Magic Theatre

The night bunnies of Castle Hill, Skit, Hazel and Co

2009-05-25T22:00:16+02:00

http://old-nick.blog.co.uk/2009/01/14/they-re-here-5376199/

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But then again

2008-11-17T08:21:46+01:00

I might leave her alone as I am fond of her and there are too many nice memories and it is all too complex.

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Tasks of Hercules

2008-11-16T12:21:17+01:00

I think it might be time for Mrs F to retire from blogland. She came for one reason and then stayed for another but those reasons have ended, and she does not blog these days, but she asks Queenie to keep an eye on her blog and delete all the spam and stuff, but Queenie is going to be around less in future and doesn't have time, so maybe it is time for her to pack up her soup cauldron and leave. She shares admin rights for Ceridwen's cauldron with Shipscook so that is another complexity. There are some good memories on there and deleting them is hard, there are recipes she would like to salvage, and some photos which she does not have anywhere else as they were on the hard drive of our old computer or have been deleted and I need to figure out a way of transferring them into the hard drive of our computer but it is very difficult to do so, she will remain for a few days while she tries to figure it out.

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Soup Dragon

2008-09-09T06:48:55+02:00

Now Mr S has the sneezles as well.

So I went to see my very good friend Queene Mab this morning (those of you on my friends list may know I am a bit of a soup dragon and have some good recipes for fighting colds).

Here is one of her recipes, so I may make it this evening if Mr S remembers to get the ingredients.

Fry up a chopped red onion, I chopped red chili, I small chopped potato, two very thinly sliced medium sized mushrooms with garlic, mustard seeds and onion seeds and 2 teaspoons of paprika and a pinch of asafoetida to kill all that nasty cold/flu virus.

I like to add a pint of stock, a glass of white wine and a couple of bayleaves, a teaspoon of dried lime powder and a handful each of dried red and green lentils and a tin of tomato puree and a twist of black pepper. Some fine green Kenyan beans chopped into inch long pieces and chopped courgette if available and either a mini red cabbage shredded or a mini cauliflower if there are any.

And let it boil away for half an hour and then add a handful of the tiny shell pasta.

It is delicious medicine and will go very nicely with some crusty french bread and some cheese, I recall there is a nice smelly camembert festering in the fridge which we bought in the farmers market for a start.

Now I am off enjoy some OCDs while I am sneezed on by complete strangers on the tube who have no social skills and do not cover their faces when they cough and sneeze.

Have a good day.

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It is all very well

2008-06-14T22:17:45+02:00

having two blogs. I started the second Queenie cos I had trouble accessing the Magic Theatre for a while as Mrs F had locked me out (stoppy mare). I am keeping them both because I am fond of them no other reason and cannot bear to kill either of these ladies off.

BUT I keep forgetting which one I am in and find myself answering people who have answered one blog in the name of the other blog.

Clearly I am too stupid and badly organised to cope with having two. Lucky one of them is not a secret identity. I would make a hopeless spy.

Oh well.

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Lazy Sunday Afternoon

2008-06-01T16:15:05+02:00

Well we were out quite late last night in that there fancy London. No we were not rioting about Boris's alcohol ban http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080601/tod-lifestyle-britain-transport-offbeat-6058bda.html, we were celebrating my new job by doing a riverside and Fleet Street pub crawl ending with a fabulous Tapas Meal orgainsed by Nick at Navarros in Charlotte Street ( I might blog the piccies if we ever get our internet back) on a reconnaissance mission so I would know where to go on Monday Monrning and how to get there. We got back just before midnight but then there were Vampire movies to be watched and vodka to be drunk.

Anyway, I am rambling the point which is that it is the Farmers market today, so we started the day off right with some ostrich steak in burger buns and a nice strong coffeee. We had that quite late so Mr S has only just cooked an amazing lunch using some smoked duck breast which I purchased in the farmers market, some single cream, fressh basil, onions and mushrooms and linguine with a tomato, snap pea and coriander salad on the side served with a choice of white wine which has had peaches marinading in it all morning or some Heck's cider ~~or both~~ and so now it is time to have a nap in front of the telly for a few hours.

BUT before I go off to do that, maybe I have to confess to buying some Biltong today in the farmer's market from Wobbly Bottom the excellent goats cheese vendor. Seems like they make their own. Yum! Mmmmmmmmmm, Biltong will make a good and tasty late night snack next weekend I am thinking.

Time for 40 winks now.

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Computer is fixed

2008-05-19T23:13:08+02:00

So time for some celebratory chocolate, fireworks and a big hug for Mr Wolf who is my hero.

Oh and some pics of swans which should have been posted last week. Was going to post them on Queenie but Blog seems to be playing up.

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Scrambled blogs again for tea?

2008-05-19T19:18:53+02:00

Whats a going on?

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Gremlins at work in blogland again indeed Mira

2008-05-19T19:15:08+02:00

Yes blogland does look odd well if I go into QueeneMab anyway, Mrs F seems fine. BUT I cannot comment or open some posts from Queenie.

Anyone else having problems?

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But I thought

2008-05-12T13:40:16+02:00

That smoking prematurely ages the skin

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080512/thl-uk-japan-smoking-ed2dca9.html

So is it accurate?

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I was inspired by Scoobydoofus

2008-05-09T21:18:35+02:00

To try and make some home made hummous tonight.

I blended some chick peas with garlic, paprika, ground jeera (cumin), olive oil, toasted sesame oil, a little salt, a birds eye chili and some fresh lime juice. It was not as good as the delicious dragon's breath hummous he made, but it was quite nice although the colour was rusty rather than tawny and I am going to try again sometime soon maybe using lemon juice rather than lime and maybe some chopped coriander, Oh and maybe some pine nuts.

