Been making a salad for lunch from grated carrot & beetroot, with basil, sesame oil & brown rice vinegar, a couple of rice dolmas, pumpkin & hemp seeds, sultanas, tomatoes, cucumber
But it has been rather laclustre to say the least.
With just 1 moth on the 14th and 2 moths last night, very very slim
pickings indeed. Thankfully as alwa...
I’m not a florist or a professional flower grower I just grow on a small
scale and just for me (and my family and friends) but its become a bit of a
passio...
On Sunday 12th January, I drove to Covehithe navigating the icy, frosty
road with due care and I carefully parked up walking down path by the
cliffs, I saw...
Happy New Year belatedly and I hope that you had a lovely Christmas, quiet
or fun-filled according to your preference. We've had a happy time with the
gr...
This vegan Japanese curry is pure comfort food - warm, hearty, and packed
with rich flavor. Tender veggies like carrots and potatoes simmer in a
sweet an...
Looking back on a varied year of hiking and videos sharing the experience,
and picking those which stood out as the best of the best! The start of the
new ...
Why Turtle Doves can lead the way in restoring farm wildlife By Shivani
Thevar – Turtle Dove Conservation Adviser (Sussex, Hampshire and West Kent)
The c...
Autumn is a great time for wildlife photography, the hard bright light of
summer gives way to a softer, misty richness, like the Earth is sighing,
relaxing...
Apologies, our Dog Show (as per my last post) has been pushed back a week.
Please do join us on Sunday 20th October on Avenell Road, N5 in Finsbury
Park fr...
*Sunday 1th March 2023*
One more milestone reached, today - I've now completed 600,000 press ups -
in just under five and a half years! Just 400,000 to go...
One of the most amusing sights in London, which absolutely fascinates
tourists, is the so-called Thin Dwelling House in South Kensington. This
three-stor...
Belated happy new year, comrades! Here’s the thirteenth
annual instalment of Review Thingo. All previous episodes are here. 1. What
did you do in 2021 th...
....... *in a new bundt tin!*
It's been a long time since I posted. I haven't been baking much, and what
I did bake was nothing new - I seemed to need e...
A scrumptious, grill-worthy and nourishing vegan Bean and Oats Burger that
is packed with all the goodness you can imagine from oats, two kinds of
beans,...
Thank you for your emails and my apologies if the Great Silence has worried
anyone. This is to reassure you you that we are absolutely fine and well
and ha...
This event is over. Thank you to everyone for all the support. Stay tuned
for future dates. On Friday, February 28, I am hosting a pop up at the
gorgeous...
This hasn't been a great year for blogging, from my point of view. Not a
lot I have cooked has been worthy of a whole post, so I've mostly been
sticking...
It's been a while since I've posted about breakfasts so I thought I'd
share my 2019 list of my four personal favourite places to go for breakfast
or brunc...
I didn't think I would write a September summary for Hull Dragons. However,
the first three weeks of September were generally dry, sunny and warm -
thou...
The weather has changed rapidly here. The nights are fair drawing in, and
it’s definitely Autumn. Unlike English friends, we didn’t have the glorious
(if t...
In honour of Mr. Shopkeeper’s tumpty-tumpth birthday (celebrated just a
week ago), here’s a little ditty from way back – actually, from the year he
was bor...
*By Dr Ben Garrod, Ambassador of Norfolk Wildlife Trust*
Grey seal, photo by Colin Eve I have been lucky enough to have lived with
wild chimpanzees in U...
When we had a large looking crossbill fly out of Valyie this morning, never
did we realise what was going to happen later on in the day.
We were at Vaylie ...
There was a good episode of The Long View on Radio 4 last week, looking at
a terrible fire in Glasgow in 1905 as a ghastly parallel of the Grenfell
Tower. ...
Exciting news. After eight wonderful years, Fennel & Fern is rebranding as
#wildflowerhour. We have published so many fabulous posts about beautiful
garden...
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Our limited edition Halloween treats are now available to order!
Limited numbers so do order early to avoid ...
Do you try to avoid being a nuisance? Staying out of the way and not […]
The post #161: Does Fear of ‘Being a Nuisance’ Ever Stop You From Acting?
[Podca...
*Undiscovered Owls - A Sound Approach Guide*
For once, I'm not on the pulse of modern day publishing as this book was
originally launched a year ago. Inde...
The following guidance was produced by the Llandrindod Wells U3A Computer
Group who kindly gave me permission to share. I would like to thank them
for the...
This easy recipe is loaded with delicious Mediterranean flavors. It serves
as a great hors d'oeuvre or snack. It's also great for picnics!
I like to ser...
The Egyptian Goose again, plus some Egyptian Goose chicks from the hide at
Ixworth.
One of the highlights of this April was the amazing passage of Ring O...
I've *always* been in love with the surreal - from the outlandish
characters of *Dr Seuss*, vast strangeness of *The Never Ending Story*, the
moving otherw...
As it started out, I had high hopes for this Israeli film. Set in the
strict Orthodox community, I thought this would be a ground-breaking movie
that wou...
News emerged today that a shadowy team of RSPB scientists have been tasked
to create a new avian super-predator, a nightmarish hybrid between a
Cormorant ...
It’s only been a few weeks since Tony and I were last seen whiling away the
hours on the fine sands of a Greek island beach, but the distant memories
of...
Earlier today I was walking into town with my 9 year old when we passed
some of North Norfolk's finest middle-aged ladies working on one of the
many lovely...
Further to the previous (now deleted) post, I'm pleased to say that we
found a house. Nice area, near the girls' school, all that. From a tip off
through T...
This Low Carbon Life has been a collective Transition blog for almost four
years. It now has over 1000 blogs in its archive on a wide-range of topics
from...
I say Sunday, but it has been snowing around here for almost a week with
sub-zero temperatures. This morning I peeked down to our front yard from
the bedro...
I’m sorry I haven’t been around – it wasn’t planned. Unforturnately I was
taken unexpectedly ill, and the illness (and treatment, which has been
quite time...
It may not have escaped your notice that over at Comment is Free there has,
of late, I know not where (sorry, that's Hamlet)....been quite a lot of
what we...
Back in June I took a weekend trip to LA. Top on my list of local vegan
restaurants to try was Native Foods. Perusing their website in preparation
for my v...
Didn’t expect to be so long at the ‘Interpreting Meals Through Dance’
workshop. I had to skip lunch. Very excited to take part in the ‘Grow a
Garden In You...
I saw what was almost certainly the same male Marsh Harrier again today,
this time closer to home as he searched a wheat field by our lane. I'm
guessing th...
I was brought up in Norfolk, lived away during 20s & much of 30s, then returned. Live in a beautiful place, and indulge in my main pastimes of cooking, birdwatching & internet surfing. I'm an active member of my trade union & care passionately about the society we live in - I want it to have a fair support system, and to value education, the natural environment & people, not just money.
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