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les sons du jardin
There is something sweet about taking refreshments in a nice garden setting. The people watching. The birds and insects in the flowers.
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Deboned duck
Yeah, I spent way too long deboning and stuffing a duck. Thank goodness for YouTube guides. With a grain allergic child, chocolate soufflé with cornflour was a great Xmas pud substitute. Put a dry rub on a brisket for smoking tomorrow too. Have had worse Christmas days.
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Time for biab
After getting back into home brew, it’s time to have a crack at an all grain recipe. SMaSH and all that. Aiming for a pale ale. Something really simple because I just want to concentrate on doing it, not on technique. Very happy to have seen kits-and-bits make stuff way better than what I used…
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Happy Luna New Year
Celebrating by cooking duck and cleaning the kitchen. That’s the spirit.
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That space where Christmas used to be
Having gone away before twelfth night, and then straight back to school and work on our return, the decorations did rather tend to stay up a long while. Now, I just have an empty space in the living room.
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Snapper and oysters
Yup. Charcoal cooked snapper, Sarawak style. Big advantage of Malaysian in-laws. I seem to have accidentally kept my falcon. Oh dear. Three cars. That wasn’t the plan. My Dec 99 AU may be an example of ‘survivor bias’, but it still is a very reliable and comfortable tourer. Though it has been down graded to…
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Father’s Day BBQ Chicken
Because it’s good. Too late to found a successful start up. A quiet beer while the BBQ gets up to temperature is the next best thing.
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It’s been eighteen years and sixteen days.
A well earned beer while the BBQ fires up. Waaaay too much gardening done. But then, I wanted a yard… The falcon seems to be accepting its new role of trophy car. It's not been the daily driver for six months now. Instead, a sort of project car, sadly lacking skills from me though. Given…
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I don’t understand…
…the rules, so I find it weird watching a bunch of seven year olds play minecraft in the park.
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My girl is growing up
When they are babies, what great models. But then what choice do they have? Now at nearly eight, Amelia is off playing with friends. Not posing. And not easy to get candids of at the park. I guess I'll have to turn to macro, or nature/landscaper now.