In other news I am getting Mab and Mrs F all tangled up. Oh well it will take me a while to figure it out I suppose.

Now I don't have to drive till lunchtime tomorrow, so maybe I COULD have that second glass of wine.

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Off Early

2008-05-09T06:35:17+02:00

This morning as Mr S has a meeting to go to.

I do not see the sunsrises so well now as the leaves are on the trees. What I could see of this mornings was a hazt peach colour.

The Chestnut tree looks beautiful with the flowers out but the pollen from them it is playing havoc with my hayfever.

I am glad it is Friday today even though it has been a short week.

Some nice chilled wine this evening, but what to eat though, had smoked mackeral salad last night.

Going to have a picnic with Mr S, Sarah and Nick tomorrow if the weather holds.

Looking forward to the Greenwich meet in the evening.

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Public information announcement for Mr S and other Latte lovers

2008-05-08T23:33:57+02:00

more cat pictures

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If your bum looks big in this

2008-05-07T07:07:10+02:00

Then read this article

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080506/tot-life-fat-diabetes-dc-4b7b872.html

So that is good news for some of us.

In other news my holiday is over today so back to work. It is another beautiful sunny day so I am less than enthusiastic.

"Just one more cup of coffee for the road", then as Mr Dylan used to sing back in the 1970s.

Hope you all have a good day.

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Wild impulses

2008-05-06T10:55:28+02:00

These are Icelandic poppies apparently. I think they count as "wild flowers".

On impulse I bought a single plant about 10 years ago to put in a corner of the garden where nothing seems to want to grow. The guy in the garden centre told me that if they like it they'll take off. My Mum advised me that they'll grow like weeds and totally take over.

Seems as if they like it here then.

BOL.

Ok Mum you are right.

God it hurts to say that.

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This time it's for real

2008-05-02T21:50:20+02:00

Blog have given me a new password.

Not sure what happened, why my old password AND my email address were suddenly no longer recognised or why, but it doesn't really matter, the point is it is sorted now.

(I hope)

Thanks BCUK

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Thanks BCUK

2008-04-24T20:46:09+02:00

I am back in my blog.

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You have to laugh

2008-04-22T23:32:37+02:00

Just got a message from BCUK saying,
"It's your friend X's (http://www.blog.co.uk/user/faffajane)___##0##___ birthday in 2 days.

Why not send her a message with your birthday wishes, or even dedicate
a post on your blog to this special person on her birthday."

What a nice idea, but well the answer is simple

I will try to post it but even if I succeed I do not know if she will be able to open it.

In the meantime thanks to everyone for their comments on my posts I am sorry I seem to be unable to reply to most of them.

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Dear BCUK

2008-04-22T21:35:35+02:00

I still seem to be experiencing difficulties opening and replying to comments on my blog and am aware that others are still experiencing difficult opening my posts/blog. These problems seem to have been going on for a couple of weeks now, so I would be very grateful if you would please be kind enough to sort it out for me as it really isn't worthwhile trying to blog at the moment.

Kind Regards.

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Sorry

2008-04-20T21:40:48+02:00

I am giving up on blog for now until the problems are sorted out.

It is proving to be too time consuming and stressful to blog right now and thus defeating the whole object of the excercise. I cannot seem to open friends posts, I cannot seem to comment.

Sorry but that is that.

Enough.

Catch you later maybe.

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Dear BLog UK, Is it just me?

2008-04-14T12:17:16+02:00

is blog playing up again?

I do not seem to be able to comment on ANY posts. If I try I just get a message saying that I can only comment every 10 seconds, but I haven't actually succesfully commented for about 5 hours.

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Dear Blog Uk

2008-04-07T07:05:30+02:00

Several of my friends have mentioned difficulties viewing my blog. I have now started experiencing difficulties viewing it myself and can only see posts if I go in from a comment received via an email. Can you explain this please and is there anything that can be done to put this right as it has been going on for over a week and is most annoying..

Regards

Mrs F

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This weekend

2008-03-30T23:25:39+02:00

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Happy Birthday Not Bob

2008-03-26T08:09:19+01:00

Let us have a virtual pint of Old Rosie to celebrate and I hope that you have a great day and couple of real pints of the same later.

Hugs

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Free as the Wind

2008-03-24T11:45:28+01:00

I hope you have a very Happy Birthday and Many Happy Returns of the Day.

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There was some Marks and Spencer Fairtrade dark chocolate 72% cocoa solids in the fridge

2008-03-12T22:55:17+01:00

So I ate it.

It was delicious.

I am not sorry.

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Night night.

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Didn't feel a thing

2008-02-27T13:43:01+01:00

Some of my team are going on about the earthquake last night, normally I notice such things, I remember one about 5 years back in the middle of the night it scared the hell out of me, but I honestly didn't feel a thing. Did anyone else? It was in Lincolnshire which is miles away.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080227/tuk-largest-uk-quake-in-24-years-6323e80_1.html

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Something quite annoying

2008-02-26T22:32:10+01:00

this evening is that whenever I get into My blog.co.uk and try to scroll down the friends posts it throws me out and into the blog news thingy which I really don't want to read at all. Not sure why this is happening but it is driving me nuts.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

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Happy Birthday Ozzie

2008-02-23T18:57:47+01:00

I will drink your health with a glass of this very fine but slightly sweet Southern Greek wine Mavro Daphne, its name means black laurel and it and ancient recipe and is very intoxicating. I do not often drink red wine, but as it is your birthday today, I am enjoying it on your behalf.

Hope you had a fantastic day.

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A birthday toast

2008-02-17T18:51:41+01:00

with a glass of this very fine frexeinet (rose) to Rubychoo.

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