21 August 2014
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With the weather turning just a bit chillier, we couldn’t resist having a small log fire tonight. Some paper, card, kindling and sticks, along with a couple of smallish logs seem to have been enough for a decent blaze so … Continue reading
20 August 2014
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I’m doing more playing with the String Project tonight at East Oxford community festival. Ben has organised an evening of music with stuff going on from about 6:30 – 11pm and I’ll play a bit with the group, back up … Continue reading
19 August 2014
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Tonight we enjoyed an almost entirely homegrown salad: tomatoes, cucumber and basil. We didn’t grow the olives that produced the oil, the pepper plants that produced the peppercorns or produce our own salt or capers but I can claim the … Continue reading
18 August 2014
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Most prodigious harvest of the year award in my garden looks like it is going to be awarded to the cucumbers in the polytunnel. Other potential contenders, like the tomatoes (just getting into their stride but they would have to … Continue reading
17 August 2014
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No, not the Byrds song (orginally Pete Seeger but made famous by the band) but how to make compost. This afternoon I spotted that the more mature side of my compost bin had reached the dark, earthy stage so I … Continue reading
16 August 2014
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Today’s acoustic set went very well. Unfortunately the later show on the main stage was beset by various technical difficulties, one of which was that the double bass was on the edge of (sometimes over the edge) of feedback for … Continue reading
15 August 2014
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When is my next gig? Tomorrow! The Elder Stubbs Festival is an annual event run at the Elder Stubbs allotments in Cowley by local charity, Restore. It takes place tomorrow (Saturday) from noon until 6pm and entry is £3 for … Continue reading
14 August 2014
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In the UK we know it by the more utilitarian name of caving but, while I’d much rather fill my life with colour than color, spelunking is a word I’d be glad for the mother tongue to appropriate. I thought … Continue reading
13 August 2014
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Eggs yesterday and bacon today. I guess that’s what you could call serial for breakfast…
12 August 2014
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Here is the back garden, in a shot from about a week ago: I think it looks rather autumnal already; next year, we could do with building in some of the beautiful summer colours that are still available. It is … Continue reading