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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"No breakfast AND go to the vet's? You're joking." Sorry GC, we're not. Mme's spent half the night worrying. Still losing weight despite eating for Wales, up for multi-tooth extraction, plus more bloods, today and his issues make anaesthetic tricky🤞🤞

A fluffy black cat sits on his back with his rear paws in the air. He's giving us a slightly accusative look.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Enforced meandering round town resulted in more shopping than intended, retail's fruitless searching & ad hoc lunching at Pho. As quietly competent and fresh flavoured as ever. Photos taken after M NotLeafy mixed coriander & lime into his bowl & Mme'd stirred hers, messing up their pretty plating.

A white ceramic bowl filled with Tofu and Mushroom Phở, veggie broth with an added side of green beans.

A white ceramic bowl filled with Bún Veggie Spring Rolls: Vermicelli rice noodles with a lemongrass and chilli wok-fried topping, served with spring rolls. A metal spoon rests at the rear, having stirred the bowl too well.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Job alert! Matsudai Ramen's latest email just dropped with info about their latest kits & also four roles across their sites in Cardiff and Taff's Well. More role info here: matsudai.co.uk/blogs/career...

Screen grab from Matsudai Ramen's e-mail, reading:
"second thing: WE'RE HIRING. four roles across both sites but as ever, do get in touch if you'd like us to bear you in mind in future.
RESTAURANT CHEF, grangetown
PRODUCTION CHEF, taffs well
ASSISTANT MANAGER, taffs well
KITCHEN PORTER, both sites
we publish the pay in full on every role, and we pay you for your trial shift. taffs well runs mostly nine to five, monday to friday, which in this industry is close to unheard of. if you know someone good, send them our way. very open to teaching people too, so if you love the idea of this but don't quite have the skillset we'd like to meet you."

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today's thing, went down an AI resource consumption rabbit hole. "20 to 50 queries consume roughly 500mls of freshwater for cooling alone; at global scale, AI-attributable water withdrawal may approach 6.6 billion m³ annually by 2027." That's equivalent to over half the UK's total water usage. Wow

A screen grab of an abstract from "The Hidden Cost of Artificial Intelligence: AI's Resource Consumption" with a section of text highlighted. This reads: "Verified institutional data shows AI data centers consumed approximately 415 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024, a figure the International Energy Agency projects will reach 945 TWh by 2030. Inference costs compound: billions of daily queries accumulate continuously, and their aggregate energy burden eclipses the one-time training cost for any widely deployed model. Water consumption is similarly underweighted. Twenty to fifty queries consume roughly 500 milliliters of freshwater for cooling alone; at global scale, AI-attributable water withdrawal may approach 6.6 billion cubic meters annually by 2027. Hardware supply chains draw on cobalt, lithium, copper, and rare earth elements under conditions of projected mineral scarcity, and annual AIattributable electronic waste could reach 2.5 million tonnes per year by 2030 without intervention."

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Behold Cardiff's best veggie supper after Mme's major surgery: Cheese & onion pasty A veg side was offered but wasn't one of Mme's likes &, as the next bed's tenant put it "any goodness left long ago". Being at the round's end, the kind catering team member said they were small, so gave her a spare.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Vet visit with GC y'day. Drat, he's lost more weight, despite the advised upping food trial (which he was very happy with). So scared his ears wobbled but the vet & nurse's unhurried gentleness & lickable Creamy held to him by Mme got the bloods done with ease. Waiting for results now🤞 #Caturday

A large and fluffy black cat with rather fetching ear tufts lies on a sofa, his head raised against its side. His eyes are closed and boxing glove paws are to the left, close to the camera.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Swung by @pettigrewbakes.bsky.social's Breadquarters on the way back from today's vet trip. M NotLeafy forgot to take photos of the buzzing café but he didn't forget to bag a superb mango lassi Danish & pistachio croissant. Wonder if they've vacancies for tasters in their development kitchen?😋😋

A mango lassi Danish pastry sits on a brown speckled blue plate. The bronzed outer pastry is almost round, the topping pale (less yellow than in the pic) with mango gel in the centre. The left hand side has crumb atop. The mango lassi flavour was unmistakable, a touch of cardamom detected.

