Natural Accelerant

I divided up the pork shoulder and kept the skin.  The skin/fat was perfect as a accelerant to get the BBQ going!  I will certainly do that again.

Scuffler

We tried a scuffler from a local bakery.  It was quite light for a breadcake.

Annual Tax Review

I reviewed my year end payslip, double checked my tax contributions.  I let out a Yorkshire war cry...

Francis Scott Key Bridge

Francis Scott Key Bridge was on the news, not in a good way.  I am pretty sure I have ridden Endee across it once, I remember it being very high and very windy.

Garden Capture

We have tried to capture and record what is in the garden, and obviously the plants keep coming and going.

I filmed the garden this weekend, and maybe I will be filming it quarterly until we have a good grasp what are in it!

Spring Planting III

I am optimistic that it would not freeze over, so I planted the sunflowers and courgettes out, fingers crossed.

And I cut a few branches of forsythia, to see if they will grow some roots and become a new plant.  We have seen how others cut their forsythia into a box hedge, pretty.

Nottingham's Sunday

We went into Nottingham early, forever worrying about parking in an unfamiliar city, only to find the city was quite dead before noon.  Only when we were leaving about 2pm, it became slightly more alive.

Spring Planting II

I actually bought sunflower seeds this year or planting.  They sprouted well, I already gave two away, let's the competition begins.

Spring Planting

The new seeds says it need to be sown between 15-20C, how is that possible?  The ones I sow in too early, I think they will never sprout now... Now I need to sow more.  I just need to remember there is a certain failure, I should always just blame the seeds.

Filter Inflation

I usually snap up water filter when I think they are a good deal, hence I buy them in a larger quantity and don't them on a regular basis, I just wanted to buy now, so expensive.

Fixed Menu

We go to this restaurant, always with a Groupon, and their menu haven't changed for the last 8 years...

Namewee It Might Break Your Pinky Heart

I cannot believe I haven't posted it before.

Namewee The People Of The Dragon

 

I wonder if they understand sarcasm.

Feoffment

I was reading Han history in England and came across a new English word: Feoffment.  I suppose investiture is equally archaic.

Fence Repair

Last time I did the fence repair at the old house, I remember I used a lot of screws.  I did the fence panel repair here, and I have just used up all my stash.  Except now, I have nowhere to replenish!

Oriental City Dim Sum Master

We went yam cha, and we wondered if they bought some of their dim sums in.  So I plucked up the courage to ask this very rude question.  The staff said everything was made there.  Dim sums were very nice indeed.

Repair Cafe at Home

I kept dropping the old scale, so I finally decided to take it apart and reset it correctly.  So it wasn't broken all along, it was just a screw loose.  I should have done it long time ago before buying a new scale...

Late Night Bargain Hunt

I came home after an evening seminar.  I got so much good stuff from the coop!!

Collage Name Tag

I had some old magazines out, so I decided to make myself a collage name tag for when I go to Garforth Repair cafe.

Brown Bins in 2024

Apparently some council makes you pay for your brown bin.  Leeds is not charging yet, but the brown bin isn't coming till April!  I will have to take a few trips to the tip when I do the Spring trim.

Random Made Up Games

Why do some child like to make up games than playing with the games made?  Let's play a variation game on "I Spy" called "I Think"...

Painful Paddy

I charged up Paddy and download some TV programmes.  Except it is now extremely painful to operate...

PV on Suboptimal Roof

So I finally went to see Ruth's solar.

They do look neat.

Bread Cannot Become Bagel

Tom was describing we can make a piece of bread into bagel by punching a hold in it.  I thought he is now old enough to have deeper understanding of bread.  I told him bread can never be bagel, as it is already fully risen...

Disney Plus Trial

My friend has Disney Plus, expiring today, so I helped them to make the most out of it by watching loads of Marvel movies, much to Sarah's dismay.

Roof Shapes

Whilst I was looking up roof, I also learnt all the different shape roof that I previously didn't know their names.  Flat, gabled, domed, mono-pitched, arched are all very self explainatory.  Hipped roof I knew.  Mansard and butterfly were interesting.

Vertical Roof

Someone kept calling their dormer elevation vertical roof.  Vertical roof is already an oxymoron.  Cladded elevation's cladding is very much not roof tiles...  If it elevates, it is an elevation...

Damage-Free Fixings

There are only so many ways you can fix things without damaging the surfaces, aka mechanically.  So I am using sticky putty for the string light and suckers for the sun sails, lets hope they hope up.

Quiz Master

I have done a couple quizzes for the knitters.  When someone mentioned about making a quiz for solar, I made 3.  There is no point of making a quiz that everyone knows all the answers, it is all about educate and making talking points.

Kids Quiz

Adult Quiz

PV Quiz

Moon Repair

I have had the Moon since 2018.  Since then, it has moved house, change charger, moved multiple times up and down the shelves.  I have kept that to minimum, on the necessary basis, because I know the Moon is fragile.  So it finally happens, the charger jack holding glue gave, and I have to reinstalled it surgically...   And contrary to popular believe, instead of the LED remote control, you can also touch control the moon, by touching its nipple. 

St David Daffodils

My daffodils are just coming up, perfect timing for St David day.