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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.
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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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.
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an interesting scheme that benefits many.
1 in 4 people in the world don't have access to a loo.
Checking on my snake plant, these pups look to me like a clutch of baby birds in the nest, demanding food.
Here's an oak-smoked herring; what I would call a 'kipper'. To be traditionally correct, any fish that is smoked is a kipper, and once a smoked haddock was (confusingly) called a kipper, too. Somked haddock are also called 'finnan haddies' which comes from Scotland. Nowadays, if you ask for a kipper you should get a smoked herring.
I've worked in a smokehouse making these things, and can say that this fish has been done quite well. I would have liked it a bit darker, but it's hard to find fish done that way now. Usually, a dark kipper these days has been dyed, rather than deeply smoked, and is best avoided.
This one has been re-warmed in the oven, and given a light coating of butter, lemon juice and black pepper to bring out the flavor, which is phenomenal.
Served like this (unfilleted) it is best to have a slice or two of bread to hand: if you get some of the very fine bones in your mouth, eat some bread and they will go down nicely. They won't do any harm, and the bread technique saves a lot of mess and faffing about at the table (which I cannot abide).
Kippers are full of heart-loving omega-3 fatty acids, as well as vitamin D. Eating them will help to reduce cholesterol in the blood, too.
This fish comes from the North Sea, where herring stocks are healthy, and strictly controlled.
What to do with a surfeit of nuts? I roasted these in a mixture of melted butter, honey, and a bit of cinnamon. Spread to cool on parchment, and given a few twists of sea salt Just 7 minutes in the air fryer to transform the good to something better!
I've had an order for another jar. I'll add sesame seeds this time at the cooling stage.
For some reason the yogurt split. Not the usual brand; I think it might have had a thickening agent.
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!😄
The pattern of the tiles is picked up in the anaglypta on the staircase. Wonderful attention to detail.
For some reason, my 'customers' prefer a foreign-sounding name for the food I serve. Maybe it's because I look and sound a bit 'foreign'. Or they are all food snobs. Who can say.
At first, I thought the yoghurt had curdled, but it was just the sweet potatoes that needed another few minutes with the stick blender. However, I had no intention of doing that all over again. I think I'll ask them to get a proper blender for the kitchen.
The big lumps are some broccoli and asparagus. It seemed to go down well.
What you see here cost 52p to produce.