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heliopausaMy internet-handling has gone a bit wonky, so this post is out of order - and due to unexpected circs I'm travelling again, so may be slow to respond to people's posts. But three quick things before I hastily redd up the house (who knows that phrase?) and pack.
First... a new eating experience! The other day some friends gave me a couple of clusters of a fruit new to me - if you'd call it a fruit? Clusters of fruit the size of those very small grapes, with dark burgundy velvety shell/skin on the outside, which when cracked reveals a smaller than chickpea sized (larger than lentil) seed covered in thin, dried-out pulp - you don't eat it, you just suck it for the barely sweet, pleasingly tart taste, until the flesh is all gone. Does that sound familiar to anyone?
and here's a link to a picture worth seeing: a seal rides a whale.
and here's an article I enjoyed reading: English weather in literature and art
First... a new eating experience! The other day some friends gave me a couple of clusters of a fruit new to me - if you'd call it a fruit? Clusters of fruit the size of those very small grapes, with dark burgundy velvety shell/skin on the outside, which when cracked reveals a smaller than chickpea sized (larger than lentil) seed covered in thin, dried-out pulp - you don't eat it, you just suck it for the barely sweet, pleasingly tart taste, until the flesh is all gone. Does that sound familiar to anyone?
and here's a link to a picture worth seeing: a seal rides a whale.
and here's an article I enjoyed reading: English weather in literature and art
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Date: 2015-09-17 11:30 am (UTC)-J
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Date: 2015-10-07 02:20 pm (UTC)I loved coming across a fruit - a whole new style of fruit - that I hadn't met before. I ransacked the internet, and have found another reference to them, with a picture: http://thuthao397.tumblr.com/post/127544748918/xay-yummy-market-fruit-delicious
The colour isn't the deep, deep burgundy of the ones I had, but it's definitely the same fruit, with the brittle, velvety outside shell. The name of it is xay - or qua xay, since it's a fruit. :)
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Date: 2015-10-07 06:25 pm (UTC)-J
P.S. I'm afraid I can't see the post from today, but I hope it wasn't anything too dire! Welcome back, in any case.
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Date: 2015-10-08 01:22 am (UTC)and sorry about the non-visibility - should be all clear now, anyway. Thanks for the welcome back! :)
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Date: 2015-10-08 07:31 pm (UTC)-J