Mundane News

[Reynard]

Lovely luncheon of a chunk of Melton Mowbray pork pie, two slices of wholemeal toast, one with the last of the chicken liver pate and the other with quince jelly, plus a pear, a minneola and two

Have laid out the Murfitt's Seedlings that I picked on Saturday in a cardboard tray for storing. However, I think I shall be making apple crumble tomorrow...

 

[Reynard]

I have to send it to the accounts department so they can show it the tax office when we're audited.

Photograph it.

 

[Illaveago]

Mild, blustery and mostly sunny here chez Casa Reynard - though there is some rather obvious evidence of overnight rain.

Slept OK, though it took me a long time to drift off. Had a constructive morning that included cleaning out the ashes from the grate and dumping them in the compost bin, and then making a big pot of soup. Had some carrots, red onions and sweet potatoes that wanted using, so went thai-style with red curry paste, coconut milk, ginger and wanged in a load of red lentils.

My new Sabatier cook's knife is a joy to use. The old one has been consigned to the box of things for the next tip run as it just won't hold a sharp edge anymore.

Have also been making notes for a future chapter. It takes place just before the main pivotal point of the story and has been "built in" to the plot for a while now. But as my characters have developed, I have a much better idea of how that passage will work, so I can start sketching out some lines of dialogue and bits of action.

It is almost time for luncheon.

How do you know that the characters don't have a huge row and walk off ?

 

[Illaveago]

I have been doing a bit of bashing today . I thought I would start off with a curved piece of metal to begin with so I tried out the new nibbler . I marked out a curved section on my sheet of steel and set about cutting it out . It just took a few seconds ! It would have taken me several minutes with my tin snips . I have to be careful of the swarf as the nibbler makes small sharp semi circular bits which could easily puncture a tyre . After a lot of banging I have achieved what I wanted . It will form the front piece of the helmet , it has formed a sharper curve which I couldn't get on the bigger piece of the helmet .

 

[rockyroller]

After a night of torrential rain it seems to have finally dried up. Still windy though.

The wind blows my postbox lid open and then it sticks open. It's pretty lightweight plastic. I might screw something heavy to the inside of it to keep it closed. I don't want my takeaway menus and Jehovah's Witness leaflets to get wet (well that seems to be all the post I get these days!).

how about a magnet, of enough weight, to keep it down?

 

[biggs682]

Chilli for tea

 

[tyred]

how about a magnet, of enough weight, to keep it down?

The whole thing is plastic so a magnet won't stick.

 

[Oldhippy]

Chilli for tea

Why not drink indoors? 😁

 

[classic33]

Currently overthinking how to make a table to log the bike parts we use...

Tyres, tubes, cables, outers,
Brakes, brake levers, brake blocks/pads
Cranksets, chainwheels, chains

 

[PeteXXX]

The whole thing is plastic so a magnet won't stick.

Blu-Tak 👍

 

[classic33]

Excel is good for creating tables.

I think he prefers tables that have legs though.

 

[biggs682]

So another day nearer pension day

 

[classic33]

The whole thing is plastic so a magnet won't stick.

Howabout a draught excluder for the letter box?

 

[Reynard]

Spent the afternoon doing wood in the garden. Have sawed up a load of logs and brought in some smaller stuff (mainly deadfall) to tackle later.

I can see a fabby sunset through the kitchen window.

I have a and a chocolate biskit.

 

[Jameshow]

What's a flabby sunset?!🤔🤔🤔