscous with pickled radish, and carrots. With Dijon mustard.
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.
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!
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.
These hydrangeas are called 'limelight' because of their initial color (similar to the original calcium oxide light discovered by Goldsworthy Gurney) and used in theaters for ages. Theater lights are still often called 'limes' for that reason.
Eventually these flowers will fade to cream, before turning pink in the autumn. Quite a spectacle.
I was recently given a small can of corned beef. It's not something with which I am familiar. Back in the 80s, when UK was at variance with Argentina over the ownership of the Falkland Islands, I remember all the Argentine corned beef in our ration packs being replaced with corned beef tins from Brazil. No doubt, another swathe of virgin rainforest was felled to provide grazing space for the doomed cows.
Anyway, I did (a lot) some reading about recipes for 'corned beef hash' and was astonished by how many recipes there are, and how much absolute bollocks about authentic recpies, ownership, and such like has been written.
A friend's ancient mother (from Blackburn) inisisted that all the ingredients should be boiled well, mashed, and served as is. She came from the generation when all meat was considered to be risky, unless boiled and boiled and boiled before doing anything else (at that point, probably the best thing would be to throw it away!).
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So, I opened the can without breaking the key, or ccutting my thumb to the bone (I still have the scar from doing that when I was about 10). Then cut the extruded mass into 1cm cubes. Then, into a bowl along with a tablespoon of Worcester (yes, I know it says 'Worcestershire' on the label - only foreigners and young internet people call it that) sauce, 2 teaspoons of Vegemite (everything is better with Vegemite), a good dollop of whole grain mustard, and a drizzle of olive oil. Mix together, and allow to rest while getting on with the next step.
Time to get back for my train home. And here's the well laid track. But I'll find my own path. Nothing new there 😁
... of Paulton Hall. Demolished in the 1930s. A park for the local people is infinitely more useful.
"New Zealand's most modern brewery" it says on the side; apologies, I don't know yet how to selectively highlight that bit.
This was built in 1935 and operated as a brewery until 1955, when it was bought by the New Zealand Musicians' Club.
As a brewery it was operated by the Coutts family, who came from Germany originally. During WW1, the Kuhtze family changed their name to Coutts, having already naturalized. The family's know-how later became a cornerstone of later NZ brewing, by big forms such as DB.
The marketing slogan for Cascade Brewery was "Putting the Happy in Taihape".
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.
Plan early, plan twice.
Bananas, custard, cinnamon, nutmeg. Keeping it simple. But ready for a change of plan 😀
The former Williamson Power station, now abandoned and unloved. Too dangerous to demolish safely, apparently. It's been there since 1949. Built to power the industrial estate. Now best known as SupaSkips, the bankrupt recycling company that bought the site.
This is a diary picture rather than a 'photograph' but I had fun developing the Raw image, having shot into bright sunshine. Also, shot on the ultra wide setting to get it all into frame. I like the distortion.