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Oct. 27th, 2019 08:19 pmReading. Very little for pleasure. I did get started on A Handful of Flour, a Shipton Mill book I picked up from the bargain bin in a supermarket a couple of years ago, on the occasion of getting 51kg of their flour delivered to me.
Watching. The Blue Planet: Dive to Shark Volcano. This, also, is suffering from fundamentally not being David Attenborough, but was sort of charming in that it was basically Mike deGruy getting to cut together a bunch of footage of him being really excited about all the kit (i.e. toys) and fish (i.e. fish) he got to use around Cocos Island. The goal was to film seven shark species in seven days, which they didn't manage, but still: charming. ( Read more... )
Cooking. Another iteration of the pear-and-hazelnut crumble, this time with cardamom & cinnamon instead of cardamom & vanilla. Several more things containing fennel seeds (I have so many fennel seeds): squash-pepper-basil-shallot pasta (+ chilli), sweet potato & peanut curry, probably something else.
Creating. C got me a (botanical, Kew-branded) colouring book; B got me watercolour pencils that aren't so nice I'm scared to use them. For bonus points, as I think I've mentioned, the colouring book was half done already by a previous owner (who copied the example images extremely exactly within the limits of their palette), which means I'm not even scared of ruining it. I have consequently spent some of the past couple of days very contentedly Quietly Colouring In & it's been pretty great.
Playing. 1x Scrabble, in which I learn that "yu" is a word for jade; 1x Splendor, in which I exhibited identifiable strategy & therefore via (1) some luck and (2) Adam's failure to pay attention, I actually won. :D (We all three of us scored 16, but I had fewest cards by Some Margin.) And then bonus extra Splendor (plus baby!) on Sunday afternoon.
Poking. Most excited about the Golett I got from field research; secondarily excited about having actually got my act together to get the current raid legendary. New species: Pansear only (I think), from a hatch. Also acquired: 100% Venonat (Team GO Rocket), 100% Sableye (field research), spoopy starter Pokémon various.
Watching. The Blue Planet: Dive to Shark Volcano. This, also, is suffering from fundamentally not being David Attenborough, but was sort of charming in that it was basically Mike deGruy getting to cut together a bunch of footage of him being really excited about all the kit (i.e. toys) and fish (i.e. fish) he got to use around Cocos Island. The goal was to film seven shark species in seven days, which they didn't manage, but still: charming. ( Read more... )
Cooking. Another iteration of the pear-and-hazelnut crumble, this time with cardamom & cinnamon instead of cardamom & vanilla. Several more things containing fennel seeds (I have so many fennel seeds): squash-pepper-basil-shallot pasta (+ chilli), sweet potato & peanut curry, probably something else.
Creating. C got me a (botanical, Kew-branded) colouring book; B got me watercolour pencils that aren't so nice I'm scared to use them. For bonus points, as I think I've mentioned, the colouring book was half done already by a previous owner (who copied the example images extremely exactly within the limits of their palette), which means I'm not even scared of ruining it. I have consequently spent some of the past couple of days very contentedly Quietly Colouring In & it's been pretty great.
Playing. 1x Scrabble, in which I learn that "yu" is a word for jade; 1x Splendor, in which I exhibited identifiable strategy & therefore via (1) some luck and (2) Adam's failure to pay attention, I actually won. :D (We all three of us scored 16, but I had fewest cards by Some Margin.) And then bonus extra Splendor (plus baby!) on Sunday afternoon.
Poking. Most excited about the Golett I got from field research; secondarily excited about having actually got my act together to get the current raid legendary. New species: Pansear only (I think), from a hatch. Also acquired: 100% Venonat (Team GO Rocket), 100% Sableye (field research), spoopy starter Pokémon various.