We’ve not had an awful lot of produce out of the garden this year, but we have had a good crop of chillis of various varieties.
They’ve been dried by hanging them in the kitchen then these have had a blast in the airing cupboard. Consequently, these rattle and there’s absolutely no moisture in them so they should keep for months.
We decided to cook breakfast al-fresco again this morning. Daniel’s been experimenting taking video with his digital camera, and yesterday we were playing about with iVideo on my Macbook. Putting the three together, I decided to have a go at editing and uploading a video direct in to YouTube from iMovie.
The corresponding work of video art is here.
I don’t normally get colds, due in part to the cycling in all weathers, but I ended up with a stinker when I returned from Paris a couple of weeks ago. It was so bad, I had to abandon the bike for several days and rely on four wheels to get me to work and back.
Anyway, I’d got over it and was back on the bike. Blow me if I haven’t come down with another one over the last couple of days. I’m sat here posting this surrounded by used and unused toilet roll (not, it’s not a pretty thought), firing on only one nostril and I’m annoyed!
Things to look forward to…
1) We have a new Garden Centre opening today. Dobbies opens at Barlborough, about 5 minutes from us. I think we might just have to go for a look around.
2) The Scimitars are playing Peterborough Phantoms tonight at iceSheffield (web site down at time of writing), 7:30 faceoff. Although I’ve been to a Steelers pre-season friendly against Manchester Phoenix, this will be the first competitive league game I’ve attended. Daniel will be going too. I’m looking forward to it. If you want to see a good (in my opinion) web site, check out the Scimitars one. It puts the professional Steelers one to shame in terms of the clear uncluttered layout and accessibility. It’s a clear case of “just because you can doesn’t
mean you should”. I’ve also promised Daniel a Scimitars replica this season after I won Shudra’s game-worn shirt last year. (The photo clearly isn’t one of mine. I’m the one on the left! For any Sheffield hockey aficionados out there, that’s a #10 Nemeth shirt over my shoulders which I thought it prudent to not flash on ice)
3) I should get my high speed roaming datacard activated for the laptop. This means that whilst I’m helping out on 24×7 support for the next few months, I wont be stuck to the house.
Every so often, you come across a gem of a place, most often by accident. So it was, whilst looking for open windmills (it’s a long story involving cooling towers) that I came across Thaymar Ice Cream yesterday. It was a bit ironic because some time ago, driving back from Jodrell Bank, we saw an Icecream Farm and threatened to try and find it again. That was somewhere in the wilds of Cheshire, and when we did try to find it on the web, we had no luck, and it’s miles from here. Thaymar is just the other side of Worksop, no more than 25 minutes away by car!
They’ve got a spotless tearoom, do a great selection of hot meals, lighter snacks, salads, local produce, and over 30 different home-made icecreams.
On a different subject now, it’s time for the allotment to get some priority. Mrs Woolforbrains went yesterday whilst Daniel and myself were at York and was eager to tell us that we’ve got visitors.
As well as a mouse (a field mouse by the sounds of it), we also have
…tadpoles! They were only confined to the jar for photographic purposes. As soon as I’d snapped them, they went back in the bath that they call home. It’s a turquoise bath that the previous allotment occupant had sunk in the ground. It also plays home to a variety of aquatic plants including Daniel’s pitcher plant.
Whilst doing a bit of digging, compost spreading and general tidying up, I spotted every gardener’s friend, sunning itself on an old post:
I couldn’t unfortunately get a better shot though without putting it in my shadow. It did however provide an opportunity for a nice closeup with a nice depth of field effect.
Finally, I’ve had someone contact me enquiring if I knew anything about the old Killamarsh and Upperthorpe railway station, so I’ve been doing a bit of digging on his behalf.
Keep visiting for more news on our tadpoles and whether I did manage to find Phil’s missing station!
