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Dolphin [or porpoise] In the Clyde Estuary

Nature Is Awesome!

25 Feb 2013

I was doing my rounds of the Ingress portals, which is a fun way of getting out and about for some exercise. I had to wait for about 5 minutes to let the portal recharge so I watched some cormorants diving for their lunch. In the distance something surfaced and then submerged without me properly seeing the shape, but it now had my undivided attention. It popped up again and I could see this was not a seal, which are the normal diving mammals in the Clyde Estuary, but a Dolphin!

Sunrise brain fade....

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30 Nov 2012

Woke up this morning at 0530 hrs. To quote Adrian Cronauer [Robin Williams] in Good Morning Vietnam: "What does the 'O' stand for? O my God, it's early!"

The immortality of youth....

play, trekking

26 Nov 2012

I have cleared out my office. About 5 years ago it was all put into packing boxes while building work was carried out and last week I emptied the last few boxes. The push came because the PC Tower has sat on the some of the packing boxes with a wooden plank on top to spread the weight. The sides of the box bowed out and looked ready to collapse. It was probably safer to throw away the boxes and not let it collapse, sending my PC crashing to the floor.

The awesomeness of the Capsicum!

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25 Nov 2012

I was making lunch today, which involved roasting, chicken, butter and cheese. It ended up looking nothing like the pictures in the recipe book I was following. Given the nature of the ingredients involved, I think the photos may have had a little artistic licence. For example, how does a mixture of cheese, butter and tomato purée retain it's solid state at 200 degrees centigrade to then to reveal a nice layer between the breast of the chicken and the skin as it is carved? But we are all wiser after the event :)

At last, the wall is complete and an era has ended

Outside the wall....

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14 Nov 2012

The end of an era! After 3 1/2 years, the garden terracing project is complete! The last challenge was to lay the turf. Turf is surprisingly heavy and towards the end found that I had a strong back ache. The incorrect lifting techniques I used at the beginning certainly came back on me later! Lift with the legs! Form is all! I had planned on a nice flat lawn and thought that by spending hours raking it and dragging a weighted wooden pallet over it, that is was I would do.