vital functions

Reading. A little more of The Silmarillion (JRRT), and a lot more getting sucked under by the Special Interest Quicksand.

Cooking. I have spent a lot of this week feeling kind of wretched and therefore not cooking much, but I did manage a new-to-us way to use up rhubarb and some courgette-and-tofu-and-garlic Stuff.

Eating. Curried cauliflower leaves courtesy of A; roti canai courtesy of the Roti Monarch (with A doing the last bits of cooking).

(I am happy to report that I am doing much better at this point.)

Creating. I have cheerfully worked out How To Usefully Record Allotment Stuff In My Main Journal, and so far am Pleased with the experiment of edging the relevant pages with (thematically appropriate) washi tape, for both visual effect when the notebook is open and ease-of-location.

Also, you will be shocked to hear, lots more experimenting with handwriting styles and stub nibs...

Making & mending. ... and I am pretty proud of myself for also carrying out some (minor!) nib tuning: out of the box the 1.1mm stub was skipping a lot, and after a certain amount of frustrated upset assuming that The Problem Was Me, I got out my hand lens (thanks, undergrad geology) and rummaged through the internet. The problem, I established by fixing it, was indeed nib-feed alignment. So not only do I now have a pen that Writes Acceptably, I have also Learned An Skill!

Growing. ( Read more... )

Observing. I think some swifts, on a trip back from the allotment; at one point, a wriggle of something that might have been a fake snake slow worm, in the greenhouse; the mouse that probably lives under the decking; A Lot of bees; and some excellent beetles.