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Another blog, surely not?

Okay I know what you are thinking how many blogs and online bits and bobs does one person need….

Well lots it seems.

Because there’s Facebook, which was originally for talking to your mates but now seems to also be for talking to customers.

There’s Twitter which is for talking to everyone, well everyone who is actually on Twitter which like well pretty much everyone isn’t it?

Well no because some of them are only on Facebook or LinkedIn…

So you need to be on LinkedIn as well, which is mostly for business.

And you need a blog, in fact several. Like a blog based around your hobby or passion, and a blog to do with work and then there are the bits that don’t fit anywhere else. And of course you need all those bits to be on line don’t you? Right?

Yes of course you do.

So you end up with posterous or tumblr or goodnessonlyknowswhatnewplatform …..

And so it goes on.

And in that vein I bring you this new posterous of mine (this one you are reading right now) to sit along side the existing posterous (as seen in the nice picture below):

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Which was meant to be mostly about things I liked that weren’t food related because there is the main food blog over at www.withknifeanfork.com

But I decided there was too much food stuff popping up on it, so I’ve hived the food stuff off over here and http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/ will be much more about non-food things.

And if you like business things then there’s one of those too: http://brightblueskies.posterous.com/

Erm and thats probably enough places for now……

Emerging borlotti beans

A couple of weeks ago I planted four borlotti beans.

They were given to me by Lynne over at Greedy Piglet (she gave me more than four, its just I planted four).

And now they are emerging.

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I love the way the bean outer has come up with the first set of leaves.

Can’t wait to be able to harvest them later in the year.

Afternoon tea treat

It was just coming up to afternoon tea o’clock.

And I saw this tweet from @Roddas_Cream:

This week’s tip of the week was to put a dollop of clotted cream on top of a chocolate brownie – have you had yours yet?

And with a tub of Roddas very own clotted cream in the fridge and a Paul A Young brownie in the house how could I resist….

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As you can see I didn’t.

Absolute heaven on a plate.

Thanks to both Roddas and Paul a Young whose products I acquired in goodie bags this week (what great week!).

Latest in desk accessories

For anyone who cares about their desk. And their coffee.

Then these are this seasons must have.

A perfect pair of espresso cups. Emblazoned with the Fire & Knives logo.

Available here in a nice neat straw filled box with smart F&K stickers on.

They say share with a friend and sharing is nice but I say keep them all for yourself.

In the interests of open reporting please note that I acquired my set through bribery and corruption, i suggest its easier and faster to pay by the normal methods.

Crumpler addiction

Oh dear I think I’m addicted to Crumpler bags.

I keep nipping over to their??website??just to check stuff out and see if I can find reasons to buy more bags.

I mean obviously its important to have bags that are fit for purpose right?

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Like these three all are of course (regular small super casual handbag, medium size laptop/messenger bag, camera bag).

And well there might be a couple of the lovely neoprene zippy pocket things for iPhones and similar not erm included here.

Anyway best go there’s a whole host of bags I need to go and admire.

Retro cup

When I was doing my kitchen and pantry tidy up I found all sort of things I had forgotten about. 

Amongst them where a tea plate and jug; the final pieces from my parents original crockery set.

And of course they reminded me of childhood.

So I decided to add to them so that they might get used a little more often.

I tracked this down on ebay.


Its Midwinter Fine Queensbury Stripe. First produced in 1962 up until 1978.

I’ll leave you to guess when I remember it from.

And by the way my parents are still very much alive and well in case you wondered.