Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
We all went to the National Library last night to watch a private showing of the film ‘More Than Honey’ with the Aberystwyth Beekeepers Association. Not only was it a pleasant evening with our fellow beekeepers, but the film itself was amazing. It’s a documentary providing an in-depth look at honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland,...
Just some photos of some of the flowers that are currently out in the garden. And one of the Alium border which is looking as though it could put on a good show this year.
Sorry, but as is now customary you have to endure a photo of my toes everytime they get updated! Blue stripes this time thanks to Anna’s handiwork. Amazon.co.uk Widgets
Just a quick clip from the ‘Strike up the Bands’ concert we went to the other night. Morgan’s cornet playing is coming along nicely so he was interested to go to the concert which included sessions from the Ceredigion Youth Band, the Aberystwyth Silver Band and the Aberystwyth Wind Band. It started quite late though...
It was far too wet and miserable last weekend for any proper beekeeping, but we did manage some – or rather, Anna did. We hired the steam wax extractor from ABKA and extracted all of the old, dark brown wax from old frames that we had lying around. It’s a fairly mucky job but the...
After a fairly wet and miserable weekend, the clouds cleared last night and we were finally treated to the sort of sunset that Ynyslas does best.
We made a really nice chilli on Saturday. Based on a Jamie Oliver Recipe from his America Book, we of course changed it a fair bit. Chilli Recipe As with most of Jamie’s recipes, and many recipes in general it was heavy on the meat, but had very few vegetables in it. In fact it...
Another good day’s training under my belt on Sunday with yet more hill reps. For the last few weeks my Sunday morning run session has consisted of hill reps. I have usually been doing these on the Caer Gybi Climb just outside Machynlleth, but also did some on week on the Climb up the to National...
It’s been ages since we put the moth trap out. The last time was back in August last year. Terrible I know, but the weather hasn’t been kind and we’ve been busy so finding an evening where it wasn’t going to rain and when Morgan and I would hjave time to go through the trap...
I’m quite pleased with myself again, having just made up a banana muffin recipe. Not only are they delicious and now filling the house with the gorgeous smell of freshly baked banana muffins, but they only took a few minutes to make, 20 minutes to bake and probably not much more than that to eat....
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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