A large filled croissant sits on a brown speckled blue plate. The browned surface shows off the pastry's lamination. To the top, its split spilling a luscious creamy and gooey pistachio filling, with some nuts too.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well, that was special. Ryuchi Uneno kitchen takeover at Matsudai Ramen. Began with an umeshu sour cocktail & noodle senbei, sea lettuce furikake & curry mayo. Next up, veggie miso ramen. Deeply rich broth & atsuage tofu. Lovely catching up with @kavey.bsky.social & @ahnlak.bsky.social.

An umeshu sour cocktail sits on a pale wooden table alongside tonight's menu.

A brown-edged blue ceramic dish filled witi noodle senbei. Sea lettuce furikake and salt are underneath. A small brown-edged white rectangular dish filled with curry mayo is on the top left.

A bowl of veggie miso ramen, with black chopsticks to the left and a spoon over the bowl's edge to the right. It's described on the menu as kombu + shiitake dashi combined with a garlic-forward miso tare + aromatic garlic + spring onion oil. served with homemade, hand-massaged medium-thick noodles. topped with atsuage tofu, spring onion, spinach, menma.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ow! Here's NC, sleeping off her latest meal. Embarrassment stung Mme more than hurt when tripping on a pavement & shoving her bag to one side to avoid smashing posh lemonade as she went down - all in front of paramedics on a shout to the building adjacent, "I'm fine" (forced smile & limped off).

A fluffy blue tortie tabby is sleeping in a white enameled cast iron bath. She is lying on her back with her paws in the air and her tail to the right. There is more floof than cat. A dark metal bath bridge is in the foreground.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Stumbled across this in Hyper U. Enjoyed Chococo's chocolate made with Arbequina EVOO before, so curiosity got the better of us. La Classique (Fleur de Lait & Huile d'Olive) ice cream from the artisanal ice brand La Mémère X olive oil brand Puget. Softly voluptuous texture; bitter lingering twang

Round, gold-edged lid from an ice cream pot decorated with vertical olive green and white stripes and an olive branch, together with the logos of both companies. The text reads:
Glace
Fleur de Lait & Huile d'Olive

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Making the most of time to stand and stare, gravitated to the Loire again. Strolled past quinoa fields on the way.

A view of the Loire from a sandy bank looking out towards a small similarly sandy island with some scrubby greenery on it too. The far bank is lined with mature trees in full leaf. A leafy tree leans in from the left foreground. The pale blue sky and fluffy clouds are reflected in the water.

A view of a field of quinoa. In the centre foreground, a tall stalk laden with rust-red seeds. Surrounding it and into the background as far as can be seen, a haze of rust-red amongst green and paler dry foliage.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Decisions made, knew we were going to need a bigger box. Checked opening hours, anticipating one patisserie visit per trip isn't ever enough.

Back from the patisserie. A brightly patterned cardboard box held closed with thin black ribbon tied parcel-style.

Inside the brightly coloured cardboard box. The lid is open and pulled out of view, revealing a white interior and eight cakes. From the front left: two Concorde (chocolate mousse meringue, covered in chocolate flakes - some of which escaped to the box in the journey home and were returned), one Tartelette citron vert basilic (round fine pastry case filled with lime basil cream, topped with a lime slice and icing sugar dusting). Row behind: One Guérandais (deep chocolate mousse, a heart of caramel beurre salé, chocolate covered), one 2004 (dark chocolate, croustillant, spices), one Choux cacahuite (choux pastry, peanut butter, peanut cream, chocolate top with caramelised peanuts. Back row: one Guérandais and one Tartelette as before.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Our favourite patisserie. Decision time.

