In which Isilme and Beloved gather their last produce
… whilst off on the next project … possibly that might appear down the track.
Meanwhile:
Bowl of plums
… and, of course, our own food. But I mustn’t get perishables as we’re off to visit friends and I don’t want to come back to nasty bits in the fridge, so I must use up what I already have!
Tomato crop
We just polished off another large courgette stuffed with chilli con carne. Yum. I still have some chilli left over because this was a smaller courgette than last time. So we may have it tonight over a baked potato. Something easy after a hard day’s shopping!
Eating apples
We’re picking off the last of the plums from the trees now. We have a reasonable array of tomatoes, but not as many as I would have liked. The bulk of them will be boiled up and bottled. Somehow home grown bottled tomatoes are much nicer than the tinned ones!
Bramley apples
Next we have to start thinking about apples. I suspect the apples are ripe because the jackdaws are stealing them from the top of the trees. I’m not sure why they don’t go for the Victoria plums, but they seem to leave them alone. Maybe they just prefer the earlier ones….. Or maybe they prefer apples to plums at this time of year!
Raspberries and spider’s web
I nearly forgot to mention that the raspberries are still in good shape, fruiting like crazy. We’ve been busy elsewhere, so a spider has clearly taken up residence. If it hopes to stop us, then I think it will lose the battle. At least the birds leave them alone.
(0853) … anyway, as I was saying at NOWP a few hours ago, to DAD, was about to crash, just as he was posting. More on this in Tue 7. Morning all … sun’s out, abode is hot, hope you’re ok. (1115)
10. She has a soft spot for him
… look at that body language.
9. Red Millipede’s delight
Check out what happens to this wind turbine. Not exactly environmentally friendly. pic.twitter.com/t3S2KvzmNz
… which somehow helps me rather than you I’d say but it at least lets me communicate with Toodles … she’s within the golden swathe you see before you:
Incidentally, I’m shockingly remiss with birthdays, far worse than I ever was before and though the online card company does assist … I still think I need to get some sort of birthday book going, one with a generic calendar … coz even chaps are miffed when bdays are forgotten.
On the other hand, you might be not unlike me in never telling precisely when “one’s” is … well over half our tavern patrons here and occasionals never say, never wish to. Mine is next Feb by the way.
7. The tyranny of age
Not sure how many chaps and chapesses live-blog their gradual demise but I’m going to try. We’re assuming here that he/she has not gone completely gaga yet and is not yet trying to cook underpants porridge whilst putting on oats underpants for the day … at least they’re clean today.
Nope, not at that stage yet but by the same token, I’d not want to go out for more than half an hour because nature, though wunnerful out there, a picture in fact, should not call during a short jaunt into that wilderness we blog about.
The change which comes over one (love that usage of the word “one”) is that one shifts from “tiring quickly these days” to “zonk instantly” … within thirty seconds, just enough time to switch off anything dangerous and have a sip of HCQ mineral water and lemon.
Mind you, what wrecks this slow descent to The Great Lampshade Time is being relatively fit, despite the occasional heart attack, plus having a home gym and being reasonably assiduous with it, at medium pace. This abode is where no rocking chairs reside … not one.
Plus having a project which makes demands, e.g. this blog, where good folk are awaiting the next instalment now and then. So “one” imagines. Anyway, back up to speed, bod moving at pace, liquid imbibed, ready to have another go at the oat soaking in the saute pan (now repaired from yesterday).
6. DAD at 1149
Special report: What everyone predicted has happened – the fall of the French Government of Francis Bayrou. The uxexpected thing was the size of the defeat. Of the 558 votes cast, 364 deputies voted “against” confidence in the government; whereas François Bayrou only obtained 194 votes “for”.
a) Radical Left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has called for a new French Revolution from an army of young left-wing workers, many of whom will try to bring France to a halt on September 10…
b) Officers patrolling French beaches lack training and proper equipment, a police leader has said, despite hundreds of millions of British taxpayers’ pounds being handed over to France.
When churches have hierarchies of control and human “leaders” running things, then it’s like Reform … concept good, policy area good in general with the rank and file, even middle management … from thereon upwards, it’s worse and worse corruption.
At the very top, the decision makers … they’re usually in thrall, constantly being lobbied. The dark side, in all its sickness, is perma-around … from the smoke of satan in the Vatican to the Merc driving tele-evangelists, back to the Templars. The one who always fascinated me in his horror was Cardinal Marcinkus … evil muvver.
3. A woman’s life
I’ve thought a bit about what being a woman is like … for a start, she’s built for ensuring procreation, men are built for a vaiety of things … they’re hardly objects of desire … except that betwen about 11 and 13 … I was, for adults both male and female. So I have an inkling what it constantly is for women but that’s about it … constant come-ons.
2. Toodles sent this by Glenn Beck
We know he had a breakdown after this time, said some strange things, but this is still useful backgrounding:
1. Summary so far from around the west
Bearing in mind that it’s mainly antipodaean and North American at this time, Britnews later … the big two from across the pond are firstly the WSJ supposed letter from Trump to Epstein.
Last night, I did not save the comparative signatures on X, showing discrepancies and this morning, they’re gone. Instead there are two similar signatures which are close … these are being posted by Demrats. Nothing conclusive but there was this:
The second is the NC murder of the Ukrainian girl Iryna by the black psycho out on bail. Naturally, everyone from the black woman judge to the woman in charge of Charlotte security are being called out … the black just walked off the subway carriage once she was dead, no one even looked up.
Over here, the big news is another Banksy graffiti pic of a judge bashing a protester with a gavel. Authorities quickly put it behind a barrier and erased it.
(1631) Almost evening all. Boo hoo … no one wished our blog a happy first bday yesserday? Cryin’.
20. France
19. The view from Scotland
18. You ready for Crimbo yet?
17. The quiz
1982 … the confuser was The Animals. It charted in 1964 of course but then recharted in 1972 and then 1982. The giveaway for me was The Pretenders.
16. DAD at 1149
Vote of [no] confidence in the French Parliament today.
Voting Procedure
This debate which started at 15h will then be followed by the vote, which is expected to begin between 6:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
The vote will take place by “open ballot at the rostrum,” meaning that MPs will file their ballots one by one. MPs will have approximately 30 minutes to vote for, against, or abstain. Once the ballot is closed, the results will be announced immediately. Probably by 20h. [19h UK time.]
(1109) Afternoon all … chores, chores, chores today here. Shall get back here whenever I can. (1359)
15. Nice to see a country
… where things seem to be slowly falling into place.
14. Remember the Gaza twerker/dancer on the deck, with cafe tablecloth headdress?
Same old questions … what happens to the brain? Why?
13. They know full well, don’t they
12. Yes, I agree with Christina below
… I’ll join any posse of native men to protect a girl under attack … but the girls must also take some responsibility .. go around in numbers, always be around native men, have a defence plan. Plus not be obnoxious, self-entitled and naive.
The girl MUST show some sense as well … this one travelled, by herself … quite unaware of danger to such a girl, was not at work or home, then vlogged it. Insane.
This one the same, though via the water, not public transport:
Not the slightest sense of needing some sort of defence, alone.
A nice UK chart , but what was the year Some classics on here ! Still good today . Try to do it without using google or Grok . Some great tracks here . #music#popchart#mondaypic.twitter.com/0zvxufX2Tz
