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Shred left Over chicken - need about a cup or two. Rinse can of black beans and dice a red onion. Mix loosely in a bowl. For the sauce mix up spices - all about a 1/2 tbsp - cumin, smoked paprika, coriander, salt, brown sugar add crushed garlic, chipolate,...
Garlic is one of the easiest crops you can grow. In most regions of the country, garlic is planted in the fall. By that time, many summer crops have already been harvested, leaving some free garden space. Just remember that the garlic bed won't be available...
The people like Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Dominic Cummings and many Tories, they are always in front of the queue for State handouts, yet they shout blue murder when those that are more deserving needed it. They believe it is their birth right and...
In order to save the breed of the Clydesdale horses they have now this year gone undergo an embryo treatment The Mares from Collessie Clydesdales in Fife, Scotland have been undergoing treatment at a St Andrews clinic. For centuries the Clydesdale horses...
Eating in a Hotel even if you are not staying there is often a great idea. Especially when abroad I love popping into a Hotel for a coffee and something to eat There are some countries do hotel restaurants better than others. And if the hotel is designed...
“Stay alert, control the virus, save lives” is an anagram of “Easily survives travel north to castle”. Minutes of the Sage meeting on 23 March express concern that Covid-19 case numbers in London “could exceed NHS capacity within the next 10 days” amid...
There is a lot of pleasure in watching the bees on the traditional ‘cottage garden’ plants. I also love that many of these plants loved by the bees - the fox gloves, aquilegia, holly hocks, borage etc. need no particular care, happily come back year after...
We have a lovely large pear tree in our garden it is tall and beautiful with abundant fragrant blossom..full of pears this year but we were too slow in netting it and the parakeets ravaged it..... this year it is heavy with large brown pears, they are...
In The Netherlands children are tested in the 6th grade, secondary education is divided into several levels of education (4 to be precise). More and more parents hire people to train their children for these tests which defeats the purpose of testing...
Elite in England have been eating cakes We have been obeying the rules Whilst the rule makers broke them. If we break a small rule we must pay. The Elite break all the rules and blame us. Because they break the rules. Many of us will die. Those English...
I have found that good quality chocolate has a real impact on my mood and well being. Chocolate definitely makes me happier. Willies Cacao is a UK bean to bar producer making fantastic bars of chocolate. In terms of milks his 54% made with Indonesian...
Weekend retreats are common at wooded latitudes from Canada, through the Nordic and Baltic states, to Russia, building on a tradition that began in the 1920s and 30s when working people escaped the disease and squalor of the inner cities. They were normally...
This is how I rate delivery services based on parcels delivered on (COVID 19 extended) time: 1. DPD 100% 2. DHL 100% 3. Hermes 90% 3. Amazon Prime 85% 4. Royal Mail letters 80% 5. Royal Mail parcels 60% Amazon has an odd policy of prioritising certain...
With the vast majority of the world going into lockdown due to the pandemic, foreign travel has all but stopped. Travel operators and airlines across the globe have come to a halt. In the UK, the two biggest airline carriers easyJet and Ryanair have also...
Trees do that when you have them close. They become a part of your family. Beneath the horse chestnut, mine have camped, collected conkers, made leaf piles tall enough to disappear into. We’ve hugged it, climbed it, studied it, sometimes worriedly. I...
Good to see people are allowed to use the great outdoors at last for more than jogging and muscle-flexing, despite the predictable cretinous Tory shambles in giving braindead indoor boozers, eateries and cinemas the green light 16 days earlier. The pre-pandemic...
Here at my wee village in Scotland On the peninsula where the USA flew their helicopter above us. US Air Force hybrid helicopter It is known as a V-22 Osprey US Air Force and Marine Corps It is a Bell Boeing - cost $70 million It is a futuristic-looking...
Food prices in Poland and Europe have soared, although many other products are cheaper due to strongly weakened demand. inflation in April amounted to 3.4 percent. and was clearly lower than in March (when it reached a record-breaking 4.6 percent). But...
I can finally get out for a bike ride between the hours of 6am and 10am. Getting out is bliss and I can see beautiful poppies in full bloom among overgrown grass . If I'm lucky a hoopoe bird will fly across me and land digging for worms in a field. It...
Take a bit of time now to ensure your perennial lavender plants are ready for spring! This iconic plant is a must-have for so many gardens. Known for its phenomenal scent and amazing colour, lavender also comes into play with many DIY crafts too. Sweet...
the Beatles Blackbird in Gaelic - Lon-dubh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MzetQfKwbE wonderful Lon-dubh (Blackbird) Lon dubh a’ seinm i gciúin na hoích’ Tóg do sciatháin bhriste is éirigh suas Fad do shaoil Tá tú a’ feitheamh leis an uair go mbeifeá...
Edward Hopper was born in New York in 1882. He studied illustration and fine art in the New York School of Art from 1900 until 1906. After graduation, he traveled to Paris, France, on three occasions between 1906 and 1910. Painted in 1913, the scene for...
People who can step out into their own garden are fortunate indeed. But even window boxes can put us in touch with the natural world. One of mine now has 'bee-friendly' wildflower seedlings coming up. Looking forward to seeing what theyre like and if...
Face mask - Vital today Wearing a face mask helps so that you don’t get sick – It is important to realise that viruses can also transmit through your eyes so it could help to wear spectacles or even googles. Virus is made up of tiny viral particles, they...
Man is at heart a dreadful wild animal. We know this wild animal only in the tamed state called civilisation and we are therefore shocked by occasional outbursts of its true nature; but if the bolts and bars of the legal order fall apart and anarchy supervenes...
