Fleur

@Fleura (34706)

United Kingdom

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Increasing portion sizes

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 14 May

I was chatting to our lodger about the changes in the availability of food over the past century or so. Yes diets have changed in some ways (the availability of ready-made meals for example) but many other things have not changed...

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All that for such a small job!

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 5 May

You must be getting used to all my tales of plumbing by now Sometimes it seems that lots of things go wrong at once. I guess if many household items are around the same age it stands to reason that they will wear out...

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Amusing video of the day

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 4 May

Jut found this and it makes me smile even though I have seen it four times already (because I have to keep showing it to everyone else!) Even our arachnophobic lodger thought it was cute! Apparently little was known about peacock...

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Hurrah! It’s stopped working!

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 30 Apr

Our village has a magazine which is produced every month, and a group of volunteers distribute it to all the households. I have a strip along the main road to deliver to (35 addresses), which takes about half an hour in total....

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The second coincidence

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 27 Apr

Last week I was working at an event where we were at the registration desk most of the time and nearby was a drink kiosk. I chatted briefly with the man running that (Tom); he told me he was from the south coast but was staying...

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Two coincidences in one week

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 27 Apr

Last week was very hectic. I was working ten-hour days, which meant leaving home at 7 am and getting back at 7 pm, something I haven’t done for a while. Luckily the weather here at the moment is absolutely beautiful so at least I...

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Getting your pipes in a tangle

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 25 Apr

The next issue was with the tap. I chose that for its shape and style and reputable brand and an added bonus was the fact it had a built-in pull-out hose so you can pull it out and use it to rinse around the sink, for example....

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A baby-soft sink?

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 19 Apr

The new kitchen sink came with instructions in the form of pictographs. And the final step of the installation process seemed to be wiping it with paraffin. Well this seemed a bit odd, I wasn’t sure I wanted to use the old can of...

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The right tool for the job makes all the difference

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 18 Apr

Back to our usual activities and we needed a new kitchen sink. I noticed a crack in the bowl a year ago but since it didn’t seem to be leaking we didn’t rush to do anything about it. Eventually decided we should do something over...

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The anagama kiln

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 17 Apr

The pots were fired in an anagama kiln. This is an ancient wood-fired kiln dating from 5th century Japan – and it came there from Korea and probably originated in China before that. The kiln is a sloping cave-like structure where...

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The next stage in the process

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 17 Apr

A couple of weeks ago I was working at a clay workshop, where ‘important’ people were invited to share their thoughts about the future of artificial intelligence while at the same time getting in touch with the Earth in a very...

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A nice surprise

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 16 Apr

I haven’t been here in quite a while, there’s been rather a lot going on. Today I was trying to catch up on some ‘life admin’; this stuff always takes a lot of time so of course I put it off as long as possible. Well I was filing...

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Type setting

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 7 Apr

In my last post I wrote about the man with the assorted printing presses; well, on the other side of the small passageway, behind another door, a similar but somewhat shorter and greyer oldish man with specs and overalls was...

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Into the printer's den

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 3 Apr

So apart from the pottery (and discussions around artificial intelligence) that I mentioned in my previous post, another interesting aspect to my past week was that the workshop was held in a building (actually an old motor...

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I didn't expect that!

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 2 Apr

I mentioned a while ago that I was teaching Big One to drive, and that I had a few magnetic ‘L’ plates ready to stick on the car when she was driving. Well we have recently been forced to get a different car (a very long story!)...

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An interesting workshop

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 31 Mar

I promised to tell you about last week’s activities. I was hired as a steward at a workshop event which involved making clay vessels by hand using various techniques such as coiling, slab building or making pinch pots, with the...

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She has the right idea!

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 29 Mar

A few days ago my partner was saying that his jeans needed mending. He put his phone in his pocket – or thought he did – and then as he walked out of a shop his phone appeared out of the bottom of his trouser leg, much to the...

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Warmer today!

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 27 Mar

Today was wetter but less windy. After my last experience I had added an extra pair of nylon tights under my thermal tights and trousers, and swapped my T-shirt and shirt for a long-sleeved thermal top and a fleece jumper, so...

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I was very cold!

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 25 Mar

I got very cold today. Do you know the kind of day when it doesn’t seem all that bad at first, just a bit chilly, but then because you are in it for a long time and not moving about too much you just get colder and colder? I have...

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Wedding card

Fleur @Fleura (34706) • United Kingdom 24 Mar

My friends are getting married today. Not a big life-changing moment as they have been together a long time and got engaged 25 years ago, shortly after I got to know them. It’s just a quiet ceremony with them and two witnesses, of...

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