Finally found a use for the iPad Pro. I bought it maybe a couple or three years ago in a rush of blood after a boozy lunch in Soho with Charles Edwards and Martin John. Top of the range with all bells and whistles. We weren’t far from the Apple store in Covent Garden and it seemed to make sense. I had after all been thinking about doing it for ages as it could be useful to take on trips, being a smaller footprint than my macbook.
The reality turned out to be different. The user interface is crap for typing and it was not nearly as responsive as the macbook even with the expensive keyboard attached. Moreover, being a rubbish artist, I never used the stylus/pen thingy.
It is good quality for media streaming but most of the time I have my macbook for that although yesterday for some reason the latter stopped being able to see the chromecast. Even after I’d followed all the troubleshooting tips and updated mac os and chrome. I might have to resort to using the iPad to cast if I can’t fix the macbook but that is another story. Software eh?
So anyway now the iPad sits conveniently on the butcher’s block island in the middle of the kitchen in the ideal place to look up recipes. There is a scenario whereby THG decides it doesn’t belong there as it gets in her way but we aren’t there yet. Even looks the part. The modern kitchen/chef etc
Last night I cooked a deelish one pot poached partridge supper. It was loosely based on various online recipes but they all seemed a bit elaborate with fancy ingredients which I couldn’t be bothered to even look in the cupboard to see if we had them so I made it up as I went along. Did follow some of the processes which included pan frying the partridges first in butter. I think it made a difference. Anyway the result was good and was complimented by THG which is always v satisfying obvs.
This morning the day has started with one of THG’s invigorating granolas with yo’ gurt and blackberries we harvested in abundance last autumn and have frozen in batches. What’s not to like. Fruit related conversations this morning did cover the fact that the plumb tree planted against the trellis at the bottom of the garden was not doing the biz and we are considering replacing it with a fig.
The apricot is diseased and is going to be felled. A bit of a dramatic way to say we are going to chop the apricot tree down. I’ve been watching too much Lawless Island on Disney Plus. It isn’t a particularly big apricot tree but an expert has said it ain’t going to do the job for us so going it is.
I don’t watch very many TV programmes but we got a free Disney Plus subscription so I trawled around the National Geographic section to see if there was anything worth watching and landed on Lawless Island, so to speak.
The first series was v good. Different. The subsequent series have been pretty samey. Wood chopping, fishing and deer hunting with a bit of trapping thrown in. Lots of swearing that is beeped out. Anyway I was watching the first episode of a new (to me) series to find that one of my fave characters had died during the winter because of a fire in his cabin. Oh dear. V sad.
Figured I’d google it to find out more and it turned out it happened four years ago so presumably I still have a bit of catching up to do. Not sure I’ll manage the whole lot.
During covid lockdown I binge watched one of my fave programmes which was the one about the auction house in Yorkshire that sold classic cars. Can’t immediately remember its name. After four series I figured that every episode was just a repeat of the previous one but with different cars. Haven’t watched it since, even though I’m pretty sure that at least three more series have been produced.
It’s a problem, finding stuff to watch on the telly. Actually, no it isn’t. Just don’t watch the telly. We are ok tonight because the snooker is on and Liverpool will be playing in the week so that’s ok as well. And it’s University Challenge tomorrow. Yay.
Otherwise when the TV is on in the house I usually have my headphones on so that I don’t have to hear it. I’m a v fussy telly watcher. Dad’s Army isn’t on at the moment, at least not on free to air. I especially don’t like the news. Too much bad shit happening.
THG has just put on her coat to go to church and I’m not even dressed yet. Better go. Ciao amigos…