20 October 2022
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Autumn has well and truly arrived in our back garden. In another two or three weeks that Virginia Creeper at the back will have lost it’s leaves and it will feel more like winter but, for now, we’ll enjoy the … Continue reading
19 October 2022
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I’m making progress on assembling the fruit cage down at the allotment but it is slow work. Three more foundation posts done today, all of which needed a narrow, deep hole dug out to get them set at the right … Continue reading
18 October 2022
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I got my first batch of cider bottled yesterday afternoon. I was quite surprised by the gravity reading (0.992) as I’m used to beer, which rarely gets below about 1.004. That cider yeast must have the ability to tolerate a … Continue reading
17 October 2022
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A long time ago, almost all the music I listened to was hard rock or heavy metal. That probably shifted around the time I took up the bass guitar. Learning to be a musician meant widening my musical horizons. In … Continue reading
16 October 2022
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There are some gorgeous colours outside this autumn? I wonder if the hot summer contributed to that. They looked even better today, with the quality of the light. Hopefully we’ll get some more of that this week – I ought … Continue reading
15 October 2022
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Tonight I had a jazz gig, playing during the dinner section of an event at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham. It was the same quartet I gigged with last month but we didn’t have quite the same level … Continue reading
14 October 2022
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Today I’ve made a start on erecting the fruit cage down at the allotment. Slow progress! The first step is to put in the foundation posts. I’ve got them in the right positions (helped by the classic 3:4:5 triangle to … Continue reading
13 October 2022
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With some of yesterday’s bumper crop of apples and others already ready and waiting, I’ve been getting another batch of cider underway. Last night I separated the good apple flesh (unpeeled) from the cores and more marked bits and cooked … Continue reading
12 October 2022
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Today has been a harvest day in the back garden – lots of tomatoes and over 13kg of apples! That’s great but it also demands attention. Some apples will keep quite well but, even if we had an apple with … Continue reading
11 October 2022
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Tonight was the final training band session for this half-term. With our regular conductor away, one of our more experienced clarinetists took on conducting duties and we ran through quite a few pieces in the pad, often at a slightly … Continue reading