Mundane News

[biggs682]

What happens when you finish thinking about it?

Not a lot

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've just driven home from Bristol and I'm now having a proper cup of tea! Tastes good.

 

[Reynard]

Sunny, still and meltingly hot here chez Casa Reynard.

I dropped off mum's prescription slip off at the quacks this morning, but other than that, i have been doing indoor type things.

Poppy has caught a shrew and let it go in the dining room. She is currently entertaining herself hunting it.

I am going to have some lunch, then spend the afternoon working on a couple of art projects and watching the snooker. Planned trip to LBS is off as it's too hot and it's not urgent.

 

[raleighnut]

Sunny, still and meltingly hot here chez Casa Reynard.

I dropped off mum's prescription slip off at the quacks this morning, but other than that, i have been doing indoor type things.

Poppy has caught a shrew and let it go in the dining room. She is currently entertaining herself hunting it.

I am going to have some lunch, then spend the afternoon working on a couple of art projects and watching the snooker. Planned trip to LBS is off as it's too hot and it's not urgent.

Hot sunny and spitting with rain here in Leicester

 

[Reynard]

Had a turkey and avocado sandwich, two and some plums for lunch. Now sat watching the snooker.

 

[Reynard]

Excellent strategy!

Tis a good thing that my Slack is made of fabric and not something that would melt in this heat.

I can park my reclining garden chair in the shade of a giant Berberis "tree" which also happens to be in the path of a pleasant breeze coming off the Malverns.

My slack is also made of fabric. But, pray, what is this pleasant breeze of which you speak?

 

[Reynard]

Cannot help you there, but I do know what "pinking" is!

As do I. And I have the shears that'll do it.

 

[Kempstonian]

I suddely have a hankering for plum jam.

Which is unfortunate because
a. I don't have any
and
b. I couldn't eat it even if I did, as I'm diabetic.

Bummer.

 

[Kempstonian]

Hopefully a car mechanic is coming later to take my car away for a service & MOT. Should get it back on Monday.

Then I can look at it on the drive for a few more weeks...

 

[Reynard]

I suddely have a hankering for plum jam.

Which is unfortunate because
a. I don't have any
and
b. I couldn't eat it even if I did, as I'm diabetic.

Bummer.

Drat...

You could try plum butter instead, which is made with two parts fruit to one part sugar, as opposed to jam, which (bought) is usually 65% sugar, 35% fruit...

 

[Kempstonian]

Drat...

You could try plum butter instead, which is made with two parts fruit to one part sugar, as opposed to jam, which (bought) is usually 65% sugar, 35% fruit...

Usually with fruit (other than oranges, apples and grapes) I boil it down to make a sauce, using Stevia as a sweetener. Then have it with diabetic ice cream (which is very nice). I have done that with plums, gooseberries and apples too.

 

[Reynard]

Usually with fruit (other than oranges, apples and grapes) I boil it down to make a sauce, using Stevia as a sweetener. Then have it with diabetic ice cream (which is very nice). I have done that with plums, gooseberries and apples too.

Mmmm, I do this too. Usually with raspberries if I can get them cheaply, or with blackberries that I've foraged from the hedgerows. Although I use sugar. It's lovely swirled into plain yoghurt with just a dash of vanilla extract. Which you can then also freeze if you want. I like frozen yoghurt, as I find a lot of ice cream too sweet.

 

[pawl]

Hot sunny and spitting with rain here in Leicester

It’s as dry as Dragos y fronts here😱😱😱

 

[Reynard]

It's clouding over here.

 

[Kempstonian]

I am being plagued by 'seed hoovers' aka pigeons! I don't know why I bother to try and feed the small birds. If the hoovers don't get it the starlings will.