7 Days: Day 3 – Pumpkin massacre

This afternoon I’m turning my fingernails yellow as I chop, peel and cook 14.5kg pumpkin. The job should get done today, which is in sharp – and pleasant – contrast to the three tiring days the job took me for my last pumpkin harvest in 2007. Back then I had 32kg of pumpkin to deal [...]

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7 Days: Day 2 – Chocolate by streetlight

We spent the afternoon with John, Sam and Lily and Anya and were handed Twirl chocolate bars almost as soon as we walked through the door. I saved mine and ate it in the car on the way home, thereby having my pudding before the main course of scampi and chips that came at home. [...]

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7 Days: Day 1 – No tunes and no clue

Mmm, shiny new iPod Shuffle. It’s intended as my gym buddy, but I’ll be going to the gym in a minute without it, as I haven’t made the time to make the playlist for it yet. Any suggestions as to what songs I should include? Also, if someone could insert the chip into my brain [...]

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Jarlsberg bread

This is a staple of picnics and summer parties. Of course reading this blog, you won’t be surprised that I consider bread, cheese and garlic staples. The nutty taste of the Jarlsberg is so delicious that I thought I’d share this bread, perfect for a treat or social gathering. I think it originally came from [...]

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New leaves

It’s been two weeks since I last showed you the winklage of my avocado. The top winkle is now about six inches high and has pretty little red and green leaves growing at the top. Very soon I need to pinch out the top leaves, so I thought I’d better take a photo of this [...]

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Plumptious beauties

Most likely not safe for work. I watched this in the middle of the night and nearly died trying not to laugh out loud and disturb the sleeping household, tears running down my face. The rest of 80gumdrops’ channel is also definitely worth a watch. Especially if you share my sense of humour.

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