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Who doesn’t like a bit of coleslaw?

Posted on July 23, 2026 by james

Though I do prefer it when made with mayonnaise rather than greek yoghurt, but my daughter doesn’t like mayonnaise so yoghurt it is. Cabbage from the veggie plot, honey from my bees. Sadly the onions and carrots aren’t quite ready yet.

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They didn’t kill Kenny!

Posted on July 23, 2026 by james

Sad to hear about Kevin Keegan’s death. He was possibly the first “celebrity” sportsman that I was aware of, perhaps alongside James Hunt and Mark Spitz.

When searching online to remind myself of things lost in the depths of my memory, I came across this little oddity.

From his Wikipedia page:

But from the search engine results:

I have no idea where the difference might have arisen. I wonder if someone had been diddling with the Wikipedia page because of the announcement of his death and that’s what the search engine picked up?

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Another unfortunate choice of words

Posted on July 23, 2026 by james

To be fair, I’m not surprised that she didn’t want a “big job”. Not given this heat, at least.

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I think my neighbour is “retiring”

Posted on July 23, 2026 by james

Or giving up farming, as it were. This is one of his fields. In almost twenty-five years he’s never left it go like this. Other fields are the same. He keeps/kept cattle, and whilst I’m sure I can still hear one occasionally, I don’t see any others about. All his fields appear to be empty.

I’m fairly sure there’s also some ragwort in the middle of the photo there. In the past he’s had a fit about that sort of thing, claiming it’s a “notifiable weed” (wrong, there’s no such thing and never has been).

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Non-black Hungarian Black chiles

Posted on July 23, 2026 by james

If they’re left on the plant, this is what happens to mine. It’s a gorgeous colour and very glossy, More attractive than a red japapeno, I’d say.

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Well that’s not supposed to happen

Posted on July 23, 2026 by james

I was measuring ingredients out to go into the breadmaker this evening and all of a sudden this happened.

I guess the weld must have weakened somehow. Shame I don’t have the skills to re-weld stainless steel.

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A new friend

Posted on July 23, 2026 by james

We’ve had loads of these in the house this Summer. They’ve never invaded before. I have no idea why they’re moving in. I can’t imagine there’s much for them to eat here.

I’ve read that butterflies seem to be doing very well this year. Perhaps grasshoppers are benefitting from the weather too.

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I went a bit crazy today

Posted on July 23, 2026 by james

One from the morning, then three about half an hour apart in the early afternoon. I’m amazed I’m still alive 😀 I’m not inclined to discount the reading though, because the pulse rate is consistent with it.