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The Royal Navy Army Air Force Institutes provide an important service to active service people, veterans, and service families.
There are now a number of cafés in towns for anyone to use. Profits go towards the welfare fund.
This was a good mug of tea today.
The Avanti West Coast Class 390 "Pendolino" train named "Progress" (unit 390119), which features a distinctive "Pride" livery unveiled in August 2020 to celebrate LGBTQ+ communities.
Making a stop en route between Euston and Glasgow Central. This particular train always brightens up the station when it arrives.
Yogurt bread toast with Manchester-made marmalade. The tasty bread contrasts with the sharpness of mature marmalade.
A new bench scraper and the remnants of experimenting with making French bread (unforgiving) and spelt loaves.
A good crumb…
Almost stepped on this little one, and got a fun close up shot from the telephoto camera on the X300 Ultra.
What's in the box? All will be revealed in due course. Making this purchase I learned about drop shipping and how the stated delivery time from the vendor might not match the actual delivery time from the supplier. In this case I had to await a container ship from Shanghai.
The box is heavy but doesn't rattle which I take as a good sign!
I didn't know flamingos could sleep like this. I didn't know they could bend their legs like this. Using the zoom lens on the Xiaomi 13 Ultra. No edits.
Checking on my snake plant, these pups look to me like a clutch of baby birds in the nest, demanding food.
When these finally open the perfume will be stunning for a few days, and the bees will gorge on the flowers.
I bought this used Google Nest Mini speaker as a birthday treat. It connects to my wifi and is controlled by my phone. I use it to stream the radio and any other audio playing on my phone. Really simple to set up and use. The only downside is it uses about 1.8 W per hour on standby (1.3 kW per month) and 15 W in use. On the up side, that's less than my Internet radio!
Finely slice the cabbage into ribbons. Make sure both people cutting do it the same way!
Add the beans. Drain or not. it matters little.
Here it is. Yertis.
Not very tomato colored but it tastes ok. So it might be pasta for tea today.
40 minutes including 30 minutes cooking. Ez.
Once cooked, you can toast the crumpets. Or allow to cool on a rack to eat later. They will freeze well, too.
A small skipper sits with me for a while, warming in the sunshine.
The focus is rough - shooting at the extremes of my phone's capacity.
🍏apple and a whole lemon and sultanas and walnuts. some water. blitzed for 40s.
deliciously tart. fully aerated from the blender giving a nice mouth feel.
anyone remember the juice bar at Harrods way back? this is better 😁
happy Sunday all 👍
A small sailboat appears to have been abandoned in the sands. It's been there for a while and quicksand makes it too difficult and dangerous to be worth salvaging this boat.
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis is the forensic identification of the way blood stains are arranged at a possible crime scene, in order to infer their possible causes. Patterns are labelled in a number of ways.
I saw these 'passive stains' on my way to work this morning - possibly the result of a simple nosebleed, or minor altercation.
As I continued on my way I noted how many people were either yelling into their phones, or at eachother, or both simultaneously. As Christmas approaches, expectations seem to climb as well as personal tensions.
So, here is my thought for the day: be kind to yourself, and be kind to eachother. Christmas will come and it will go. Walk softly, and leave the big stick at home.
Namaste.
This runs 24/7 and drags out 1/2 a litre of water from the air each day in this room. It is very quiet and efficient. It is way cheaper to run than a heater and keeps humidity to tolerable levels, if not ideal.
Honey Fungus
www.rhs.org.uk/disease/honey-fungus-managing-outbreaks
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillaria
It looks pretty, but ... it is dangerous to trees and spreads through the soil, via root systems. It is the fungus' consumption of the roots that causes trees to die.
You will often see honey fungus on tree stumps, or trees in an advanced state of decay.
There are no licensed fungicides in the EU to deal with this fungus. If you have it, all you can do is remove any affected trees and burn them, and excavate the soil and infected root systems.
Some people eat honey fungus, but only after it has been properly prepared and cooked. Even then, it often causes gastric distress and upset. I'd say it is best avoided.
Americans might suggest Armillatox, which Europeans can still buy. It's just not a licensed fungicide. 'nuff said.
Seeing a pair of these for £1 i suddenly had a rush of homemakerliness. English needs more compoundwords i think 😁
Formerly a railway bridge. Now part of the national cycle network. It is best left as it is.
One can get around it so no worries.
One of my favorite shots from this July 4th fireworks show. Shot on the Xiaomi 13 Ultra, main camera, f/4, ISO 50, 4 second exposure.
The more attentive will have seen that one of the jobs I set myself today was setting up my 'new' console (it's new to me).
I love finding old tech and re-using it, and I haven't played anything for years. This might be fun. However...
While waiting for the system to update, I thought a bit of lunch would be in order.
Here is this week's guac - too much garlic (for some), sliced baby cucumber, chopped capsicum, cayenne pepper, and a slosh of olive oil (oh, it makes it so creamy!).
Back to the kitchen and make the soup. Carrot and lentil. Add cumin and turmeric,
I should have doubled the amount of herbs and spices, but it came out ok. if a bit thin.
Will thicken with potatoes next time.
I'm super happy to have saved this from the recycling bin. It's 11 years old and not supported now. However a swift install of Ubuntu (20 minutes) and its good to go. No more editing on my phone at last.
New kicks - in a sale, of course. When I see 'Goodyear' I immediately think of blimps! They seem to make an awful lot of them.
I've had trouble with my achilles for a month or so, and someone suggested I try a pair of Skechers. They aren't pretty, but I've been walking in them for the last few days and I don't have the same amount of pain when I make dinner now.
I was taken to lunch today and had this delightful pale ale with my food. It's not too strong and had a really nice hoppy nose to it. It's a nice beer and well kept, too.
This is the portion of quiche that I reserved for another day.
You can see how the wrap has crisped up, and the top has browned, and the centre is still a bit squashy, but not raw.