Marty
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I can give you the recipe, if you want.
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I'm sure you'll all be glad to know I kept a greater distance from people during my rebellion than we see here.
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Bran cake, fresh from the oven. Same recipe that my mother used when I was a child. Although I did reduce the sugar content, in deference to my Type 2 diabetes status.
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I've a confession to make... I broke curfew this afternoon and drove the 20 miles to pick up my medication from the pharmacy. Whilst I was there I also bought some fresh fruit and vegetables from the supermarket, along with some fresh meat. And some mushrooms and a few tins of sardines! Sorry, Val and Page (not! ). Oh! I managed to get a garden rake as well!
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Indeed it is. Personally, even though he is openly gay, I don't really like the guy. But he has my total respect over this. Ireland doesn't seem to be doing as badly as some other countries as far as covid-19 is concerned. I think a good part of the reason for that is that our Prime Minister was a doctor in his former life. That's not to say we're having it easy, because we aren't.
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Thanks, guys. That''s number one of what is planned to be 52 new photos I hope to take, one a week for the next twelve months. Part of a camera club challenge. I've decided to try and do all black and white ones for the current challenge.
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You may well think that, but I couldn't possibly comment, clo Although a friend of a friend, who knows someone who knows someone else, tells me that it's just about impossible to source during the current lockdown. (That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. )
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Now this is interesting: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/06/europe/ireland-leo-varadkar-coronavirus-doctor-intl/ Please remember that this is a politics free forum, should anyone wish to respond.
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Buenos dias, Page.
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Hi, Gary! Hope all's well with you.
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I hope so, Albert. Biggest problem at the moment may be getting plants and various items of gardening equipment. Yea, I'm feeling good, thanks! Great to hear you are as well.
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Hi, young Albert! Hope all's well with you. Just grabbing a bite to eat, then back out to the garden.
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For Gary:
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Cheers, Val!
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Not totally made my mind up yet, clo. I'm thinking I may convert the upper story into some sort of living accommodation. Perhaps a holiday rental, or just somewhere for friends or family to stay when too many visit at once. The lower story may eventually become a workshop/storage area. (And is it wrong that I initially read the last word of you replay as "herb"...? )
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Thanks, Gary! The cottage may look bigger in that photo than it really is. A matter of perspective, I think, as I was stood much closer to it than the house behind, making it look almost as tall as the house itself. In reality it's probably only about 2/3 the height of the main house.
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Before I go, I thought some of you might like to see a photo that I took two days ago (thanks to Trusty Nikon) of the back of the new old house, showing the cottage in the garden, and taken from the upper (larger) garden...
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Bedtime for me. Actually, it's way past bedtime. Night, all!
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I got momentarily excited earlier when I looked in the mirror... I thought the colour was coming back into my hair... Then I washed it in the shower and it was white again. Must of been all the smoke and ash from the bonfire...
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Squeaky clean, thanks! And clothes in the wash. (And lmao at your second comment )
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Okay... Mind if I take yours?
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Impudent young rapscallion!
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Well, guys. I reek of bonfire smoke. So I'm going to have a shower. And then I shall throw all my work clothes from the past couple of days in the washing machine to get the smell out of them as well. Maybe chat you in a while...
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I trust you're talking about your rhubarb plant...
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The leaves of rhubarb contain very large amounts of oxalic acid, which is toxic (causing kidney failure) to humans. Apparently in Britain, during World War 1, there were a number of fatalities caused by people boiling and eating rhubarb leaves as a substitute for cabbage...
