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Jul. 26th, 2020 10:20 pmReading. ( Ibram X. Kendi, T. Kingfisher, NK Jemisin )
Watching. The Old Guard (2020). We loved this. Can we! have a sequel yet! Yes there are some plot holes but who cares.
The Matrix Reloaded (2003). This was less an alpha version of Jupiter Ascending; we continue charmed by (1) the hi-tech special effects and (2) the hi-tech banks of CRT monitors. I had apparently done an autism about the big central fight scene, in that we ended up in the plaza and I was all "ah yes, those steps, I remember those steps!" And then, on the other hand, the entire thing is just so extremely Heterosexuals.
Playing. Horn-playing is going well!
Cooking. Lots of onion rings (two onions' worth is too many), and baby's first go at battered halloumi, half of which worked out pretty well.
I have also worked out how to cook allotment artichokes. Ish. More or less. ( Read more... )
Eating. Figs. FIGS from the FIG TREE. Two! Tiny! Figs! (Also the occasional blueberry.)
From the plot: Eating this week: a small lettuce, artichokes, the last few summer raspberries, Lots of blackberries, holy basil (inflorescences actually are purple!), a few tiny purple chilli, and TOMATOES. Two of them! Ripe, almost! I think I should probably have left them a little longer for More Flavour, but I was impatient, so we've had one each of Chadwick Cherry and Purple Ukraine.
Making & mending. Mm, less "mending" and more "tidying" but I have now catalogued all of the Kenwood parts and cleaned them as needed cleaning. For bonus points they're all tidied away excepting the three chassis, one food processor, and one blender as needs (...) fixing or disposing of.
I got started on replacing a tablet screen, and then was too gentle and broke something that way (also by missing that I was supposed to work backwards at one step, sigh), but A is acquiring a replacement wifi antenna and it's All A Learning Experience. (Still not worked out how to open up this kind of device without damaging the plastic bezel at least a little, though.) Progress!
Growing. Elsewise growing in the greenhouse: the peppers are starting to change colour; the tallest luffa is up to the roof; and I have a cucumber. I lifted up a leaf and it was just there! I hadn't even spotted it swelling! It's about the size of my thumb! I'm extremely excited about it! Also the lemon has put on about 10cm of growth on most of its branches and branchlets over the past couple of weeks: super proud of that, too.
Elsewhere at the plot: the Tromboncini squash are starting to get to the point where I need to harvest and eat them. The Pattison Blanc still haven't managed to set any visible fruit, though they're growing away well. Sweet Magnolia peas are continuing to grow and put out flowers and fruit; Cosse Violette beans are growing at a rate of knots (I spotted the first tiny pods earlier this week, and several of them are now the length of my thumb, green with a dark purple stripe down one edge); the Greek Gigantes are gamely carrying on but haven't set pods yet, though several of them are at least managing to flower; some of the maize is thinking about flowering. The greenhouse tomatoes are starting to actually change colour (see above), and some of the outdoors ones are considering it; the Purple Ukraine plants have finally filled out enough for me to make sense of their being advertised as having attractive feathery foliage. Comedy onions are doing well; the lovage is struggling bravely on; I need to work out when to harvest the onion-onions, some of which have swelled up admirably. I'm worried about Doing It Wrong, though, so a little suspicious of the idea that I should be harvesting them now while their tops are still green, even if they have fallen over.
Observing. A Poplar Hawk-moth caterpillar! I'm pretty sure. I was DELIGHTED. I took a lot of terrible photos and could possibly even be induced to share them.
Watching. The Old Guard (2020). We loved this. Can we! have a sequel yet! Yes there are some plot holes but who cares.
The Matrix Reloaded (2003). This was less an alpha version of Jupiter Ascending; we continue charmed by (1) the hi-tech special effects and (2) the hi-tech banks of CRT monitors. I had apparently done an autism about the big central fight scene, in that we ended up in the plaza and I was all "ah yes, those steps, I remember those steps!" And then, on the other hand, the entire thing is just so extremely Heterosexuals.
Playing. Horn-playing is going well!
Cooking. Lots of onion rings (two onions' worth is too many), and baby's first go at battered halloumi, half of which worked out pretty well.
I have also worked out how to cook allotment artichokes. Ish. More or less. ( Read more... )
Eating. Figs. FIGS from the FIG TREE. Two! Tiny! Figs! (Also the occasional blueberry.)
From the plot: Eating this week: a small lettuce, artichokes, the last few summer raspberries, Lots of blackberries, holy basil (inflorescences actually are purple!), a few tiny purple chilli, and TOMATOES. Two of them! Ripe, almost! I think I should probably have left them a little longer for More Flavour, but I was impatient, so we've had one each of Chadwick Cherry and Purple Ukraine.
Making & mending. Mm, less "mending" and more "tidying" but I have now catalogued all of the Kenwood parts and cleaned them as needed cleaning. For bonus points they're all tidied away excepting the three chassis, one food processor, and one blender as needs (...) fixing or disposing of.
I got started on replacing a tablet screen, and then was too gentle and broke something that way (also by missing that I was supposed to work backwards at one step, sigh), but A is acquiring a replacement wifi antenna and it's All A Learning Experience. (Still not worked out how to open up this kind of device without damaging the plastic bezel at least a little, though.) Progress!
Growing. Elsewise growing in the greenhouse: the peppers are starting to change colour; the tallest luffa is up to the roof; and I have a cucumber. I lifted up a leaf and it was just there! I hadn't even spotted it swelling! It's about the size of my thumb! I'm extremely excited about it! Also the lemon has put on about 10cm of growth on most of its branches and branchlets over the past couple of weeks: super proud of that, too.
Elsewhere at the plot: the Tromboncini squash are starting to get to the point where I need to harvest and eat them. The Pattison Blanc still haven't managed to set any visible fruit, though they're growing away well. Sweet Magnolia peas are continuing to grow and put out flowers and fruit; Cosse Violette beans are growing at a rate of knots (I spotted the first tiny pods earlier this week, and several of them are now the length of my thumb, green with a dark purple stripe down one edge); the Greek Gigantes are gamely carrying on but haven't set pods yet, though several of them are at least managing to flower; some of the maize is thinking about flowering. The greenhouse tomatoes are starting to actually change colour (see above), and some of the outdoors ones are considering it; the Purple Ukraine plants have finally filled out enough for me to make sense of their being advertised as having attractive feathery foliage. Comedy onions are doing well; the lovage is struggling bravely on; I need to work out when to harvest the onion-onions, some of which have swelled up admirably. I'm worried about Doing It Wrong, though, so a little suspicious of the idea that I should be harvesting them now while their tops are still green, even if they have fallen over.
Observing. A Poplar Hawk-moth caterpillar! I'm pretty sure. I was DELIGHTED. I took a lot of terrible photos and could possibly even be induced to share them.