Mundane News

[Speicher]

I shelled a small bag of peas yesterday, and ate them raw.

Bob is getting too big for his boots. Yesterday he decided to chase a Roe deer that had the temerity to be the other side of the fence.

Also yesterday, I had to build a small shelter for Tasha. She refuses to come indoors, and was getting increasingly wet, and cold. She how has a dry shelter between the large storage box and a wall of the house. There is a smooth tarpaulin for her to lie on. From that she can reach the back door by walking in the dry bit under the overhang of the roof.

 

[Reynard]

Bob is getting too big for his boots. Yesterday he decided to chase a Roe deer that had the temerity to be the other side of the fence.

Lexi terrorizes the Muntjacs that come into the garden. Well, the blighters do come here and eat my roses...

 

[Reynard]

I am making apricot butter.

Had to buy apricots on the market as I had none this year. The really dry spell around Easter made all the wee fruit drop off

 

[hopless500]

My 'making' today has been blackcurrant jam.
Something has scoffed all the redcurrants and gooseberries

 

[Reynard]

My 'making' today has been blackcurrant jam.
Something has scoffed all the redcurrants and gooseberries

Mmmm, blackcurrant is one of my faves. Especially on hot buttered toast.

Had no redcurrants or blackcurrants worth picking, but last I looked I was up to my eyeballs in gooseberries. And I don't even like gooseberries. Wish I'd have known you could've used some, the birds have probably had them by now.

 

[Lullabelle]

 

[TVC]

[QUOTE 4877607, member: 21629"]Swiss Alps. A picture can't show the real beauty. View attachment 361821 [/QUOTE]
It is a stunningly beautiful and green country, I may be a little jealous.

 

[Illaveago]

I have just been watching Gardeners World, haven't a clue what they were talking about but it was nice to see some pretty flowers.
My wife and I are trying a couple of glasses of red wine, I haven't much of a clue about that either but I do know that it tastes nice.
It is Roche Mazet Cabernet Sauvignon if anyone is interested.

 

[Threevok]

Mrs has gone to bed early
Just bought a 21t cog - can't believe the price of anything above 20t
Running out of beer

 

[tyred]

My neighbour shouts so loud he doesn't actually need the telephone as whoever he's calling can probably hear him anyway

 

[Reynard]

Very tasty supper chez Casa Reynard tonight: tandoori chicken and pilau rice (both home made) plus a lovely medley of veg followed by one of those nice yellow melons. Total cost to me - £2.50, and there's still enough left for another meal.

Lunch was a very nice Dickinsons & Morris Melton Mowbray pork pie. I'd thoroughly recommend these as they're lush. Mind, anything that wins a blind taste test on "Eat Well For Less" is well worth investigating...

 

[StuAff]

[QUOTE 4877607, member: 21629"]Swiss Alps. A picture can't show the real beauty. View attachment 361821 [/QUOTE]
…but gives it a rather good go anyway. Lovely shot.

 

[Speicher]

Very tasty supper chez Casa Reynard tonight: tandoori chicken and pilau rice (both home made) plus a lovely medley of veg followed by one of those nice yellow melons. Total cost to me - £2.50, and there's still enough left for another meal.

Lunch was a very nice Dickinsons & Morris Melton Mowbray pork pie. I'd thoroughly recommend these as they're lush. Mind, anything that wins a blind taste test on "Eat Well For Less" is well worth investigating...

Is the yellow sticker the same yellow as the mellow yelon yellow melon?

 

[Katherine]

[QUOTE 4877607, member: 21629"]Swiss Alps. A picture can't show the real beauty. View attachment 361821 [/QUOTE]
Looks beautiful. I'm glad that I'm looking at it on my pc tonight and not on the small screen of a tablet or phone.

 

[Katherine]

I've always liked the sweet smell of summer rain and now I have discovered that it actually has a name!
Next thing is to find out how to pronounce it?

Petrichor (/ˈpɛtrᵻkɔər/) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Greek πέτρα petra, meaning "stone", and ἰχώρ īchōr, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology.

The term was coined in 1964 by two Australian CSIRO researchers, Isabel Joy Bear and Richard G. Thomas, for an article in the journal Nature.[1][2] In the article, the authors describe how the smell derives from an oil exuded by certain plants during dry periods, whereupon it is absorbed by clay-based soils and rocks. During rain, the oil is released into the air along with another compound, geosmin, a metabolic by-product of certain actinobacteria, which is emitted by wet soil, producing the distinctive scent; ozone may also be present if there is lightning.[3] In a follow-up paper, Bear and Thomas (1965) showed that the oil retards seed germination and early plant growth.[4]

In 2015, MIT scientists used high-speed cameras to record how the scent moves into the air.[5] The tests involved approximately 600 experiments on 28 different surfaces, including engineered materials and soil samples.[6] When a raindrop lands on a porous surface, air from the pores forms small bubbles, which float to the surface and release aerosols.[5] Such aerosols carry the scent, as well as bacteria and viruses from the soil.[5] Raindrops that move at a slower rate tend to produce more aerosols; this serves as an explanation for why the petrichor is more common after light rains.[5]

Some scientists believe that humans appreciate the rain scent because ancestors may have relied on rainy weather for survival