First let me apologise for my typing on a spanish keyboard with different characters and some of the letters worn off! Greetings from Mendoza Argentina, wine country. The vuelta de empanada continues. We would like to say we have not had a day without an empanada but that would probably be false. However some days…
Call yourself a blogger?
Well, I have not typed a word here for many months, so what is going on? Well, I think work is getting in the way of life. Common problem I know... However, recently I have had the opportunity to go away and spend some time away from the 'documentation factory'. Because I spend 8+ hours…
Life of a part-time blogger
The stats are in -- I am officially a very part-time blogger. Just what have I been up to since March 08 when last I tapped these tiny keys? Changing jobs, twice; writing PR articles for the IPEd (Institute of Professional Editors) conference next October (2 of 4 articles here: http://www.editors-sa.org.au/?q=node/67); travelling to Perth for…
The sadness of the final tomato harvest
Last week we finished picking the last of the yellow cherry tomatoes. It is officially Autumn in Australia. There is an overwhelming beauty to the home-grown tomato. It is juicy yet firm, sweet but somehow at the same time, tart and refreshing. Perfect in salads or atop toasted, buttered rye bread in the morning. Or with cheese and…
Russell’s Pizza, Willunga, South Australia
Finally...we got a booking at Russell's. This rustic old cottage and converted shed on the Fleurieu peninsula of South Australia is the hottest place to be on a Friday evening, year-round. We were seated inside the old cottage at a wicker lounge area and ate antipasti followed by pizzas cooked in Russell's hand-built brick ovens.…
3 weeks and one day ago
That's a sad sight for a wannabee blogger. It's too late now to add much, except to say that we have been away. I had limited internet access while away as we stayed in a cabin on a hill near Apollo Bay and spent our days hiking to waterfalls and admiring the scenery along the…
The apricots have come and gone
The tree did not get pruned last year because we were away a bit and so when the fruit began to form, the branches were long and lanky. Last year was a slack year but this year the apricot tree has been prolific. Maybe just enough spring rain and a bit of warm weather. I…
This is turning into a food blog…
A breakfast this morning we sat outside eating our yummy fresh wholemeal rye bread with lovely rhubarb raspberry jam, both purchased last evening at the Adelaide Central Market. We discussed what we would have for lunch and dinner. Lunch is likely to be at Casuarina, a Malaysian restaurant that does the most authentic Roti in…
I have yet to meet a legume that I don’t like
Tonight we ate outside and had the first broad bean salad of the season. When Roo made it for me the first time, last summer, he used sweet cherry tomatoes from our very own garden! It was one of those mouth moments where you just want more. Tonight the tomatoes were from the Adelaide Showgrounds…
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