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A little wild daisy in the shade. Early sample from the new Sony Xperia 1 V. REALLY enjoying this camera!
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I found this in one of my usual haunts the other day.
It is extraordinary; full of archaic English text, some fascinating pictures, and advertisements that made me smile and wonder.
I'm looking forward to peppering my stream with a few shots from inside the book, alongside photograms of my own.
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Very little grows on jagged rock.
Be ground.
Be crumbled, so wild flowers will come up where you stand.
Rumi
First sold in 1807 in Oxford Street. London, the soap was targeted at the gentry. Later. his business partner Barret launched the eponymous Cyclopædia to help advertise the brand.
At low tide I counted 17 trundlers lying on the river bank, as well as assorted bicycles, a wheelchair, and goodness knows what else.
The broccoli and peas, post addition of stock, and blitzed in place with the stick blender. Added some plain water after this to add volume.
More cabbages, and more apples. And a nice red capsicum for a splash of interest, with green lentils for a bit of protein.
Aragostine, or sfogliatelle, 'little lobsters' in English, come from the Campania region and are an essential part of Neapolitan cuisine. Uber-flaky, filled with pisatacchio, hazlenut, chocolate, chantilly vanilla, or zabaglione.
These come from the batch which a friend made for this evening's service. I was allowed to have one, which was a huge treat!
If you have been paying attention, you will see that this recipe has rendered 750ml of something easy, nutritious, quick, and cheap. That's three generous portions.
I've had a broccoli head lying about for a few days. Nothing planned for it, so I made it into soup this afternoon.
It's quite warm today, so I cooked this in the microwave pressure cooker (flic.kr/p/2pWzFis), to try and keep the kitchen cool.
If you only have a pot and a hob, just consider cooking for a bit longer.
One head of broccoli
2 small sweet potatoes
1 clove garlic
5ml Italian herb mix (or leave out, and use nutmeg instead)
500ml vegetable stock
salt
Pink peppercorns (about 8 - optional)
Yogurt (optional)
Peel and smash the garlic, add to pot
Grind and add the salt
Add the dried herbs
Stir all together well, to help release oils
(You can also do this stage on the hob in a pan - it will release even more flavor)
Chop the broccoli into florets (I also use the stalk)
Add to the pot
Peel and finely chop sweet potatoes and add to pot
Cover with about 500ml stock (I used veggie, but chicken can work)
Seal the lid and microwave on high for 15 mins
Cool for 5 mins and blitz with immersion blender
Add 2 or 3 tblspn of Greek yogurt and stir well
Serve, or allow to cool and refrigerate for up to one week.
Serve hot or cold, with a slab of good bread. Add some grated cheese on top.
After leaving it to cool in the baking tin for a few minutes, it just lifted right out. The bottom of the tin pushes up, so that helped. But liberal use of butter on the tin before hand definitely is key.
Note the short-crust pastry - this is the first I've made, and I'm pleased with the result. I washed the lid with milk and dusted it with brown sugar, hence the color.
Lines. They are everywhere. If you step over them you get shouted at. But if you've lived behind them the stress is sometimes overwhelming.
Lines are everywhere today. It hasn't always been thus. We were supposed to know our place. Toe the line. This far and no further. Hard lines of you got it wrong. Write a 100 lines, i will hold the line. The thin red line. The medic puts in a line. The triage nurse puts you at the end of the line. The orderly sees your name in the lined ledger and goes over it with a line. No more lines.
At the back of the yard were some pretty thistles. Bees like them, which means I like them. Seeing this on a bigger screen is telling me to use my camera instead of my phone!
On a grey morning what could be better 🌞
One orange, whole
half a lemon, whole
a good lump of ginger, say 3 cm
some cardamom seeds
4 dates for sweetness - pitted ofc
an equal volume of water
blend till smooth
chill
drink
garnish ad lib. mint leaves would work.
similar to expensive health shots in an expensive UK supermarket
Below Lancaster Priory is a pretty field. It's left in a semi-wild state which encourages wildlife and is a nice place to walk, or sit and just 'be'.
I'm a terrible landscape photographer, but every now and then the scene just opens up for you and all you have to do is point your camera in the right direction.
Sooc from the Xiaomi 13 Ultra.
Dinner out last night. Feeling very much overfed.
Rachmaninov on the radio.
Black coffee from Nicaragua.
Juice is apple from Poland, orange from Morocco, almonds from USA, and cinnamon from Vietnam.
5 continents is what Ill call this drink. it needs ginger. next time.
During lockdown I played Skyrim. Being unable to get about as widely as I'd like, I've dusted off my copy of Skyrim and am pursuing some adventures.
Here is my character in assassin's armor and wearing Volsun's mask.
In pressure cooking mode, pressure builds up and this red telltale becomes visible, locking the lid in place until the pressure is released.
I have some nice baclava on the cold shelf. But it can wait for another day. Here's the leftover ice cream from the other day. Easy and tasty even if it looks a complete mess!
Washing up done. Coffee drunk. Greetings exchanged. Time to sit and listen to some music.
I hope you all had an excellent lunch too 👍
To be clear, this is a valve cover in the pavement. But when I saw the characters, 'ATM', I experienced a familiar shiver. I hate using those 'hole in the wall' bank machines.
The world's first Automated Teller Machine appeared in Enfiled, North London, in 1967 at a Barclays Bank branch. What has that to do with Lancaster? Banking and Quakers (where they still have a Meeting House).
Quakers back in the 18th century could not be in the 'professions' so many became bankers or merchants. Barclays Bank was founded by Freame and Gould (Quakers) and were later joined by Barclay (another Quaker).
More about ATMs, here:
"What hath God wrought" Numbers 23:23
This was the first message sent by Samuel Morse on his new telegraph in 1844.
This wrought iron balcony inspires awe, I think.
I'm letting these cool for 30 minutes to let them firm up a bit. It works for my bread so it might work here.
What to do with 20g of this flour,80g of that, and so on?
Throw them all together and make bread.
Although there was some 20% wholemeal in here I treated it all like white bread. Voilà you see the result. I'm especially pleased with the crunchy crust.
Bargain of the week from a thrift store.
Not the famous Venetian kind of waterbus, but a steam generator - sometimes called a steam cleaner.
My kitchen floor is squeaky clean - I can hardly wait to set about my curtains and furnishings!
I'm thinking about hanging some veggies from the washing line and steaming them, too!