Marty

Greetings, young fellow.

Pleasant enough day here, after a bit of rain to begin with. But the forecast for most of the week isn't all that great. Hey, dughlas!

My mam would sometimes add carrots. But when I was a kid, growing up in the north of England in the fifties and early sixties, the only corn that was readily available was cornflakes for breakfast.

I've been thinking about this, and can't help but wonder if we'll ever get to @chris191070 page...

To be truthful, traditionally it wouldn't have had the fruit, unless it was sliced apple. More likely sliced cucumber, tomatoes, celery sticks, lettuce, and maybe a wedge of pork pie and/or some sausage rolls. And lashings of chutney and/or relish!

Oh, there has to be lamb! If you use beef, it would be cottage pie. (I think we had this discussion a few month's back.) For some reason this reminds me of a large notice that was on the wall behind the bar of a pub that I occasionally called into in the Pennines in the north of England back in the 1970's. They also served bar food, and one of their specialities was ploughman's lunch (which was the reason I used call in whenever I was hiking in the area). The sign had a photo of their famous ploughman's lunch, and in big letters above it was written: "You show me a real ploughman and I'll show you a real ploughman's lunch." Next time I'm in England, I must call in and see if they still do it.

Looks amazing, as well! And tasty.

How's things, Page?

And the same right back at you, Gary!

Greetings, young Albert!

I'm sorry, people... But shepherd's pie without peas just isn't shepherd's pie.

Sorry... I just can't resist...

I hope it's not a hungry eye...

Hi, Gary!

I've already had to put the heat on for at least an hour or two some evenings this past week or so. Here's the short term forecast from Met Éireann for my area in Ireland:

Good day, Adi! Here you go. Pea and Mint Soup recipe (close your eyes, @Valkyrie ) https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/pea-mint-soup

Well spotted, Tim!

Thanks, Albert! ❤️ The Dark Hedges Stranocum, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Source: https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/the-dark-hedges-p703291

Sleep, by the sounds of things.

Thanks, Val! One of the things with macro photography when done properly, using a genuine macro lens that allows you to get really close to the subject, is that unless you really close down the aperture of the lens, you tend to finish up with a very shallow depth of field. So some parts of the image may be in really sharp focus, but other parts, maybe only a millimetre or so closer or further away from the lens, are blurred. But a problem with using a small aperture is that, because it means less light is getting though the lens to the sensor (or the film in the old days), you need to have the aperture open for a longer time to get enough light through. In this case (photographing the seed head) the plant was moving in the wind, so I had to open the aperture as wide as possible to avoid motion blur (in which case everything would have been blurred). But, as you say, I think it worked. [Here endeth today's Photography 101 lesson]

Good to hear! And, thanks.

Greetings, Page! Hope all's well with you and yours.

I decided to put the macro lens on TN and take some close ups... So my 26th (out of 52) monochrome shot this week is a close up of a calendula flower that has gone to seed. I like to save my own seeds whenever I can. And, wow! I'm now half way through this project!

It is for Mr B. He's celebrating the Queen of England's birthday. Late! (Or perhaps early.)

And the same to you, bro!