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California roast chicken with lemon, thyme and pear stuffing
First the obligatory baby shot! Getting a bath from Dad. This one did make me laugh, she is laughing too. Babies are like cats, they always look gorgeous in photographs! Cooking with family is one of my most favourite things. Roast lemon chicken is also one of my favourite things. We went to the supermarket…
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Landing in the land of FAST internet.
I left the damp and sepia plains at 6.30 in the morning and drove in a very bumpy bus up to Chicago. Sometimes I question whether these buses produce their own sneaky versions of square wheels. The jiggling out of focus red hat of the man in the front of the bus was a welcome…
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Bye Bye Now Farmy
Have you ever seen a pig wave her little trotter, smiling weakly? The image wants me to add a white glove and a tearful well made-up eye; a sobbing Daisy and desolate Queenie, standing looking all forlorn. At the very least a heart broken dog. A peacock turned away so as to hide his quivering…
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Multi tasking would be better as a monotask
This is the result of multi tasking. Do not mix trying not to repack, simmering a redwine reduction for tonight’s pasta, making a homemade pizza for lunch, cleaning out the fridge, stamping cards and making the Final List, plus cleaning the basement laundry when I really should have been tidying the bedroom. A beautiful crust,…
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Please Mrs – Don’t Eat me!
Look at the kittens face, silently begging the chook not to take a bite. I have been packing. I hauled my silver suitcase out to the barn and weighed it on the feed scales. And I am just under the allowed 50 pounds. So barring any last minute additions (JOKE) I should be ok. Being…
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