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Crumpler is an Australian brand of bags that protect cameras, computers and even Olympians (well, their gear!) worldwide. I've used them for years. Each bag has an interesting model name.
My revived MacBook has just acquired this Crumpler sleeve, which is made from the same material as my old diving suit. Just the thing for today; it's raining again.
Looks horrendous but tasted better than it looks.
Roasted mushrooms on some toast that was drizzled with Worcestershire sauce. A simple and satisfying breakfast.
This week's soup from assorted stuff on sale and lurking in my cupboard.
Wash but no peeling: fiber and nutrients abound.
The pickled garlic remained firm despite pickling. It sliced as finely as you might want.
Letting the brine cool a bit seems to have avoided any cloves going blue or green.
Ready made puff pastry, with a dollop of bramley apple sauce in the middle. Brushed with a little milk and dusted with ground cinnamon. Baked in the air fryer for 10 minutes.
Served with Greek yogurt and flaked almonds.
A simple dessert after a simple salad.
I think more will follow in due course.
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.
These flowers just go on and give joy each time I see them.
I have met some people like that along the way.
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A local artist was commissioned to design some interesting finials for bollards around town. This is one of them.
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.
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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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.
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.
It was strangely very hard to find an Advent calendar. By chance I found this at Oxfam. The chocolate is very nice and fairly produced.
The colors complement those of my disco light 😁🎄
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.
Up in the tree safely away from humans and cats is this bat box.
With declining insect populations bats are having a hard time. Local volunteers do what they can to help.
Spaghetti Eis. Haven't had this since the 80s, yikes!
Here's my take on the Italian flag: vanilla ice cream pressed through a potato ricer, ground up pistachio, strawberry sauce.
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"The arts are essential to any complete national life. The State owes it to itself to sustain and encourage them."
Winston Churchill, speaking about the Royal Academy
While not his greatest fan, he spoke sense in this instance.
The coat of arms of Russia. The two headed eagle was first used in the 15th century and colored black.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_Twinning
an interesting scheme that benefits many.
1 in 4 people in the world don't have access to a loo.