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You win some, you lose some
I accidentally left the freezer door ajar overnight, so we're frantic cooking up all the stuff that's partially defrosted. On the other hand, this included about a pound of best streaky bacon and lots of mushrooms. Bacon and mushrooms on fried bread go a long way towards compensating for the annoyance. -
Why do you never have your camera?
Today in Oxfam we had the sort of incident that makes you wish you carried your camera at all times ( Read more... ) -
Spring is here!
I decided this about a fortnight ago, actually, and it's been amazing to watch everything gently growing in the meantime. Today's excitement was noticing some Iris reticulata cultivars and the earliest dwarf Narcissi in full flower (will try to get round to posting pictures RSN). How I managed to miss noticing the buds I'm not sure. Anyway, Blue! ( Read more... ) -
Garden-related bits
My Mum came for a visit last month, and I know I grumble a lot, but I do love her dearly (most of the time!). In particular, she spurred me to get my backside out into the garden again after several months of agoraphobia and feeling the futility of fighting weeds. So, we got the two raised borders of the patio mostly clear and partially replanted ( Read more... ) -
Alcohol and children's books...
I'm embarrassed to admit that after a modicum of wine, I was actually crying over the bit in the first Temeraire book where the little courier dragon gets killed. Anyone else up for confessions? -
Student food!
Umm. tigerfort is out. We don't have those instant ramen with flavouring sachets in the house, so, I'm embarrassed to admit, I've reverse-engineered them! Noodles, cooked up with a chicken stock-cube, lemon juice, and sambal oelek. Next time, if I'm feeling really sophisticated, I might try digging out the tom yam paste. -
Call to engineers
Why can't people design a door-handle so that when you blunder into it it sheds your arm instead of digging into the muscle? I can't believe this is beyond the realms of modern engineering. -
Gardening update
Because it's too muggy to actually do anything physically demanding, and too wet to do almost anything else ( Read more... ) -
Pun!
Is procrustination when you put off eating that heel of bread to another meal? -
The kitchen sink
I've been clearing out the raised beds on either side of the patio lately - for reference, anyone planning to use a gravel mulch wants to lay it on top of a membrane, and anyone considering invasive perennials may wish to reconsider - and there's an amazing amount of junk down there. First up, I found what I think is the retaining wall for another ( Read more... )