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No, unfortunately, I didn't.
Worse, the food on Turkish airlines, (which is normally not too bad) was really poor today on both flights.
I'm not sure that beer and crisps count as a suitable substitute.
In any case, I was encumbered with bags, my briefcase, and a suitcase and wanted to get home.
Moreover, I lack bread and milk; as I knew I would be away, I had cancelled my organic milk order, (it will be delivered tomorrow), and must now pay a visit to the French bakery tomorrow, or Friday.
Thank you.
Agreed.
I am rather looking forward to crawling into mine.
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Oh dear. Times like this are what a decent Take Away are made for. Not that we have any that deliver around here.
Black coffee for you in the morning then.
Indeed.
Well, I could order from a decent takeaway, - there are plenty to choose from - but, in all truth, I am just too tired to be able to enjoy it.
Chisinau (checked out of my hotel by seven, hence no breakfast, just two espressos and a bottle of sparkling water at the hotel bar), to Istanbul, then, from there to here, - crossing an entire continent, - and from the airport, a bus journey followed by a taxi to the door......
However, I think a good curry treat at the week-end - perhaps, tomorrow or Friday - would be something to look forward to.
Commiserations.
Yes, - that is what awaits me - and I have been known to drink black tea, too, if it is good.
I'm envious that you have access to apples from that orchard (at least access on good years!).
I mentioned a now-gone produce market in my area. They had one apple that would appear in the fall that came from some orchard they had a relationship with. I can't remember the apple type, but it was not one of the usual names one sees again and again at the grocery store. Very good apples.
Hope the orchard does better next year!
The whole produce aisle pretty much has one goal: practicality for the grocery store. Sigh... Taste is very much secondary, at best.
Maybe it's just my tastes or perceptions changing, but I've thought that even varieties might have gotten worse at the store than was the case when I was young. I don't know if it's just perception, if those varieties have changed since I was young (but kept the name), or it it's the modern apple growing and handling to blame.
Slept soundly, deeply, and well.
Outside, it is pouring rain; the sky is a dark, threatening, deeply unpleasant shade of charcoal, - the sort that presages the inevitable (and unwelcome) arrival of winter.
Outside, it is pouring rain; the sky is a dark, threatening, deeply unpleasant shade of charcoal, - the sort that presages the inevitable (and unwelcome) arrival of winter.
Very dark here to. Just picked up Mrs AFB car from the garage. Clutch all fixed.
Are you a southwesterner, too?! (I am, but study in the Midwest.) Been to Espanola probably a dozen times.
I am at this point lol. Grew up in the Midwest (southern Ohio) and where my brother and family are still but I’ve lived in NM since middle school (1990 when my folks moved out here for work). I do love the Midwest and visit often but wife and life is here in the desert SW.
RIP Jane Goodall.
I grew up reading about her, and David Greybeard and co. in the National Geographic.
Sorely missed.
I grew up reading about her, and David Greybeard and co. in the National Geographic.
Sorely missed.
My wife has the same sentiment. She grew up with fresh fruit all around her (apples, pears, apricots, peaches, melons, strawberries etc) and remembers fruits being so much more vibrant in favor and aroma. She said she notices it most with apples, strawberries , and pears she buys at the grocery produce dept. - just not the same.
Amen to that.
As did I.
Agreed.
Jane Goodall was an extraordinary and formidably impressive woman, who was a serious scholar, respected researcher, pioneering primatologist, anthropologist, role model (especially to girls who wished to enter and explore such fields), a woman of courage, compassion, vision, expertise, experience and knowledge - all of which she shared generously.
That's so cool! Yes, I grew up in New Mexico, and am very established on the music scene there. I like Wisconsin, too, it's just very different.
On my mind is my upcoming trip to France next week and the Air Traffic Controllers strike I’ve been reading about.
I’m going to set up a trade show and work so getting there late isn’t an option.
Trouble is the extra time and money of booking a trip on the Eurostar will mean a stupidly early start and extra cost.
I still won’t get there on time either unless I travel the day before.
Wonderful!
I’m going to set up a trade show and work so getting there late isn’t an option.
Trouble is the extra time and money of booking a trip on the Eurostar will mean a stupidly early start and extra cost.
I still won’t get there on time either unless I travel the day before.
Wonderful!
I’ve booked a Eurostar ticket as a back up. But that’s not my preference.
Wednesday to the following Monday. But I’ll see very little of Paris. A busy few days at the photography show.
Long enough for a trade show.
Enjoy, in so far that is possible, and safe travels.
Talk of Midwest vs. elsewhere reminds me of my father, who came out of Minnesota. Or, as I think of the state: MinneSNOWta. 🤣
At some point maybe about 2000, he talked about moving back there when he retired. And he commented to me that he considered himself Minnesotan, even though he was reaching a point where he'd soon have lived more than half his life elsewhere.
At some point maybe about 2000, he talked about moving back there when he retired. And he commented to me that he considered himself Minnesotan, even though he was reaching a point where he'd soon have lived more than half his life elsewhere.
I think there is value in living in a place that is different at least once in one's life...
In your case, if nothing else, WI has undoubtedly taught you what a "real winter" is like!
The mention of strawberries reminds me of just how terrible grocery store strawberries are. I generally don't bother, but every now and then I can't resist (usually thanks to a good sale), at which point I get a reminder of why I avoid grocery store strawberries. (Except frozen--even when strawberries are "in season" I think frozen are a better bet.) Locally grown from a produce market are much better--but the availability is limited--some years virtually non-existent.
The best I ever had, thought, might have come off a strawberry plant I grew in a big pot. Unfortunately, it didn't produce well...just a berry here and there. But one good berry was better than a box of woody, sour, tasteless grocery store strawberries.
For (a glut of) tasteless strawberries, I will sometimes sauté them slowly (until soft, but retaining some texture), in a small amount of butter, honey, (or, organic brown sugar), a generous sprinkling of salt (salt works astonishingly well with strawberries, as it does with tomatoes), and a dash of lemon juice.
This turns the into an exceedingly tasty version of compot, thereby allowing them to be served with cream, ice-cream, on porridge, pancakes, or even savoury food such as lamb, pork, or chicken.
Strawberries grow in our garden (not now obviously!). I’m not much of a fruit eater so only eat the odd one now and then. As does Mrs AFB.
I did see Mrs Blackbird with one in her mouth not too long ago.
Here we currently have vile weather. The sort of dark, wind and rain that makes you glad you have nowhere to go.
I did see Mrs Blackbird with one in her mouth not too long ago.
Here we currently have vile weather. The sort of dark, wind and rain that makes you glad you have nowhere to go.