Fidget ... We go there every year ... the seagulls have been adversaries of mine for 46 years! Watching them rob unsuspecting ice cream purchasers of the ice cream out of their cornet is not to be missed. We guard our pasties fiercely! As for the wedding ... as a member of a mixed race family myself I welcome the royals to our club. I share Pdoc's hopes.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When William and Kate were married I had a couple of friends in the village who are alone round forsome bubbles and to watch it together. It was fun. everyone has remembered and so this year we are repeating the fun I wouldn’t say we are royalists but appreciative of the work they do. I feel a lot has been learnt recently by the Firm and they are moving with the times.
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
Lovely lazy morning snuggling with the dogs but must get potting on done this pm.
Pat - that farmer should have his matches taken away. Maybe he'll stop when his own house burns down. Meanwhile the fire fighters should limit themselves to protecting other people's property in daylight and in safety. Either way, he needs to be hit with a huge bill.
Royal weddings seem to make a lot of people happy. I approve of this pair not having a VIP guest list and it'll be interesting to see if the cousins come up with more ridiculous fashion failures. Frankly, the fewer noxious rellies the better too. I won't be watching but I do wish them well.
As for mixed race blessings, it's time the Brits woke up. None of us is "pure", coming, as we do, from immigrant stock ourselves whether it be the first arrivals after the Ice Age, Celts, the Romans which included Africans, Arabs, a lot of near Asia and most of Europe then the Danes, Norwegians, Angles, Saxons, Normans, Flemish weavers, French Huguenots, all the post conflict refugees from European wars and then Commonwealth citizens. Time to concentrate on neighbourliness and community cohesion and celebrate difference along with commonality.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
You’re right Obelixx. Also, we never hear if these idiots get fined. But Hubby thinks they do. just had late call from daughter. John passed away a short while ago. The hospital rang her so my daughter and grandson went over and sat with him for the last 10 minutes of his life. She held his hand so she hopes he knew she was there with him. Its after 11 pm now, so catch up tomorrow.
Hello, quick pop in , should be preparing a dinner for 6 this evening, just logged on to look for an interesting veg recipe and noticed what you are all talking about ' The Wedding. I am embracing it wholeheartedly, but possibly for slightly different reasons than the bride & groom - Chateau de Gateaux is having a Royal wedding Garden Party, hats obligatory, with an enormous, and I mean enormous, screen broadcasting the whole thing live form the BBC! So far all the 'paid up' guests are French (25,00 € a head), so I am certainly going to mke a big thing of the day! We have room for 60 guests, local radio is broadcasting from here live too and the press will be out in full force. Of course, we are very happy for the 'royal' couple too.
Now back to find something exciting to do with a red cabbage.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
Brilliant idea DD. Here's a red cabbage recipe. Keeps well for days and if you use Balsamic vinegar you don't need the sugar.:-
SWEET & SOUR RED SALAD
250g / 8oz red cabbage, shredded 430g / 15oz tin red kidney beans, drained and rinsed 125g / 4oz radishes, sliced 1 small red onion, sliced thinly 1 red bell pepper, cored and diced 200g / 7oz beetroot, cooked and cut into strips 1 red apple, cored and cut into
chunks
Dressing:-
4 tbs red wine vinegar 4 tbs soft brown sugar 2 tbs light soy sauce 2 tbs sunflower, safflower, rapeseed or
grapeseed oil
Cover the cabbage
with boiling water and leave for 5 minutes without further heat. Drain well.
Combine all the salad
ingredients.
Combine all the
dressing ingredients and taste for seasoning.
Some people find it more sweet than sour so you may want to adjust the
vinegar levels.
Toss the salad in the
dressing and serve. The salad benefits
from being left to marinate an hour or two before serving and keeps well for at
least a week.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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As for the wedding ... as a member of a mixed race family myself I welcome the royals to our club. I share Pdoc's hopes.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
everyone has remembered and so this year we are repeating the fun I wouldn’t say we are royalists but appreciative of the work they do. I feel a lot has been learnt recently by the Firm and they are moving with the times.
A A Milne
Im on polling clerk duty today. Glad I bought a cushion. This seat is really hard.
Wish them all the luck in the world 🌍
Pat - that farmer should have his matches taken away. Maybe he'll stop when his own house burns down. Meanwhile the fire fighters should limit themselves to protecting other people's property in daylight and in safety. Either way, he needs to be hit with a huge bill.
Royal weddings seem to make a lot of people happy. I approve of this pair not having a VIP guest list and it'll be interesting to see if the cousins come up with more ridiculous fashion failures. Frankly, the fewer noxious rellies the better too. I won't be watching but I do wish them well.
As for mixed race blessings, it's time the Brits woke up. None of us is "pure", coming, as we do, from immigrant stock ourselves whether it be the first arrivals after the Ice Age, Celts, the Romans which included Africans, Arabs, a lot of near Asia and most of Europe then the Danes, Norwegians, Angles, Saxons, Normans, Flemish weavers, French Huguenots, all the post conflict refugees from European wars and then Commonwealth citizens. Time to concentrate on neighbourliness and community cohesion and celebrate difference along with commonality.
just had late call from daughter. John passed away a short while ago. The hospital rang her so my daughter and grandson went over and sat with him for the last 10 minutes of his life. She held his hand so she hopes he knew she was there with him.
Its after 11 pm now, so catch up tomorrow.
Now back to find something exciting to do with a red cabbage.
SWEET & SOUR RED SALAD
250g / 8oz red cabbage, shredded
430g / 15oz tin red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
125g / 4oz radishes, sliced
1 small red onion, sliced thinly
1 red bell pepper, cored and diced
200g / 7oz beetroot, cooked and cut into strips
1 red apple, cored and cut into chunks
Dressing:-
4 tbs red wine vinegar
4 tbs soft brown sugar
2 tbs light soy sauce
2 tbs sunflower, safflower, rapeseed or grapeseed oil
Cover the cabbage with boiling water and leave for 5 minutes without further heat. Drain well.
Combine all the salad ingredients.
Combine all the dressing ingredients and taste for seasoning. Some people find it more sweet than sour so you may want to adjust the vinegar levels.
Toss the salad in the dressing and serve. The salad benefits from being left to marinate an hour or two before serving and keeps well for at least a week.