A counter in a French boulangerie patisserie. It's glass-fronted above a low carved wooden frontage. On the deep lower shelf: rows of decorated cakes - some colourful in reds, yellows, violet and pink, others in shades of chocolate. On the narrower shelf above: small quiches, breads, brownies, financiers and similar cakes - including local specialty, Nougat de Tours. On the narrow top shelf: bags of almond biscuits and a basket of small baguettes. Behind the counter, a young white woman looks down as she packs a cake box.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Brets have something for everyone.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Another stroll, a spot further along the Loire. Sat watching the world go by & a family cycle up. Chatting in French, the woman asked where we're from. Later, her older child came for his bike, paused facing away &, nerve gained, turned quickly to wish us a good trip in English. Thanked him so much💚

A view from a bank of the river Loire looking towards the other side. The sky is pale blue and studded with fluffy clouds. In the foreground, brown dried earth and scant grass. To the right, a bench with a cycle propped up at either end. In front, the blue water is shallow and sandy bars are visible. On the far side, trees in full leaf and pale stone buildings of a village.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Final trip box ticked. We have a gîte cat. Voici Maya. #caturday #catsofbluesky

A small tabby cat sits on dried brown earth that's also covered with autumn tint leaves. She has a white chest and a white blaze from nose to forehead. Her green-brown eyes are looking up at the gîte's latest occupants, her gaze recognising cat people when she sees them.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Brets is one of the things we love about France, and those falafel crisps really do taste like falafel.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What our trips are made for. A serendipitous stroll alongside the enchanting Loire and a river view picnic with bread still warm from the boulangerie, cheese and surprisingly good alcohol-free rosé fizz.

A view of the Loire from a bankside road. The roadway's pale and sandy, white bollards joined with a black chain line the bank for a few metres and the bank, with some green vegetation, leads down to the river. The water's reflecting the blue sky. Trees in full leaf line the distant opposite bank and this one further down the road. A small island in the river can be seen almost centre of the photo.

A blue, gold and floral melamine plate with slices of bread and cheese sits on a pale concrete picnic table. To the right, an acrylic glass part filled with rosé fizz. Beyond, a wide dry verge that's browned, rather than green. There are also some trees in full leaf and, to the right, a glimpse of the blue river.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Again, again. Where else would we head when we're in France? One favourite stallholder was away, so tarte vigneronne wasn't in the haul, but there was plenty on offer despite the dry season.

A view of an outdoor market in Indre et Loire, France. It's a blue skied sunny day, the public square is closed to traffic and stalls have been set up. To the left in front of a leafy tree, fruit and veg stalls with boxes of melons, apricots and nectarines, as advertised on an A frame blackboard. To the right, a stone built covered part of the market. There are trees in the background, including a pencil cypress. The market's beginning to be busy with buyers perusing.

A view of the covered market's interior with a long veg stall in the foreground. It's constructed of a series of trestle tables and is laden with (left to right) carrots, potatoes, garlic, radishes, celery, carrots, two kinds of green beans, radishes, white and purple aubergines, red and yellow peppers, courgettes and fennel. In the background also under cover, organic bread and honey stalls. Behind the covered market, stalls selling clothes and people selling baskets.

A stall in the outdoor market is covered by a large orange parasol and is laden with punnets of three different types of strawberry and some raspberries. A banner across the front has details of the producer, who is selling there direct. We're waiting patiently in a queue behind two other buyers who are choosing their fruits and have already settled on mara de bois.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

LC (who has been shown Daphne's photos) is incensed at our error. All we can do is to apologise abjectly for omitting to send birthday greetings yesterday and offer a belated one. We suppose Daphne expected nothing less from us and hope extenuating circumstances might be recorded on our file.

A fluffy blue-grey cat sits on a rug with his back supported part-upright against a sofa (a sofa covered in a throw in a vain attempt to prevent fur and claw infiltration.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Our housemates wish you a happy #InternationalCatDay #Caturday and are confident this auspicious day will result in their being served a special supper tonight. Or else.

A fluffy black cat sits tall on a sofa covered with a grey throw in a vain attempt to prevent fur spreading to everything. His yellow eyes give a fixed expression and he has very long ear tips.

The fluffy black cat's sibling sits tall on a sofa arm. She is a fluffy blue tortie tabby, her ruff could do with a brush but she's too busy staring towards the kitchen with her yellow-green eyes.

