Early morning routine of touring various Kirkcaldy industrial estates with my Dad in the van every other day is developing.
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I now own a grout gun.
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rhiaro 2020: I have exactly one 35L backpack of stuff, am attached to none of it, and the idea of more is horrifying.
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rhiaro 2021: would you like to come and look at my collection of oil paintings in the flat that I am renovating?
(I don't actually have a collection of oil paintings.. yet.. I'm thinking about buying a couple though.)
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My latest mushroom pins have all aborted, my sourdough starter went mouldy in the fridge, and I rescued my inside tomato from a giant slug this morning.
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Made a dish with multiple kinds of mushrooms in tonight, so if me and Dave get sick later we won't know if it's the ones I grew myself in my kitchen, or the ones I picked from the woods earlier. Exciting!
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Week in review: 10th - 16th May
- One bag of mushrooms yielded one clump. The other bag tried and failed :(
- Too much bok choy sprouted, trying to spread it around. Repotted a ton of basil that grew from seeds. Salvaged the stray tomato that sprouted at the base of the avocado plant and potted it up.
- Most of the replacement cucumbers I bought from B&Q look like they aren't going to survive, for unknown reasons.
- Apple cake, rhubarb crumble, and other things.
- Made many omelettes in the Lang Spoon kitchen. Been about 6 years since I cracked an egg..
- Started making decisions about bathrooms, changing my mind, acquired some stuff.
- TAG not-face-to-face from early mornings to late evenings, with Co-op in between. Somehow.
- Recovered with a fantastic weekend of gallivanting. Went around the coast to Elie and Pittenweem, bought a wetsuit, swam in the sea pool, visited interesting little shops; rescued an excellent bath from the dump and rehomed it in K's garden; then 'helped' with clearing ivy of her shed roof.
- The kayak finally came! I can't lift it myself.
- Finally watched the 1984 Dune movie (over two nights). I quite enjoyed it, though I can see how to people who haven't read the books it is probably completely incoherent.
- I'm still slogging through Mentats of Dune.
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Get more coffee, go for a pee, be on time for the next meeting. Choose any two of the three.
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Week in review: 3rd - 9th May
- Second flush of mushrooms has begun, hesitantly.
- Sudden strong wind/rain/hail decimated my plants. We'll see who survives. Chard and bok choy sprouted though.
- Bathroom renovation related panicking. Took a day off work to go tour Glenrothes on the bus to visit bathroom related hardware shops (and pick up some Freegle things). Did a bathroom 3D design at B&Q. Made a spreadsheet.
- Dave took down his fitted cupboards. Not too major disaster underneath. A few holes to patch.
- Some work on Standards Lab again.
- Started at the Lang Spoon Community Kitchen. Made chapati over the open flame on the stove. Super fun.
- Finally rehomed my old sofas. Hopefully they are put to good use.
- Helped to make raspberry plant supports from scavenged fence posts.
- Tried a different sourdough recipe, to make a more sour one. It did not go well. It was too sticky to handle, I overcooked it slightly and had to spend half an hour getting it out of the trays. It tastes okay but is dense and chewy.
- Editorial DID spec stuff.
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I went to vote at 0730 yesterday. I wasn't expecting anyone else to be there, but got stuck behind a line of nuns.
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One day of heavy rain has decimated my footpath garden. I've covered everything, but too late for most. I miss when slugs were stealing my lettuces in my living room..
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Week in review: 26th April - 2nd May
- Joined the AC meeting.
- Little bit of DID spec stuff.
- Planted out broccoli and rhubarb.
- Spending longer and longer on the beach in the mornings.. And an evening under the supermoon.
- Co-op quarterly meeting, aka NoGM.
- Multiple failed attempts to rehome my old sofas. Desperate not to send them to landfill.
- Got to see JB in 3 dimensions! We hung out in K's garden.
- Made wholewheat bread. Went surprisingly well. And a cashew not-cheesecake.
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Okay so it's probably a totally random coincidence and definitely not systematic sexism but I got a letter from the NHS addressed to both me and my brother and even though I'm Dr (clearly superior) and alphabetically first, it's still "Mr and Dr Guy".
Edit: Handed the letter to Dave when he got home from work and the first thing he said was "with your impressive title and the fact you did all the work for this, but my name is first? Wtf sexism." So he's raised right.
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A pox upon gumtree people who ask "is this still available" then never respond again.
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Homegrown mushrooms on homemade sourdough, with homegrown lettuce leaves and home-sprouted chickpeas. The ultimate lockdown breakfast?
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Week in review: 19th - 25th April
- Made sourdough again, and sourdough rye, and lemon cakes; falafel and flatbread; pizza; and other tasty things.
- Stayed really warm most of the week. Coffee on the beach in the morning is still as magical as the first time.
- Moved my indoor salad planter to outside, and replanted the carrots in the big tire planter. Promptly lost all four remaining outdoor lettuces to wind and sunburn, alas. Planted bok choy seeds there instead. The radishes look battered, but are growing new leaves and might make it (apart from one). Also planted chard seeds in big pots.
- Got a bunch more planters and pots from Freegle to expand the footpath-garden. Made my inside windowsill garden more civilised, and some chilli and basil have sprouted! Various plant photos.
- Walked through the woods on the way to Glenrothes, up to an ancient bridge. Picked up lots of rubbish on the way.
- Had an exciting trip to B&Q for yet more compost.
- Mushrooms grew dramatically and started dropping spores. So beautiful. Harvested and ate them! Amazing.
- Also crocheted a mushroom.
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I put my little baby seedlings outside for the first time and they are so small and pathetic I'll worry all night. Dissuaded from sleeping on the path next to them, but I have rigged up a little cardboard tent..
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