Isilme’s harvest report

The picking and collecting are done, the report and the pics are below …

The garden

We’ve collected loads of apples. We gathered two carrier bags full for the local pantry. And two carrier bags full for the church folk to help themselves. My Beloved has smashed several buckets full of windfalls for cider making. And the tree still seems overly full of apples. Likewise, the eating apple tree – some kind of pippin, but not Cox’s – is so dripping with fruit it looks like a weeping willow! But they’re not quite ripe yet. Not far off though.

I collected several punnets of blackberries a while back, intending to bottle them in light syrup. However, they quickly softened too much so I made blackberry and apple jam instead. I’m still gathering blackberries. Also lots of raspberries are keeping me busy. And strawberries!! For years we’ve had about a breakfast bowl full. This year we’ve had a mixing bowl full (roughly – if you added them all together)!! Some are still ripening out there.

All the plums are over now, although I still have a few in the fridge which I shall make into a crumble. The tomatoes are very slow to do anything. The crop is very small altogether and they’re mainly still green. We’ve had about a dozen ripe ones so far. One or two tomato plants got blight and are no longer with us.

The French beans we bought as baby plants, which I thought were haricot beans, turned out to be black beans. Oh well, it all goes down the same way, although I don’t think they will look so good on toast with a tomatoey sauce…. 

The runner beans have gone crazy. We’ve had them with everything and they were well loved by our various visitors, but we’re still picking loads. I picked an overflowing bowl full yesterday. The bean plants are still covered in flowers and still lots of beans are on the way. I shall have to bottle some. Sadly most of the beans I collected yesterday are too far gone and the pods are tough so I will have to use the beans on their own, out of the pods. We neglected them in the haste to recover from our hoards of visitors.

I have also attached a sunset photo (above) which was actually taken by my Mum and I altered it to be portrait rather than landscape so I hope it’s good enough for you to use.

Need to do a bit of work fixing the “Other” page, adding this and that, plus all politicked out here – it’s all Harris and Starmer on soc-med … so for an hour or so, I’m semi-around but let’s have something nice on a miserable day out there … something to rest the eyes:

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9. The virus and the vaxx

It’s not just deep lingering resentment and anger at the PTB, plus clown world “leaders” and place people doing their bidding, nor even the karens quite happy for us to die or be herded, just to save themselves (in their heads) …

… it’s far more … the psychos above actively working out ways to kill us off … and implementing those ways. Plus the real effect on people’s health. Bad parenting, bad schooling, brainwashing, sedentary, phone to ear life … it’s a sickly lot coming through now, with all the asparagus syndrome, mental health issues plus inability to be satisfied … the Stones sang about it.

8. In which I look somewhat askance at the letter sites

… referring to TDS and TCW … for different reasons.

First up, this annoys me more than I can say but I can also see how those not involved in soc-med journalism might not align with this view below the line:

As I’ve mentioned a few times … in the days of the newspapers we bought on the way to work each morning or which were delivered … there were obvious costs to getting it to us, as well the livelihoods of editors, staff, far flung reporters … there really were costs …

… plus we more or less accepted the MSM view in the days before they became egregious misinformants … or at least we were unaware enough to pay the shilling.

But times change, we are where we are in 2024, and news aggregating is a different game. Not saying that AP and Reuters, even TGP, don’t still come up with a lot we could not otherwise get but there’s now an equal number, at least, of interested people the world over, wanting to share their local significant happenings and why … plus there’s a better chance of no blind eyes turned.

Then we come to the journalism itself. There’s a decent sort of chap I hobnobbed with whose idea of hot conversation was to thrash out the D’Oliveira conundrum and his triumphant 158 at The Oval, he might quote classical philosophers and drop into Latin now and then … an educated man.

Except politically. Being a decent chap, he had not been scrambling down political rabbit holes nor deep ferreting with a hunter’s eye and had not come out with seemingly bizarre tales … even offputting, not respectable conversation don’t you know … and thus, his political opinion was a mixed bag.

