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Aug. 2nd, 2020 11:21 pmReading. ( Vivian Shaw, Gail Carriger, Becky Chambers )
Watching. planet earth: into the wilderness. ( Read more... )
Listening. Magnus relisten continues!
We also listened to a significant chunk of the Fun Home recordings on our way to and from some medical faff on Wednesday, which took much longer than usual due to traffic in the middle of town being a mess, and I mostly didn't cry much.
Playing. PoGo: 100% Alolan Exeggutor as a research reward! Also my first two Deino, via timed research; a significant increase in Gible candy, thanks to Dragon Week; and a Kyurem plus some Rayquaza via the magic of inviting remote friends to join raids (aaaaaaah!).
Horn: I remain annoyed that more frequent and longer practice correlates very directly with improved overall tone and stamina and technique, sigh, not least because I've been struggling a bit with consistency. BUT HEY: still One Note every day. (I say, and go to play a very quiet very short very late-night Note.)
Cooking. Oh it has been a Good week for cooking.
Tiramisu and blackberry clafoutis, with A, both of which worked out well. Ongoing Artichoke Situations: lemon zest in the butter-and-pepper-and-lemon-juice is A Good, and also they go remarkably well with the high-percentage-brown 20%-rye pumpkin-and-caraway sourdough I've been doing.
Sushi, for the first time in a very great many years; turns out I can still (sort of) make tamagoyaki.
And! A pasta topping made of tromboncino squash, garlic, shallots and chilli from the allotment, plus olive oil (not from the allotment). This was a mixed success: I think I'd let the tromboncino get too big for this usage, really, so while there are lots more coming along I'm going to have some more of a think about how I want to handle future ones.
Exploring. Plague diaries. ( Read more... )
Making & mending. No further progress on the tablet repair, though the parts have shown up.
I divvied up the job of sharpening some knives with a relative, and did actually make progress on those.
We have begun dismantling the fruit cage's cladding until next season, and gosh but there's a lot of it still to go.
Growing. Harvested: tromboncino squash. TOMATOES (plural). More Sugar Magnolia peas. Chillis. Artichokes (endlessly). A lemon, probably to be combined with the HOW MANY blackberries into some form of jam.
( Read more... )
Observing. Bonus long-tailed tits, on our adventures! And I've been observing a lot of excellent caterpillars. Some striking insects I have utterly failed to even attempt to identify, including something that looked a bit like a large hoverfly except its abdomen was a spectacular black-and-white chevron or houndtooth check.
And, as ever, BATS.
Watching. planet earth: into the wilderness. ( Read more... )
Listening. Magnus relisten continues!
We also listened to a significant chunk of the Fun Home recordings on our way to and from some medical faff on Wednesday, which took much longer than usual due to traffic in the middle of town being a mess, and I mostly didn't cry much.
Playing. PoGo: 100% Alolan Exeggutor as a research reward! Also my first two Deino, via timed research; a significant increase in Gible candy, thanks to Dragon Week; and a Kyurem plus some Rayquaza via the magic of inviting remote friends to join raids (aaaaaaah!).
Horn: I remain annoyed that more frequent and longer practice correlates very directly with improved overall tone and stamina and technique, sigh, not least because I've been struggling a bit with consistency. BUT HEY: still One Note every day. (I say, and go to play a very quiet very short very late-night Note.)
Cooking. Oh it has been a Good week for cooking.
Tiramisu and blackberry clafoutis, with A, both of which worked out well. Ongoing Artichoke Situations: lemon zest in the butter-and-pepper-and-lemon-juice is A Good, and also they go remarkably well with the high-percentage-brown 20%-rye pumpkin-and-caraway sourdough I've been doing.
Sushi, for the first time in a very great many years; turns out I can still (sort of) make tamagoyaki.
And! A pasta topping made of tromboncino squash, garlic, shallots and chilli from the allotment, plus olive oil (not from the allotment). This was a mixed success: I think I'd let the tromboncino get too big for this usage, really, so while there are lots more coming along I'm going to have some more of a think about how I want to handle future ones.
Exploring. Plague diaries. ( Read more... )
Making & mending. No further progress on the tablet repair, though the parts have shown up.
I divvied up the job of sharpening some knives with a relative, and did actually make progress on those.
We have begun dismantling the fruit cage's cladding until next season, and gosh but there's a lot of it still to go.
Growing. Harvested: tromboncino squash. TOMATOES (plural). More Sugar Magnolia peas. Chillis. Artichokes (endlessly). A lemon, probably to be combined with the HOW MANY blackberries into some form of jam.
( Read more... )
Observing. Bonus long-tailed tits, on our adventures! And I've been observing a lot of excellent caterpillars. Some striking insects I have utterly failed to even attempt to identify, including something that looked a bit like a large hoverfly except its abdomen was a spectacular black-and-white chevron or houndtooth check.
And, as ever, BATS.