Kew Gardens Temperate House

 Let me be clear.  My initial reasoning for going to Kew Gardens was that Carl Sagan visits the same place in the series Cosmos.  If you're curious, it's Part 2, "One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue", about 34 minutes in.

The Best Cheese Toasty.

Upon a recommendation of a forum about London, I set out to try "London's finest cheese toastie". Under a pop-up tent in the middle of Borough Market cheesemakers make raclette and cheese toasties, panini grilled cheese sandwiches with red onions and leeks.  At £5 I was a bit skeptical of this glorified grilled cheese, but I can assure you I got much more than I paid for. 

Cleanup Duty at Fargassa

After the windstorm, and left to my own devices, I made a short film. It's hard for me to describe here how much I like this place and the people I share it with.

Where Am I?

By the time you read this I won't be there anymore, but I've been working hard in the middle of nowhere. Up the chalk rock road, past the owls nests and through the trees that tinge the light of the sun green, loneliness set in. My satisfaction and release was through the work I accomplished while I was there. I occasionally weeded, mowed or dug out and moved rocks, but my principal work was all woodwork.



The first and biggest task was replacing a large section of attic floor that was rotting through from water leaking in. After that, with the same tongue and groove boards from the floor, I built 4 large shelves in a closet. And finally, throughout the project while waiting on supplies, I would cut and split firewood.

I wish I had recipes and food stories to tell you, but my host was on a very strict diet that left variety to be desired. I do have a new found appreciation for leeks however, so I'll be sure to do something on them soon.

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