One way to bake bread is to use a dutch oven – a heavy iron cooking pot with a lid. The idea is that keeps the bread enclosed in a smaller area and so, rather than trying to fill the … Continue reading
20 January 2023
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Month: January 2023
19 January 2023
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A Quail is Born
I haven’t done a lot of creative video editing recently. I’m still producing weekly online service for church but, by and large, that follows a routine pattern so that we can keep providing the material without it taking too much … Continue reading
17 January 2023
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Ima
Another thumbs up from me for a Scary Pockets video: This is a great example of taking a song that has been done to death and spinning it off into an entirely different place. My favourite kind of cover!
16 January 2023
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Falling Snail?
Is what is coming down outside at the moment snow or hail? It’s small white chunks which sometimes bounce a bit on impact but quickly melt away. Perhaps ‘snail’ would be an appropriate term although ‘down’ doesn’t quite match up … Continue reading
15 January 2023
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Out with the Big Fiddle
Recently there has been a fortnightly Saturday afternoon sing-around session at the local hostelry, The Plough Inn. Up until yesterday, I’d manage to miss all of them because of clashes in my diary but I was free at last so … Continue reading
14 January 2023
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Covers on
Not the polytunnel covers (that’s a little way off still) but I went out and bought some horticultural fleece today to cover the crops I planted last month. The weather is due to turn cold again tomorrow and persist that … Continue reading
13 January 2023
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Standing up
My polytunnel project has passed the next significant marker. I finished getting the foundation poles in and was able to mount the four hoops and main stabilisers. That’s an important step forward for a couple of reasons. Practically, it means … Continue reading
11 January 2023
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Shortest Day Taste Test
The first bottle I tried of my Shortest Day beer was a bit of a disaster. It was the end of the line and, with a lot of sediment in the bottom, I wasn’t surprised when it frothed up on … Continue reading
9 January 2023
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Squaring up
Today I managed to put in a grand total of one more of the foundation posts for the polytunnel. One is better than none though and it does put me over half-way through the process. For the first four, I … Continue reading
8 January 2023
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Back to the Bands
First rehearsal for CSWO this evening… hopefully a chance to check the pieces I rewrote from tuba to electric bass (ie. moved an octave up).