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Toms harry Dic
Every year when spring arrives I can’t resist growing tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum). And every year, around this time in the dog-days of summer, I vow never to grow the bloody …
What a woebegone world
With apologies to Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) and Bob Thiele (1922-1996) & George Weiss (1921-2010) I see forests burnAnd heat domes fry,Foretastes of doomFor you and I,And I think to myselfWhat …
Yotam got ’em
I’ve collected all the various recipes accumulated on the blog under the umbrella of a new ‘Recipes’ category. To mark the occasion, a tribute to Yotam Ottolenghi GRUEL Prep 15 …
Avant-garde a clue
ACROSS9 Ghastly old queen gets to do little – primarily breed, eat, thieve and hunt (9)10 Creep’s typical behaviour? (5)11 Boy, I set extraordinary weight! (7)12 Protection is worn out …
Annibendod Mynwy
When I was in primary school my parents decided I should sit the scholarship entrance exam for Monmouth School. Then as now the private, single-sex boarding school was a bastion …
It’s over
Text message received from my sister 29/1/21: Dad passed away peacefully today. I’m collecting his stuff from the hospital x He was two weeks short of his 97th birthday. I …
Kestrel seen in Splott!
Poor quality picture: Dic Mortimer
Going Bananas
Appropriately, given that the plant can only thrive in the equatorial girdle where temperatures average 27°C (80°F), Ecuador slap bang on the equator is now the world’s biggest banana exporter …
Place your bets
11.59pm WASHINGTON DC BLEAKNESS STAKES(class x) for billionaire tyrants prize: planet Earth distance: not long going: dirty weather: heating up weights: fixed penalties: rigged draw: biased 1 (1) DUMP TRUCK …
Vexation, vexation, vexation
Following on loosely from https://tinyurl.com/yxlda9e5 We’ve got the builders in again, having reluctantly decided to embark on the next phase of renovating this decrepit hovel. This time it’s the ‘utility …
