Dewines @Dewines@octodon.social

@Cantras I'll keep my fingers crossed for the other little squirrels.

On the way home from the Welsh conversation group, I spotted this cat being indecisive. https://octodon.social/media/ggl73avN4t7exbNouLA

I have been shredding papers. Of all the kinds of decluttering, I think I find paper shredding the most enjoyable.

@Cantras The squirrel babies are coming on well. Just be thankful that they grow to the weaning stage much more quickly than human babies. :)

I'm sure the world doesn't want to know what G and I think about the general election but Sky News had decided to interview people voting in the local elections in the town where May had made the decision to call a general election. I'm hoping that they'll decide that what we said was too boring to use, though it's just as likely that they'll edit us into a couple of sound bites that completely misrepresent what we said. Anyway, I'll keep my fingers crossed that we don't go viral like Brenda!

Driving to the slate mines today, G said, "You remember that walk we did a while ago, Torrent Walk? Well just nearby there's an old iron furnace that was run by Quakers that is now a dormouse sanctuary." Then he paused before saying, "That sounds like something out of that Radio 4 panel show, what's it called?"
"The Unbelievable Truth," I said.

@Cantras It ended up very much like the best shop bought lemon curd, though I may try a bit less sugar next time. I used a recipe from Mrs Beeton for quantities. Friend's recipe off the internet had 90g of sugar for 2 lemons rather than the 225g I used. Possibly try somewhere in between?

@Cantras I used 2 lemons, 2 eggs, 2 oz of butter and 8 oz of sugar. Method: Zest & squeeze lemons. Put zest in large bowl with butter in small pieces, the sugar and all the juice. Microwave in 30 sec bursts, stirring between, till it's all melted. Beat eggs in a second bowl, then mix a bit of the butter/sugar/citrus mixture back in with the eggs and then combine everything. Then microwave, again in 30 sec bursts, whisking in between, until it thickens. Ladle into clean jars.

Inspired by a post a friend wrote on Facebook ages ago, I made lemon curd in order to use up a couple of left over lemons. I'd never made it before, but it was very successful. I think I will be making it again.

@Pedalville Wow! Wordperhect. That's a blast from the past. I used to like playing with that.

This afternoon I attended an interesting and useful item on self-publishing. It didn't really tell me anything I hadn't already found out myself by doing research on the Internet, but it's always good to have things confirmed by someone who has a successful track record of publishing her own novels. #Eastercon

Apparently the surface down at Cardiff Bay is notorious for causing falls. Normally if I trip, I manage to turn it into an inelegant stumble and carry on, but it felt as though something had grabbed hold of my foot! Gravity took over and I now have a slightly grazed and painful knee and a sprained wrist. Also I broke my phone screen. :( Hoping to get that fixed tomorrow.

Over the years I have fallen because a stone was unstable and turned under my foot. I've fallen because I put my foot down wrong on an uneven surface and turned my ankle. I've fallen because a surface was slippy, but today was the first time I've fallen because a surface was too grippy!

@Nuzzle Ydw, dw i'n siarad Cymraeg yn eitha rhugl, ond nid iaith cyntaf. Dw i'n trio ymarfer bob dydd.

@shanaqui I hope Breakfast Bun perks up soon.

It was a gorgeous day here in Cardiff. It felt more like summer than early April. But now it's clouded over, the wind has strengthened and the temperature has dropped. Typical Welsh weather really.

@shanaqui That's useful to know because I have vague plans to go to St Fagans tomorrow by bus.

It would be even better if travelling from North to South Wales didn't involve going via England. Mountains are such a problem.

Travelling to Cardiff. Arriva Trains Wales now provide free WiFi. This is a new thing and I approve.

@shanaqui Rehoming books = introducing new readers to your favourites. :smile: I assume these are duplicates?