Archive: 2024-08

  • Week 190: Going coastal

    I took a train down to Weymouth on the south coast to visit my parents for a few days. Unlike last time, the trains were on time and I had a very relaxing journey both ways.

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  • Week 189: Roaming

    I found a delightful new café in one of the new developments nearby while escaping from our very hot house in search of somewhere cooler. It’s called Chá-Fé. I assume that’s a portmanteau of the Chinese for tea ⟨chá⟩ and “café”, and they do indeed sell both tea (a range of interesting, good-quality teas from Taiwan and Japan) and coffee.

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  • Week 188: Toaster

    We bought a fancy Dualit toaster. We used to use a mini toaster oven, but now that we have two working ovens we don’t really need to dedicate counter space to a third, and it was never quite big enough for breakfast for two, so we gave it away.

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  • Week 187: Sealed

    I vacuumed, washed, and sealed the tiled floors in the kitchen and bathroom so that they’re now a bit more resistant to spills. It was only a matter of time before one of us dropped something, after all. It’s been a bit of a surprise to me how much stuff is still left to do after all the building work is complete, but at least this was a fairly quick and easy job.

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  • Ruby blue

    Why in the world would you call a colour “Ruby Blue”?

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