Lots of people moving like a wave. It was unnerving.

I love laundry day and it's so nice to be able to dry in sunlight again.

The plants benefit from the extra humidity.

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Raining outdoors but my washing line is indoors. The plants enjoy the humidity and I enjoy the routine.

The bookshelf is a shoe rack that I found in the street.

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).

Doing my duty by supporting California.

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Later the temperature backed off a bit. Excuse the dust, I just got back from work.

The first of my bulbs appear.

I bought a bag of bulbs in the market a while ago and potted them up for spring. This one seems keen to arrive early.

I have no clue what they will be.

Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, 1st Baronet, (9 May 1801 – 12 April 1866) was an English landowner, developer and Member of Parliament who founded the town of Fleetwood, in Lancashire, England.

Before its foundation, Fleetwood was described as a massive rabbit warren on huge snd dunes

This bust was made in Rome by Henry Behnes Burlowe.

Friday's soup for a crowd consisted of anything on special offer. The oranges added sweetness to the carrots. Red lentils and chickpeas for protein and thickness. Broccoli because it's pretty 😁

If only a breeze had been blowing, this might have become an aeolian organ.

This is fascinating. I can't wait to spend more time with this.

I thought I'd try one of the YouTube air fryer recipes. This is for French apple cake. I forgot to include the milk in this shot.

2 eggs

50 g sugar

100 g plain flour

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 tsp baking powder

50 ml milk

1 red apple, peeled and chopped

beat eggs and sugar till airy

add vanilla

combine flour, apple, milk, baking powder without knocking out the air

pour into a greased silicon dish

bake in air fryer for 30 mins at 160 deg C

turn out onto a rack to cool

decorate with icing sugar

I'm charmed by this threshold. The drain cover appears to be a later addition, or else why not tile it with the same mosaic? The St George's Cross is an interesting detail. I find the whole thing to be an allegory.

Provençal inspired chicken

After 6 hours on low in the crock pot.

Chicken wings

Shallots

Garlic

Tomatoes

Zucchini

Mushrooms

Parsley

Herbes de Provence

Stock

Wine

Pepper and salt

Fractal flavor

Today I made a wholemeal bread that for once didn't go mad and produced an acceptable loaf. I used 40% English wholemeal flour and 60% Canadian strong white flour.

Here it is again. No, not this drink but the lead up to the coughs and colds season. It's time to give the immune system a wakeup call.

Whole fruits

2 oranges

1 lemon, half if you must

4 dates

A thumb sized lump of ginger

Whizz

Add some water and shake

Add honey if your face turns inside out 😅

Having de stalked and simmered for 30 minutes to neutralize the natural cyanide in the berries, i added lemon and sugar to make this luscious syrup. It has health benefits but probably not when mixed with vodka!

There's a strange trend here for breaking shop windows. some owners are unable to insure their glass again. something else to drive people out of business with no benefit for anyone. I don't get it.

Short shot. Less milk. Less everything but more taste.

Decorated with his customary irony by Grayson Perry.

Cream tea. This is a Cornish way of doing it; jam then cream. In Devon it's the other way around.

Given that this cream is from Cornwall and I have Cornish heritage, it's jam then cream.

In America and Canada it's hard to get clotted cream apparently. You can make your own in a slow cooker. Just dump a pint of pasteurized heavy cream into the pot for about 8 hours on warm. Remove the crock gently ... there are now two layers of cream and rough handling could recombine them. Then cool in the fridge for about 6 hours to thicken. then scoop off the clotted cream on top and store for up to 5 days in the fridge. The runny cream at the bottom can be used how you wish. On cornflakes is always fun 😁

The southern end of Morecambe Bay: Knott End-on-Sea. Look dead center on the horizon and you can make out the two power stations at Heysham.

There's not much here now, but up to the 1950s it was a popular holiday destination. Tastes change, and people seem to demand 'attractions' and warmer weather.

The butcher in the village has some awesome meat, much of it local. The cheesemonger was well-stocked. The hardware shop was full of all sorts of interesting things, and some were even useful. The breeze was sharp, even in July, so I found a charity shop and bought a nice sweater - and a load of photo printing paper, some bail jars and a barometer for my friend; an unexpected haul! Proceeds go to the local hospice, which is good. A pot of tea and a sandwich in Ralph's Cafe was just the restorative I needed. Too soon for fish and chips, tho' the chippy looked excellent. Tourism is not quite dead. What else is there to see, I wonder?

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I love Spanish blood oranges but they leave their mark. I treasure it.

A pilgrimage from Lancaster Castle to the memorial stone of the 15 Lancaster martyrs ended with Holy Mass.

From 1534 to 1791 it is was illegal to celebrate the Catholic Mass, be a priest, or follow Catholic faith in England. Punishments were brutal.

This is a portable altar stone, chalice and patten that would have been used in secret during this time of prohibition and persecution, being easy to hide or carry from place to place.

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.

In an effort to solve my networking problems, I turned off Bluetooth and WiFi. Wired mouse, wired keyboard, and Ethernet cable to the router.

Did it make a difference? Not really. The problem wasn't at my end of the connexion!

You guessed it: I've been back to the dentist.

But at least there is some sunlight today, and the air is clear enough to see across the bay to Black Combe.

Fun facts: people have lived and worked the slopes of Black Combe for over 10,000 years, without interruption. There are even fossilized footprints in the beach, and remains of shellfish high up on the combe itself.

Found during excavation for the canal. The Roman road was on a similar alignment.

For 40. 2 trays enough for 40 and a few second helpings. £24

Recipe from Cook for an Army, online.

3 o'clock pause

It's time for breakfast and a shot of my winter bracer. Shake, don't stir.

Stock added, and brought to boil for a couple of minutes. 1/3 reserved and the rest blitzed in situ; reserve returned. Spinach leaves added. Allowed to simmer for a few more minutes.

Christmas 2024

I'm grateful to have been able to cook lunch today without having been bombed or shot at. And having water and electricity on supply.

My first dinner like this for myself cooked by me. I'm especially pleased with the veg and gravy which were nice and herby.

Listening to Eric Whitacre Eternity in an hour

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Lunch at the market consisted of a sausage barm (local name for a bread roll) and cup of tea.

Locally produced sausages. Delicious simplicity.