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Jul. 12th, 2020 04:26 pmI picked raspberries for Grandpa today. It turns out that the fruit cage is basically a raspberry jungle, *so* many young canes which, of course, are not carrying any tasty fruit. Got a reasonable bowlful, and I think I have persuaded him to eat them fresh with cream rather than adding Too Much Sugar and cooking them—which is a crime, unless you are making jam, which I don't think he can do.
Also came upon a blackcurrant bush amidst the raspberries, and picked a goodly crop from that. We had them for lunch, cooked briefly with a little sugar and ginger, and poured over ice cream. I don't know quite what to do with the raspberry canes now, though. They are rampant!
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Beast and I have been watching 'Slings and Arrows' on YouTube. Which is delightful! I'd had it on my Amazon wishlist for a while but to no avail, and it's great to be able to see the series. It was somewhere in episode 3 that I began to laugh aloud at the antics, and I thoroughly enjoyed the final episode of that season. Interesting that season 2 begins exactly where season 1 left off, and changes cast later on.
And how nice it is to see someone who is *incredibly* pretty playing a part in which that prettiness just doesn't matter.
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Went outside to sort out the compost bins. I managed to remove half the black plastic lining of one without much difficulty, and have put the small amount remaining in that bin into the wheelbarrow for now. But when I started to move the stuff from the adjacent bin into the newly freed one, three wasps stung me inside a minute, so I retreated. I have zinging red marks on left wrist, right upper arm, and belly. Woe!
Also came upon a blackcurrant bush amidst the raspberries, and picked a goodly crop from that. We had them for lunch, cooked briefly with a little sugar and ginger, and poured over ice cream. I don't know quite what to do with the raspberry canes now, though. They are rampant!
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Beast and I have been watching 'Slings and Arrows' on YouTube. Which is delightful! I'd had it on my Amazon wishlist for a while but to no avail, and it's great to be able to see the series. It was somewhere in episode 3 that I began to laugh aloud at the antics, and I thoroughly enjoyed the final episode of that season. Interesting that season 2 begins exactly where season 1 left off, and changes cast later on.
And how nice it is to see someone who is *incredibly* pretty playing a part in which that prettiness just doesn't matter.
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Went outside to sort out the compost bins. I managed to remove half the black plastic lining of one without much difficulty, and have put the small amount remaining in that bin into the wheelbarrow for now. But when I started to move the stuff from the adjacent bin into the newly freed one, three wasps stung me inside a minute, so I retreated. I have zinging red marks on left wrist, right upper arm, and belly. Woe!