Now that’s fine in itself … he lives in his world, we get grubby in ours … but when what he presents in print carries a price tag … goodbye. Especially as he’s already sorted out in his M25 or south-eastern mind a payment plan to suit every pocket … predicated on the quality of his thinking and researching.

At the other end of the spectrum, not charging a brass razoo, is the pontificator, the resolute dot joiner, no matter what … page after page after page of wanderings from this to that … not unlike political vloggers and podcasters. Many gems though along the way.

Somewhere in the middle is where we should be aiming.

On the other hand again, there’s certainly a case for semi-nostalgic, good time journalism … on X I do similar with reposts of better-Britain-past type tweets … I go there to unwind, say hello to this or that friend, whereas Gab is more for the headkicking, deep dive ferreting … also required.

Kathy’s site is for the conservative, trad type person and it’s usually a nice detour … except the “droppers” are dropping away. One reason is very much Kathy’s overt Christian radical perspective, which does not sit well with the other sort of conservative or libertarian … can you imagine DK going there?

As a certain number of her article writers do not deep dive … let’s just rid ourselves of Labour and all will be well … then they reach the point, as one has today … where to keep banging on and nobody listening is unproductive.

My approach is to keep pointing our readers over there … but pay Toby Young money to do what we do ourselves? Sorry, old chum … your deep diving needs to be better than that.

… Mexican variety:

(0345) Really must grab some shuteye, chaps and chapesses … all you (possibly) need to know about the “debate” is in the screenshots in Wed 4. See you soon. (0737)

7. I just worked out, on the calculator

… that 9,731,363 … divided by 57,595,206 … comes to

0.1689613

Convert to percentage, lopping the 13 off and you have

16.896% or close to 17%

Now, the last question is … was that indeed the number voting Labour, divided by total eligible voters at the GE in 2024?

6. The Jezebel and Semiramis factor

It’s been mentioned many times … the young Scot, as I call him, had these on youtube:

HERE and HERE

An Xer, after watching Harris and her empty yet mocking manner, esp. of the Gold Star families, caused the Xer to comment: “Jezebel spirit.” Now to bring this in:

Yes, person against person, even within families, between friends.

5. (0644) More comment on the debate (after a snooze)

Tulsi G was interviewed on the very ABC which was doing that thing. Supportive of Trump, media dead against. And so? I looked at a range, inc. for once the pro Harris lot.

What resonated for many was the 3 on one set up but first … that’s not going to matter to fanatical Demonrats and RINOS with much to lose. Second … I saw one comment by a MAGA about his failing to hit her on this or that.

Well … he was not assisted by a machine, no. The MAGA man was wondering about DJT’s “team”. I’m thinking it’s more his Doncentricity, plus now his age. As someone not an eon behind in years, I do know what the gradual loss of faculties is about … so those two factors just mentioned kick in.

4. The non-debate

(0220) All I have to say on 911 is both at OoL on Monday and in the sidebar here now. Plus reminding readers which group donated the statue of ish … er … liberty … to the fledgling United States.

… heading off to try for more sleep, dear readers. (0312)

3. And by the way … those abstaining Labour MPs

2. Interesting pre-debate move on X

1. Of the debate, the Donald and cats in Ohio

No comment on the debate … I did look at X and it seems still early at our 0232 BST. One thing I quite missed though was the rush of Donnie pics with cats and all sorts of little animals he’s embracing. His sworn enemy (alleged crim of Fang Fang infamy) Swalwell is going out of his brain over it, so obviously we need to look at the fuss:

(1346) Lovely weather (still) out there (not). (1747) Weather’s become nicer … genuinely … fluffy clouds floating by.

14. Toodles

JH: Interesting snippet from history, given the “debate” and election in 2024:

13. My fave pollie just now, plus Rupert

12. Two-Tier’s terrorist release programme went off without a hitch

… meanwhile scumbag <20% Labour voted this way on saving pensioners:

11. IYE corner (803/804)

a. ABC on “cloud seeding” boom: “Cloud seeding is BOOMING! They expect at least another 200 ground cloud seeding machines to be put in before next season.” “We’ve been doing this since the 1940s. We’ve been manipulating weather for a very long time.”

