Sunday, August 30, 2020

The Snow Pea Championship

 The competition was intense but it looks like Brett came out the clear winner.

His are taller and they have flowers while ours are looking emaciated by comparison.

Friday, August 21, 2020

The New Normal

 Things are changing.  Now when we emerge from our isolation into the outside world, if we see someone approaching without a mask, they are given a wide birth.

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Adam's Birthday

 The pandemic has intruded on yet another of the family celebrations as Adam had his birthday yesterday.  We had to make do with a video conference and hope that the measures being taken will enable real family celebrations in the near future.

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Emptying the Drawers

 When checking the supplies, Claire found a neglected bottle of morello cherries.  There was only one solution.  Mr Google suggested a sour cherry and almond torte so that became the plan.

The result looked impressive - 

and it tasted just as good.

International Cuisine

 In lockdown, experimentation is the norm. The first course you go Japanese with home designed sushi.

Then for afters, english scones.  Variety is the spice of life!

Coronial Cooking

 The viral infestation has resulted in a masssive uptick in the level of culinary experimentation being undertaken.  Lisa has been trying Dumplings.

She gets a thumbs up all round on the first attempt!

Jack In Year 8

 Jack managed to have his school photo in and around lockdowns.  A great result!

Sunday, August 16, 2020

Peter and Jill's 50th

 Peter and Jill celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Monday but in this Covid riddled world, no one can visit.  The best we could do was a collage of 50 years and a presentation from the Egg Board. (Reids, Russells and Inchleys).


Morning Light

In changing weather, morning walks always come up with interesting light.



Thursday, August 13, 2020

James Gets Booked

 We were finally able to produce the book we intended to mark James' eighteenth birthday.  As usual these days it had to be presented in a video conference.