Something Unusual

Hello everyone. 

I hope you are all well and being extra careful if you are enjoying some extra hot weather this week.

So this week, something unusual in the garden. Do you know what this is?

No, they are not small green tomatoes. In fact, they are potato berries. I had never seen them before, and they were quite a surprise to find on one of my potato plants. This particular potato plant had quite a few flowers a few weeks ago, and I thought nothing of it. 

When the flowers are pollinated they can produce potato berries. They are, however, poisonous because they contain solanine, a toxic compound harmful to humans and animals. Has anybody else had potatoes that have done this before? 

And what about this little blue box?

As some of you may already know, a few weeks ago, I spent a lovely afternoon at Edgbaston Cricket Ground with my family. I have also been continuing with some decluttering and found this game. It is a dice-based, pencil-and-paper cricket game. Pencil cricket has its origins in pre-war Britain and uses two dice shaped like short metal pencils with numbers on one side and words on the other. One die is the batting die and has 1, 2, 3, 4, owzatt, and 6 on each side. The other has the words 'bowled', 'stumped', 'caught', 'not out', 'no ball', and 'LBW'. One or two players can play the game.

This version belongs to my husband.

Sometimes, the unusual or unexpected can be fun, and I enjoyed discovering these things this week.

Have a good and safe week, everyone.

B x