A smaller fluffy blue-grey cat has made himself comfortable in the space between a sofa cushion and the sofa's back. He is sitting squarely on his back with his front half raised and curved towards his back feet, which are sticking out akimbo. He is fast asleep.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (if you feel like it) Feral in the neighbourhood for 8yrs, before deciding to move in with us. FIV+, our best friend for another 10 and who could read humans like a book. This was Mr Wilkes. #catsofbluesky #caturdayeve

A grey-blue cat with a white chin and front sits on a chair and peers over a table. He has green eyes and a steady, intent and engaged expression. His left ear has a nick in it, a remnant of his street years. The chair is black metal with uprights, its top has a line of tiles in blue and green triangles. The table has tiled yellow squares in the centre, a line of dark blue rectangles is round those, red and green triangles surround the edge. There is a pale wall behind.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

But there were other lifeforms around. A friendly me-and-my-shadow cat and a resting insect (think it might be a damselfly but don't know, M NotLeafy wishes he'd better than a quick snap of a phone camera).

A ginger and white cat stands on a stony beige and grey soil path. It's shadow reflects its shape in front perfectly. The cat's yellow eyes are part open to the bright sunlight and it has a pink nose. It's tail is curved in mid-swish.

A (what we think might be) damselfly is resting on green fern foliage. It has copper coloured wings and dark green body and head. A blue sky is behind.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Another day, another Brittany big sky, big sea, big brassicas and a big beach with absence of humans (we two aside).

A view from a footpath through a gap in trees and undergrowth reveals a field full of dark green cabbages, with blue sea with a large brown rock in the distance. A paler blue sky is above.

A pale sandy beach curves from in front of the camera and right round to left. A darker layer of rocks and some dark green algae is close to the sea. Behind the beach, natural vegetation with wind- and salt-tolerant plants. There are trees and houses on the horizon. Above, a sky of shaded blues.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Impossibly beautiful Brittany's big sky, big sea, a big beach and more sea vegetables than we could shake a stick at.

The view as we left the access path and reached the beach area proper. In the foreground, pale sand with a few of Brittany's typically large rocks and wind and salt tolerant wild planting. The pale sand continues towards a blue sea, where it becomes darker and peppered thickly with brown rocks. Two people (the only other humans present) are walking towards us. Behind them, an island with a private house surrounded by trees. Above, the bluest of blue skies.

Walking along the beach, we're nearer the island. In the foreground, a stretch of beige sand lies between the sea and a parallel stretch of rocks. The island is in the distance, the private house surrounded by trees and a blue sky above.

Round the corner from the island, blue sea in the distance. The beach continues in the distance too with large brown irregularly shaped rocks behind. In front, a swathe of sea purslane and samphire with thin sandy runnels visible among it. Yes, the sky's blue above.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Feet up, books, patisserie, Brittany's big beautiful sky. More holiday boxes ticked.

A view from the sunbeds under a big bright blue sky. A stone building with a slate roof, shrubs against it and a partly hidden grey garden parasol to the left, a tall flowering shrub to the right. In the middle, from the front: the end of two sunbeds placed close together, a white woman's feet in sandals on the left, a man's to the right. Beyond that, a sundried and parching lawn. In the near distance, pink hydrangeas plants, a gravel path and a hedge. In the far distance, trees in full leaf.

A millefeuille sits on one of the gite's vintage side plates. It's plated as bought with vertical, as opposed to horizontal, layers. Three laminated pastry layers, piped cream in between. There's piped cream, caramel and caramelised pecans on the top. The plate's white with thin red lines round the rim and a pink rose with green buds in the centre (mostly under the cake).

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Vivace did it again. Complex, yet harmonious, and unique cooking. After a mouthful or two there's a sense of, yes we've come to know this dish - and then, bang, there's another unexpected flavour pop. Chatted about it with our server, she told us a regular likens it to eating nested Russian dolls.

M NotLeafy's starter at Vivace. An uneven round pale blue plate patterned with white and blue droplets houses the dish in its centre. A mixture of raw, cooked and pickled summer vegetables with gomasio and seaweed lies under pale aïoli.

Mme's starter at Vivace. An irregularly shaped white bowl contains spelt risotto with tomato, peanut, chilli and lemongrass hidden under a creamy foam and topped with red and yellow cherry tomatoes and herbs.

The vegetarian main course at Vivace. A round white bowl with a deep rim contains sauteed and pureed aubergine topped with buckwheat, pieces of goat's cheese, sage cream, herbs and nasturtium flowers.

