vital functions

Reading. ( Heston Blumenthal, Aliette de Bodard, Lois Oliver, Ursula Vernon )

Oh! And some academic writing by a sibling, for feedback.

Eating. Winterval fruit cake courtesy of my mother! Who also made us an extremely tasty butternut squash wellington, which I found far more convincing than the cauliflower variant I made lo these several years ago and will at least contemplate recreating. Many other good food also in that context.

Exploring. Had a lovely time poking around St Peter's Church in Coton -- excellent mediaeval architecture, smells properly of church, etc. ALAS we did not get to go up the TINY spiral staircase. Elsewise poking around in Coton and environs: found a medlar tree! And was very good and did not grab a carrier bag and help myself (largely because we wanted to get home sooner than would have been compatible with same...)

And! Glow Wild at Wakehurst Place! With GASTROPODS. It's an annual lantern trail, which has just concluded its tenth year; in contrast to previous visits we got a much stronger sense of narrative and theme this time. (Watch this space; I'm about to edit in a bunch of photos...)

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Growing. Faffed about with repotting various things I'm overwintering.

Observing and celebrating: happy Gregorian new year. <3