Author Archives: james

They don’t stop coming…

Yes, more tomatoes 😀 And a cucumber for a bit of variation.

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Don’t know what my excuse is today

But yet again I missed the afternoon reading. The morning one is perhaps a bit higher than I’d expect given recent results, too.

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Well, that explains all the noise

coming from the chicken runs earlier. The egg on the right is extra large. The one on the left is… well… I don’t know… Emu?

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Blood pressure review

On Thursday I submitted the last of my blood pressure readings for the week to the GP. On Friday I received a text message from the GP saying that he was pleased to see the numbers are getting closer to … Continue reading →

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Speidel hydropress bladder replacement

At least, for the older forty litre model. In spite of other plans, today mostly turned into a day of fixing things. The most complex one was replacement of the failed neoprene bladder in said Speidel forty litre hydropress which … Continue reading →

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Forgot to take my drugs last night

I was distracted. It happens. But then so does this. And then I forgot to take them for the rest of the day.

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Almost normal…

Forgot the early afternoon reading though — just morning and evening.

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Is it because he can’t get the seeds?

From a BBC News article:

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Going a bit batty

Down at the press room last week we found this little chap hanging onto the door post. Seems a very odd place to hang out as it’s quite exposed, but he/she seemed to be doing a decent job of holding … Continue reading →

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Another one :(

Unpleasantly high heart rate here, but in the evening. I didn’t get an afternoon reading because I was out all day pressing apples.

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