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Strangeness for #WorldPastaDay
TIL
1. You can buy broken bits of leftover pasta.
2. It costs exactly the same as uniform, whole pasta.
3. Why?
I can almost see this cactus flower opening in front of my eyes, but I’m going to go inside for an hour now.
I can almost see this cactus flower opening in front of my eyes, but I’m going to go inside for an hour now.
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Yesterday’s walk from Islington to Limehouse along the Regent’s Canal
Yesterday’s walk from Islington to Limehouse along the Regent’s Canal. I can think of worse places to live in London.
pesosStruck on my morning walk by this tiny unmoved strip in Whitehall Gardens
Struck on my morning walk by this tiny unmoved strip in Whitehall Gardens. I haven’t been here for ages, so I don’t know the general policy, but do London parks go in for reduced mowing and managed wilding at all?
pesosStruck on my morning walk by this tiny unmoved strip in Whitehall Gardens
Struck on my morning walk by this tiny unmoved strip in Whitehall Gardens. I haven’t been here for ages, so I don’t know the general policy, but do London parks go in for reduced mowing and managed wilding at all?
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When the recipe is behind a particularly obnoxious paywall, all you can do with the inspiration is wing it and hope for the best
When the recipe is behind a particularly obnoxious paywall, all you can do with the inspiration is wing it and hope for the best. Still, what could possible go wrong? Too much fruit is not a mistake.
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I can’t remember exactly when we planted this grapevine, but this is the first year it has borne grapes, and the are exquisite.
I can’t remember exactly when we planted this grapevine, but this is the first year it has borne grapes, and the are exquisite.
pesosThanks to my very smart friend @ruthraymond, I give you the lime Tom Collins
Thanks to my very smart friend @ruthraymond, I give you the lime Tom Collins. She didn’t know how to fix my barely set lime jelly, but she came up with a brilliant way to use it. Cheers. 🍸
pesosAbout to plunge into a rabbit hole I have avoided for ages
I may be some time.