Dessert at Vivace might have had limited availability but not for us! An irregularly shaped round dish contains a choux bun with craquelin, its top removed and placed by its side. The bun's filled with caramel sorbet hidden under whipped cream and caramel drizzle, caramelised hazelnuts are scattered around.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Excited to be back lunching at Brittany's Vivace. Had the best veggie meal in France ever there last year and returning was a no-brainer. It's Bib Gourmand and a relaxed, inclusive place. Enjoyed amuse-bouches while anticipating the flavours lying ahead & perusing some of their eclectic literature.

Outside Vivace in Brittany. The photo shows one side of the building, stone built up to window height, painted cream above with two windows set in below an apex roof. There are planters roadside in front of the main window with fragrant herbs and sea-wind tolerant foliage.

A blackboard with a chalk-written menu at Vivace. It reads (French first, scroll down for English translation):

-le midi chez Vivace

ENTRÉE+PLAT
+FROMAGE ou DESSERT
à partir de 29€

ENTRÉE+PLAT
+FROMAGE+DESSERT
à partir de 37€

LÉGUMES D'ÉTÉ CRUS, CUITS, ET PICKLES, GOMASIO, ALGUE, AÏOLI
UO
EPEAUTRE EN RISOTTO, TOMATE, CACAHUÈTE, PIMENT, CITRONNELLE
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VG AUBERGINES SAUTÉES & EN CAVIAR, SARRASIN, CHÈVRE FRAIS, CRÈME À LA SAUGE
OU
POISSON, COURGETTE, MENTHE, AJO BLANCO, JUS D'ARÈTES
+5€
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CHOU, CRAQUELIN, NOISETTE, CRÈME MONTÉE SORBET
! DESSERTS LIMITÉ
OU/ET + 8€
ASSIETTE DE FROMAGE LOCAUX & MESCLUN

MERCI DE NOUS INDIQUER VOS ALLERGIES LORS DE LA RESERVATION
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-lunch at Vivace

STARTER + MAIN
+ CHEESE or DESSERT
from €29

STARTER + MAIN
+ CHEESE + DESSERT
from €37

SUMMER VEGETABLES, RAW, COOKED, PICKLED, GOMASIO, SEAWEED, AÏOLI
OR
SPELT RISOTTO, TOMATO, PEANUT, CHILI, LEMONGRASS
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VG SAUTÉED AUBERGINE, PUREED AUBERGINE, BUCKWHEAT, FRESH GOAT'S CHEESE, SAGE CREAM
OR
FISH, COURGETTE, MINT, AJO BLANCO, FISH STOCK
+€5
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CHOUX BUN, CRAQUELIN, HAZELNUT, WHIPPED CREAM, SORBET
! LIMITED DESSERT AVAILABILITY
OR/AND + €8
PLATE OF LOCAL CHEESE & MESCLUN SALAD

PLEASE INFORM US OF ANY ALLERGIES WHEN BOOKING

Amuse-bouches rest on a thin, rectangular slate. At either end, irregular shaped small bowls filled with warm lettuce broth and lettuce foam. Between them are two crackers topped with salad and capers.

A tall glass filled with some white wine sits on a blond wood table. To the right, a large window with lush green planting visible outside. On a pale wooden windowsill used as a bookshelf lies feminist literature. The wall around the window and shelf is painted white.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Small French town, big market. Lots of lovely veg to be lusted after in Brittany. Started by nabbing those oignons nouveau en botte and a chonk of a fennel.

A view of a market in progress in Brittany. The street has been closed to traffic and stalls set up along it. To the left, Brittany's black and white flag - Gwenn ha du - and stalls selling clothes. To the right, a stall selling fruit and vegetables. The stall has a long section under green and white awnings and another in parallel laden with artichokes and other produce. People are perusing both. There are stone buildings behind the stalls and at the end of the street.

Part of a market stall laden with, from the left, lettuces, rhubarb and bunches of what look like giant spring onions but are listed as oignons nouveau en botte (young onions harvested early and sold bunched). In the background, a seafood place selling oysters and more.

