Fruits for fun

Ol’ Blighty has had a fantastic summer this year, from the heaviest rainfall in July to the lowest sun index in August. Definitely what anyone would think an English summer would be.

The rain has been fantastic for the vegetables, but surprisingly, the fruits did not fare too badly either. 

A bumper crop of really sweet tomatoes…

The poor splitted grapes… (cheering for quantity over quality here)

… and oh, I found a slug.

Denty called it Disco sLug.

Almost like me

Somebody stumbled upon my blog today by searching for “mm mmm muffins”. That sounded almost like me!

More vegetable fun

Muks’ first cauliflower from the garden.

It was bigger than Mitch’s head! Well, mine too, but that is beside the point.

I did not know that real cauliflowers (organically home-grown with chicken poo and fish blood) can be so sweet.

Bring back Firefly!!!

Fans of the ‘verse, go sign up and ’spread the signal’ for Firefly Season 2!

anttyk day

Muks gives anttyk a birthday Finger wave…

P.s.- If you look very carefully, you might just be able to make out the giant Winnie the Pooh tied to the head of the barge marked in the green circle.

Vegetable for fun

Muks has been enjoying the garden this year. The only-edible-plants-in-the-garden rule has been paying off.

A fantastic harvest of beans, beetroots and sprouting broccoli…

There was a minor case of infestation on the sprouting broccoli…

Talk about infestation, here was a couple of snails having a bit of a snail love. Denty and Mitch made a whole lot of noise about Muks being a snail voyeur. The snails were in the vegetable bed but was unceremoniously tossed out onto the grass.

If Muks could have an early retirement, Muks would probably spend every day growing vegetables. Income could always be supplemented by Muks’ breadmaking…

Business could be affected by that persistant infestation, so Muks would probably back it up  by making and selling charcoal…

We had a barbecue tonight and thought that roasting sweet potatoes would be a good idea.

Allergy

Muks has been working 12 hour days weekdays and weekends lately. Muks is now ill. Mitch should stop laughing at Muks when Muks tries to breathe.

Pfffrllllllllltttt…coff coff.

Wandering mind

Work has been extremely stressful the last few weeks, with a big deliverable looming up by the end of next week. I have been working long hours and so I am tired.

I woke up this morning with that wonderful feeling of total forgetfulness. For the first few minutes, I didn’t know who I was, where I was or even what I was. 

I was just very happy to be so comfortable… until realisation sunk in that it is a work day and I have to go to the gym first.

After having to get up, gymmed and commuted into London town, I was not in a very good mood. While walking to my office from the station, I noticed this lady walking in front of me. She was tall and had a body to die for.

Being in a less than pleasant mood, I thought to myself “Lucky cow. I bet she doesn’t know what we the commoners have to go through”… until I spotted the massive array of varicose veins on her calves. Both of them, all the way up to where her thighs are exposed by the slit on her skirt.

I feel better already.

I said “better”. Not charitable.

Straight

Denty got measured today. We attended Denty’s appointment at the suitmaker for his morning suit. Muks Denty had fun choosing the fabric and colours for the jacket, trouser, waistcoat and cravat ensemble.

After the choosing and matching, Denty was measured. At one point, the little French suitmaker measured the width of Denty’s shouders and the length of Denty’s arms. He measured Denty’s right arm and then Denty’s left arm.

Muks: *Giggle* Do you get people with different length arms?

Frenchie: Yes, some people have different length arms or different sloping shoulders. *Points at Denty* He’s very straight.

There is something funny in seeing an obviously gay Frenchie pointing at Denty saying that.