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Safely away from buildings. The root systems are huge and will easily undermine foundations and buried pipes. Such majestic trees deserve their own space.
Breakfast coffee and my Herdy mug. I adore Herdwick sheep for their hardiness and sense of mischief.
It's 'Light up Lancaster' again; an annual festival where light installations are displayed and often projected onto buildings.
Now the ambulance station, this former school for the poor was opened 2 years before England's first Education Act that mandated basic education for all children. This school was provided by the anglican church.
Churches have always been associated with education. I was educated by Jesuits and will always be grateful to them even though i hated school.
This little souvenir from swamp kauri wood is old, buried during the last ice age.
I've hung crystals in the windows and love these serendipitous light plays.
or your medicine will become your food.
So said Hippocrates (maybe). I tend to agree.
Enough of lolling around feeling crook - time to make something nourishing; so here it is.
In the slow cooker:
Cooking bacon - choline (brain function, memory) and more
Mushrooms - protect the gut, brain, immune system ...
Red potatoes (sliced) - potassium (heart), B6 (stress), C, fiber ...
Onions - lower cholestorol, antioxidants, C, K, Allicin ...
Tomato pulp - all of the above, eye health, prostate health, heart ...
Apple - all the above, more quercetin (brain health)
Lemon - all above, and help reduce the chance of kidney stones
Brussels sprouts - all the above, and folate (red cell health)
Garlic - joint health, anti viral, anti bacterial, anti inflammatory
Bell pepper - all the above, lutein (eye health), A, C
Salt and pepper - a bit improves taste, improves immune system, metabolism, and heaps more beside
Vegetable stock - vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory, all of the above
Ginger - pain relief, heart health, digestion, insulin regulation ...
I'm putting this on at the low setting overnight. It took longer to write this than do the prep. Hopefully it will taste half decent!
Ash Virgin Women's High Tops.
Nappa leather that is so soft - too bad they are too narrow, and too small, or I would have certainly bought them!
Pigeons were used as messengers to report the flood state of the River Nile in the time of Rameses II. These lovely birds are just coming to say hello - and maybe scarf a few crumbs from my lunch.
A passerby commented that if I gave them anything they would be my friends for life. And so they are =]
A word that's almost disappeared, along with pantry.
Using a pumice block to de-pill cloth looks like a good plan.
The sheep were very timid at first and ran away when I approached the fence. Curiosity soon got the better of them and they came back for a closer look.
The Kenneth and Avon Canal runs in the south of England between Bristol and Reading.
IDK how long it would take to get here, but it's at least 260 miles away. That's about 2 weeks of steady cruising just to get this far.
You need to run the engine for about 6 hours per day to power the batteries for the fridge and lights and other electrical items.
Many boats have small log burners for heating, which are essential during colder months.
I was craving a curry all day; I haven't eaten one in years. I wasn't going to go to a takeaway, so I made one (my first).
Here is my best go at at tarka dal, made with red lentils.
It gave me the excuse to buy a jar of lime pickle, which I love.
It tasted a lot better than it looks.
'Ruby Murray' is rhyming slang for curry (duh) and you can listen to the eponymous Ruby (an Irish pop singer from the 1950s) here:
A cloudy day snap from the "poorest premium phone camera" I reviewed of last year. When even the weakest cameras on our phones can turn out shots like this, I think we're in pretty good shape for mobile photography.
I've been looking at some lovely pictures of butterflies taken in Dorset. Such a lovely county.
Here, it will be a little while yet before I see any lepidoptera gracing the landscape!
Time for lunch, methinks.
Semi macro of a pink beach hut showing the wood grain.
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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.
A symbol that I seldom see these days. The CND symbol became known universally as a peace symbol. It's the semaphore letters for N and D (nuclear disarmament) enclosed in a circle.
Invert it and it becomes U D (universal disarmament) or the tree of life. However you look at it, it makes sense.
I was recently asked if Trivial Pursuit was available in UK. It is, in many flavors. Here is one I saw yesterday.
There are few things that I can imagine would be a better definition of 'waste of time' than playing this 'celebrity' version.
Things that different people have said:
"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."
Henry Thoreau
"Clive, you are living your best life."
"This is normal life for you now."
Being at a loose end, I took a trip to Morecambe to buy some paint, and stopped at Lewis's for a 'natural dairy' ice cream, and paused a while on the promenade to consume it while looking across the bay at the Lakeland Fells.
Nothing is ever perfect, but I felt blessed today.
Steam can be released manually and it escapes here. It comes out under considerable pressure. Best to open the window when doing this!
From Dr Samuel Johnson'sDictionary of 1755.
Looking at how so many places of manufacture have been moved abroad, Johnson was remarkably prescient.
I bought this remarkable book last week. Not a page-turner but certainly an interesting lens on an older form of language and how time has changed it.
The apparent calm of the undergrowth is disturbed by a clump of 'Lords and Ladies', poised to open.
Arum maculatum has many names. Lords and ladies is possibly from using the roots of this poisonous plant to make the starch to stiffen ruffs and cuffs that were once sported by the nobility.
Bread pudding has been made in England since the 11th century. Over time other ingredients have been included, such as milk, eggs. butter, sugar, and fruit.
Here's yesterday's attempt, with wholemeal bread, served with custard. Calories and comfort.
Today is Flickr's 21st birthday! Today's theme is *BOLD*
Here is my lava lamp - which is used to bring me a moment of joy, and provide a bit of lighting when I eat dinner.
Did you know that lava lamps are used to generate random numbers? Cloudflare has a whole wall full of them, and cameras are used to get all sorts of measurements which are then used to create the random numbers that keep us all safe online.
The whole process is called 'Lavarand' and you can read about it, here:
For some reason the yogurt split. Not the usual brand; I think it might have had a thickening agent.
I'm normally gentle with my kitchen tools but I have fruit to use up. Packed in to the max line.
Apple
Orange
Nectarines
Almonds
Walnuts
Cinnamon
Water
Looking through the canal bridge, one can see the canal. It's still there but is now silted up. It's not just a case of clearing out the weeds, but that would be a start.
Afternoon tea with my new tea cosy. So hard to find now that few use a teapot and loose tea.
to keep me going till dinner is a Chorley cake. This is filled with raisins and baked in short crust pastry. Sometimes called fly cake for obvious reasons. Nice with a bit of butter and Lancashire cheese on the side.
Tea is lapsang with a bit of Ukrainian honey.
it's reet good!😄