[Comfreypatch]

The kindle is really good for going on holiday, no need to take a load of heavy books.

I make a cranberry and red grapefruit marmalade for the festive season.

[tosca100]

Morning all. Stunning sunrise here in Bulgaria and the sun is melting the frost fast. After a sressful day yesterday we are going to enjoy the sun as the rest of the week is going to be dull.

Hoping to do a bit of garden planning and poking around to see what is coming up.

[rogerbodger]

Morning Tosca and all.

Some blue sky above here, but some angry looking clouds around as well - probably going to one of those days. At least it's not so windy today and no frost either.

So happy with yesterday's marmalade results that I plan to make another batch today (made Oxford yesterday, today's batch will be "normal" golden). Plan to get some garlic planted in the pt today and should really at least make a start on a seed order if I'm to avoid my "normal" disorganised start to the growing season.

[dugless]

As it is still morning  Good Morning  weather a bit better off down to the harbour.

[devonbarmygardener]

Although I must check the freezer to see how many are left since last year.

Do they freeze well Mrs Bee?
And you can make marmalade with them from frozen??

I'm asking because we didn't realise the freezer was off from Friday (when the gas man tripped the electrics whn changing the central heating pump - which HASN'T fixed the problem ) and my cranberries have defrosted, so probably shouldn't re-freeze them now

[Mrs Bee]

Although I must check the freezer to see how many are left since last year.

Do they freeze well Mrs Bee?
And you can make marmalade with them from frozen??

I'm asking because we didn't realise the freezer was off from Friday (when the gas man tripped the electrics whn changing the central heating pump - which HASN'T fixed the problem ) and my cranberries have defrosted, so probably shouldn't re-freeze them now

Yes, you can make marmalade, jam and chutney from frozen fruit.   In fact I find that marmalade from frozen fruit takes less time for the peel to soften and less time for fruit to cook and soften too.

[rogerbodger]

Morning all. No marmalade making today as back to work 

[tosca100]

Morning Roger. Not sure what I'm doing, depends on the weather.

[Kevin67]

I've been up a while - reading up on photography!

I hope you have a good day, Tosca! I wish I was where you are!

[LotuSeed]

I've been up a while - reading up on photography!

That makes two of us!

[Kevin67]

Along with growing, home-brew, jams and food drying, taking photos properly is something I wish I'd started years ago!

[LotuSeed]

Along with growing, home-brew, jams and food drying, taking photos properly is something I wish I'd started years ago!

I couldn't agree more! The more you learn about it the more you realize how much you don't know! Digital is great, but I'm also really interested in film. I have two cameras that belonged to my grandmother, an argoflex seventy-five and a polaroid land camera. The first was manufactured in the 1940's and the second in the early 1960. The second is still in working condition thanks to a new battery and new film. 620 film is no longer produced, but 120 film is and it can be respooled to fit a 620 spool.   (Just a matter of getting the metal spools from ebay) Some places sell it respooled, but you pay a premium for it.
For my birthday my neighbor gifted me two of her old box cameras...and I mean old, the camera not her lol.  She's in her seventies and one of them belonged to her mother. I hope to get them cleaned and make sure they're functional . One of them takes 120film, I can't recall what the other takes but it's no longer in production. Still it will be really cool to resurrect them!

I love how photography has changed my perception of the mundane. I got caught in a downpour at a park know for it's waterlilies and lotuses but instead of running for cover I simply opened my umbrella and kept shooting. Got one of my favorite shots that day!

I recently decided to try my hand at street photography. That will take getting used to (especially considering I don't like crowds...or people😜. Right now I'm really interested in landscape photography (oh darn, I shall have to buy another lens!)

I know you mentioned shooting with the intent to photograph people/weddings, but don't forget to experiment...
Astrophotography
Macro (giggle reversed lens technique)
Light painting
Infrared photography
Wildlife
Landscape
Street (know the laws for your country first)
Food (that actually is a genre lol)
Long exposure photography-really neat

The list just goes on and on!

[tosca100]

The sun is beating down, the chooks are making happy noises and l am about to take a chair outside and sort through my seeds....again!

l shall enjoy it while it lasts.

[Mrs Bee]

Been awake since 5 but lay listening to the news. Too cold!

Going to make a pear and amoretti cake and possibly some quince or beetroot chutney.

Or use up the marmalade oranges in the third freezer.

[dugless]

good morning a better day today off down the town Have made friends with a Spanish family, expanding my own ability to speak Spanish.