The fruit and veg stall's counter. Five staff members in black t-shirts are behind the stall's display and serving customers. In front of them are wicker baskets with produce including shallots. In front of the baskets, a range of veg including, from the left: yellow courgettes, dark aubergines, pale green peppers, speckled cream and deep pink aubergines, fennel and yellow beans.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Artichokes done, raided the freezer for dessert. Behold Picard's Mini-éclairs délicieux. Three of each: passion fruit and mango, raspberry and blackcurrant. pistachio praline, and hazelnut gianduja chocolate.

A pack of Picard's Mini-éclairs délicieux readied for eating and presented on the gite's retro white and orange floral serving dish. From the left, three of each: passion fruit and mango, raspberry and blackcurrant. pistachio praline, and hazelnut gianduja chocolate.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Delicious artichokes fresh from the Brittany farm's field. The only dish we know where it looks like we finish our meal with more than we started with. Eaten with a lemon-mustard-mayo dip.

Two large globe artichokes sit on a table covered with a blue cloth patterned with white spots and bird shapes.

A large beige plate sits on a grey-blue garden table. It's covered completely with artichoke leaves and hairs from the choke.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Relaxing with a book when a young cat emerged from the gite's hedge and made a break for it across the garden. Not the best photo, granted, only just managed to swap to the phone's camera in time #Caturday

A small grey and white tabby is caught in mid-dash, running from right to left. They've an intent "you ain't seen me, right" expression.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Lovely things happen when you're staying on a farm in Brittany. Veg fresh from the fields and polytunnel, nothing like it.

A brown paper bag spills its fresh veg contents onto a table covered with a blue cloth patterned with white spots and bird shapes. In front of the bag are, front to back, two large globe artichokes, a shiny green pepper, a slender cucumber with flower still attached and three large red tomatoes.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

First things first in Brittany, home of Brets. A visit to the crisp aisle.

A photo of supermarket shelves, seven high, packed with varieties of Brets' crisps. The shelving to the right carried on the theme with other brands.

As well as the usual crisps, bagged these earmarked to take home. From the left: Chips de crêpes beurre citron, Chips de crêpes fruits rouge and Chips de crêpes nature. Sadly Chips de crêpes caramel au beurre salé weren't in stock.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is what happens on your 47th anniversary, when you open your cards (yes, food and drink came later)🥂🍾🥖

Two greeting cards sit on a wooden windowsill. They both feature drawings of a cat against a botanical background. To the left: a black cat sits centre and looks out with a steady gaze from tropical green and orange-red leaves, almost in the style of Henri Rousseau. To the right: a grey cat peers out crazily from a riot of flowers.

The aforementioned cards sit on a garden table behind two part-filled champagne flutes and a plate of PIcard's bouchées apéritives aux légumes - semi-dried cherry tomato, grilled pepper duo and mozzarella bites, beetroot hummus and diced vegetable tartlets, rolls with courgette, goat cheese, and pine nuts, avocado, malted bread, onion chutney, radish and sesame bites.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Charles Rennie Mackintosh braving the heat and our poor luck with roses.

A soft lilac-pink, cupped rose in full bloom. The flower's smaller than normal and less tidily cupped but, hey, he made it!

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Mme heard a scuffled creaking noise from the next room and went to investigate.... "I know this box has only been on the floor for less than a minute but it's mine, human. You didn't really want to reuse it, did you?" #Caturday #Catsofbluesky

A fluffy grey-blue cat has squeezed himself into an empty wine box and has a slightly puzzled, distant expression - avoiding eye contact with the human who's just spotted him.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It's bins. As ever when the lorry rolls along the street, LC's run from wherever he was and is watching intently with a mixture of horror and fascination.

A photo of a fluffy blue-grey cat's head, left side. He is looking out of the window. His ears are pricked at the crew's convo and the whirring, clanging and engine sound of the bin lorry, as it advances slowly down the street. His intense stare is one of horror and fascination.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Not been anywhere but indoors, so it's a fridge dec dinner. A sidelined pot of labneh, lurking IoW cherry tomatoes & brown bread crusts standing in for sourdough became @nigelslater.bsky.social's grilled tomatoes & labneh on toast. The Aleppo pepper & sumac asked for a za'atar sprinkle. #foodsky

A serving of grilled cherry tomatoes & labneh on toast sits on a brown speckled and edged blue plate. The classically red-orange tomatoes are in the centre of the labneh, olive oil is drizzled around and za'atar sprinkled atop.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Round ours, earlier. Yes I'm asleep in your cool, cast iron bath. And, no, I'm not getting out so you can use the shower.

