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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.
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.
Kiwi fruit chopped into Greek yogurt with walnuts and basil leaves. I've used gold kiwi fruit so I can leave the skin on - the skin is full of fiber, folate and minerals.
Seeded spelt bread. Soft crumb, crisp crust, nutty taste.
I added sunflower, sesame, and poppy seeds for added interest.
Come Advent, and the temporary ice rink and ferris wheel appear at Dalton Square. There are food and drink concessions at the edge, making this a nice evening's entertainment.
It's a bit like when you arrive at a church when the wedding party has already left. The season for cherry blossom is ephemeral and all the more delightful for that reason.
This mark is carved on the corner of a building on Middle Street, Lancaster. Hexfoils, or Witches' Marks, were carved on buildings in England from the middle ages to the 19th century as protection against evil. They are sometimes carved within a circle.
Pineapple chunks with chopped basil. Its tempting to add a smidgen of rum but it's going to be a busy morning.
Packed with fibre, vitamin C and antioxidants.
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.
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!
It's my turn to cook this week, so here are the ingredients.
The Food Hygiene people like me to use a supermarket, for the purpose of traceability.
I record every major 'event' as a picture, so I can present my records when inspected.
The allergen here is celery and nobody here has a probelm with that. There are no chillies today because I know some people here don't tolerate them.
The red lentils just melt away and provide thickness; they also contain 26% protein, which is amazing from such an inexpensive pulse.
A bag of curly kale is also full of goodness, and adds some visual interest once it's all blended.
The Harris is a gallery that has been closed for the last two years for 're-imagining' inside. It should have re-opened this spring but remains shut.
Baked in the new rubbery baking mold.
Glazed with strawberry jam, coz I could.
45 minutes at 160 deg C
More moist than heretofore.
It'll do.
Given a cans of cooked garden peas - i didn't know that was a thing - and asked to make lunch, what to do? Blitz the peas with some chili flakes and oil and dust with cayenne pepper. Serve with tortilla chips. Just right for a light and nutritious lunch.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's music is helping me to change step, change pace, this morning. it's so easy to become synchronized with the world's rhythms that one loses track of one's own beat.
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.
A cute little bee working hard during the windy winter here in LA.
SOOC from the Vivo X200 Pro telephoto sensor
Magnolias evolved about 100 million years ago during the Cretaceous period. Dinosaurs could have enjoyed their beauty as much as we do now. There were no bees then; pollination is by small beetles that are trapped in the flower at night.
What can you do with unwanted CDs? I used to hang them on strings around the veggie patch as bird scarers. But here they have been made into a dress!
When I was little all the fire engines were Dennis or Simon Snorkel. This one is made by DAF and these days they're called an 'appliance'.
Firefighters arrive to put out a fire on Fenton Street. A second arrived shortly after I took this but I couldn't hang about to see what else was going on.
A buttercup stands alone in the rain.
I was looking to buy a Sony camera in order to fit a macro lens the other day but it said that it wasn't 'weather sealed'. That would have been a pointless purchase then, given the amount of rain now, and to come with El Niño.
For now. this will have to do.