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Aberdeen has found a way to sink below my dismal expectations.
(1) thenational.scot/news/255170...
(2) see item 10.1 an openly anti-immigrant motion moved at Council earlier this week ...https://committees.aberdeencity.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=122&MId=9674
For parents planning their Tattie Holidays: scotrail.co.uk/tickets/famil...
Our beach has been deserted recently. The river has bent shaprly to the side, cutting into the dunes and washing away the footpath. It's too much effort for the casual visitors to risk balancing on the sand and sliding down into the river, so we sturdy locals have our beach to ourselves again.
Last week, there were more curlews than I have ever seen - it's usually one or two and not very frequent, but -- perhaps they were migrating? -- there were at least ten that morning. These were very shy. Even though I was the only person there, they rose up from the low tide sandbars and circled around making that strange lonesome call that only curlews make.
My Crataegus pinnafitida tree ( 山楂 ) has finally yielded a proper crop of haws. Does anyone happen to know how to make the wonderful candied haws that people eat in East Asia around this time of year?
Found the answer. Apparently there was quite a fad for Bing Tanghulu a while back and there are recipes around, such as thehongkongcookery.com/2017/...
My Crataegus pinnafitida tree ( 山楂 ) has finally yielded a proper crop of haws. Does anyone happen to know how to make the wonderful candied haws that people eat in East Asia around this time of year?
हिति , in Nepāl Bhāṣā, is the word for a shared community water tap. Even in modern Newar cities, these ancient structures still pour out fresh mountain water piped through ancient underground filters and conduits. They are a place to wash, to talk, to drink, to meet the locals: a nourishing, refreshing social-ecological place.