{What else is in the mix other than silver iodide? Manipulating weather with “parking lots” – yeah, right!}

Link at 803:2.

b. ““WiFi Radiation opens up your Blood Brain Barrier – it degrades your Mitochondria” Strange nobody ever wants to discuss this – I guess ignorance is bliss for most people.”

Link over there.

10. The Ukrainian war … sources

Alex M is of course biased proRussia but uses no maps, just mentions town after town. Levan G gives the Russian ministry and media reports, Alex C, now up at 804, gives a range of topics … Germany, clown world overall but he has his fixations too, e.g. Scholz in Germany, which is a bit removed from us.

Stormfront is just Russian. For the NATO CIA angle, any western MSM will give you that.

As Alex C says, the main story on Tuesday will be the Trump Harris “debate”, which I for one will studiously avoid, concentrating more on aggregating the reports. 0200-0330 GMT (we’re BST).

9. Bobbie corner

8. This 👇🏻

7. Blasts from the past

a. (March 16th) He is accused of having, on March 14 at 2:50 a.m. on the road from Ouches to Roanne, refused to comply with a summons from the police to stop while he was at the wheel of a vehicle – facts which he disputes –, where a friend was also present, and of having driven under the influence of an alcoholic state. The 15 entries in his criminal record were not likely to reassure the court, and in particular the five refusals to comply and the hit-and-run already on his record.
There, this trip was not to commit theft or a crime, he said, but simply to join my family, gathered for Ramadan.”  

b. (March 18th) (Two Tier) will hold a vote on assisted suicide if, as is widely expected, Labour wins the next general election. Alistair Thompson, a long-time campaigner for improved palliative care, told The European Conservative that if the change is passed by what is likely to be an even more socially liberal Parliament than the current one, the “so-called right to die” will for many soon become “the duty to die.” 

c. (March 18th) “It isn’t just conspiracy theorists who are concerned about HAARP. The European Union called the project a global concern and passed a resolution calling for more information on its health and environmental risks. Despite those concerns, officials at HAARP insist the project is nothing more sinister than a radio science research facility.”

6. IYE on Fredo’s bro and care homes (803)

Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic

Today, @COVIDSelect released a staff memo that holds former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his staff responsible for recklessly exposing elderly Americans to COVID-19 in New York nursing homes from March 25, 2020 to May 10, 2020.

The fine detail over there.

5. Amfortas … when things don’t fit

More indications of Gov’t asleep on the job.

We have Ferries that take passengers, cars, trucks, livestock et all to and from the Big Island. They are 20 years old and new ones have been ordered. They are mostly built now and soon to be delivered. But they are too big for the existing wharves. They had the measurements five years ago. Have they extended the wharves? Hah? What a question.

The Infrastructure Minister had to resign. The Shipping line Chairman and CEO have both fallen on their swords.

It is a fiasco just like the Icebreaker. We had a fine icebreaker based here in Hobart. The PTB thought we should have a bigger, better one. So over a BILLION Ozbucks were spent and a big beautiful ship was built and delivered. The refueling station is up-river a bit from the Tasman Bridge. The new ship cannot get under the bridge !!!!!!!! To refuel, it has to motor around Tasmania to Bernie on the north coast, and back again. 

You cannot make this sort of stuff up, up.

– Amfortas in Hobart

The Russian for train station is “voksal” (transliterated). Exciting, eh?

(1031) I’m back, lovely day out there (not), chores done. (1222)

4. X roundup

3. Gab roundup

Matt Gaetz:

The American people deserve to know who’s weaponizing their government! Jack Smith continues to wage lawfare against President Trump despite a federal judge ruling he was unlawfully appointed and effectively a private citizen. 

Today, I sent a letter to AG Merrick Garland demanding to know who authorized his continued and unlawful witch hunt against President Trump and whether Smith ignored the Justice Manual’s guidance on election interference. 

READ: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gaetz-questions-jack-smiths-authority-keep-up-trump-probes-after-judge-calls-him-unlawfully-appointed