A fluffy blue tortie tabby is sleeping in the bath, on her back with paws in the air and tail akimbo. She is resolute in her occupation. The bathroom's shady, as the blinds are drawn.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Just after the result, Mme's Austrian cousins sent her this cartoon from their newspaper.

A cartoon cut from an Austrian newspaper. A small stone built castle with union flags flying sits on an island as small as its footprint. A wooden drawbridge is in the air and disintegrating. Musical notes and the words "For he's a jolly good fellow" are at the top of the castle where light shines through one window. At the bottom of the cartoon are the words "BREXIT: My home is my castle".

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Déjeuner sur l'herbe After perusing Tafwyl's food vendors, plumped for: Dirty Gnocchi's Dirty Veggie - a satisfying crispy, smokey and cheesily gooey combo Meet & Greek's Halloumi Wrap - a fresh tasting classic with fries, salad and yoghurt dressing

A round, beige card dish filled with fried gnocchi, cheese, veggie facon pieces and more cheese. Two wooden forks are poised in the dish, mid-feed.

A halloumi wrap, wrapped in Meet and Greek branded paper sits in a beige card tray. A view from the top shows halloimi fries, potato fries, red onion, tomato and yogurt dressing with a rolled flatbread.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Bus to the city centre & Cardiff castle today, Tafwyl 2026 is hot! Bws i ganol y ddinas a chastell Caerdydd heddiw, mae Tafwyl 2026 yn boeth! Tafwyl is a free, non-ticketed festival of Welsh language, arts, culture & music for all, with live performances, multiple stages, street food & stalls.

A view of Cardiff Castle's grounds with mulit coloured flags and bunting in the foreground. Tafwyl's tents can be seen in front of the main building (background left), the Norman keep is on a mound to the right.

A takeaway dish of Dirty Gnocchi's Dirty Vegge sits on a weathered wooden picnic table, a wooden fork is sticking up on its left and a white paper serviette to the right. In the background, grass and a path in front of Cardiff Castle.

We found some shade to sit in under a lovely tree. The image shows our view from behind a concrete block holding a light's post across a grassed area of the castle grounds filled with tents, food vans, a stage and people. The Norman keep is on a raised mound to the left.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Wednesday's weather prediction looks, er, interesting (the Met Office doesn't do Roath, so Tremorfa it is).

A screen grab from today's Met Office site showing the temperature in Tremorfa, Cardiff, on Wednesday is predicted thirty seven degrees centigrade and feeling like thirty nine degrees.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

..and, not to be outdone, @sundownerstudio.bsky.social's princely boar has also been framed, aimed for a way that'd allow the lovely paper he's been printed on to shine.

A lino print of a black boar on rather special cream paper sits against a brown background within a white passepartout and a black frame. There are green plants just visible in the background.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The quest to find a frame for @sundownerstudio.bsky.social's handsome Ganesh went on - only to be found under our noses (mango wood, lighter than in the photo).

A gold lino print of Lord Ganesha sits in a mango wood frame. There are green plants in the background.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

No, DPD, it wasn't "left in safe place". You dumped it on the doorstep in full sun and ran. We know because we were at home, retrieved the parcel and yelled "Thanks a bunch" as you drove away. Oh, and we didn't provide you with any safe place instructions either.

An image of a screengrab from DPD's parcel tracker. The text reads:
Parcel No.
Your parcel is waiting for you at home (left in safe place) at 13.06 on Thu 28 May 2026

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

She came to see what we were, settled on mostly harmless and ambled off with her lambs in tow.

A Devon Longwool ewe and her two lambs are walking away from the person taking the photograph. They're in a green pasture with wild flowers scattered through the grass. In the distance, green hedgerow and trees. The sky is mid-blue with vague cotton wool clouds.

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team NotLeafy @teamnotleafy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Crisp, just off-dry and chilled, this went down well over that hot BH weekend; alcohol free but certainly not flavour or pleasure free.

A crown-capped bottle of Wild Coast Cider 0%. The bottle's clear glass, showing a light amber coloured drink.

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