Friday morning started gloriously, I work moments before the Little Sister and watched her yawn, stretch and then remember. She rolled quickly and drew back the blind. The water park was still there! Mummy, it’s morning time! We tucked into a buffet breakfast and I introduced the girls to rice bubbles talking cereal: could they hear it? What did it say? Then the shining aqua jewel in this ...
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roasted marrow bones
I had a tête-à-tête with Marco Pierre White last night. We were midway through our silky mushroom consommé when he noticed my chipped toenail polish and suggested a spot that does good pedicures next to the Pool Shop in Landsborough. His eyes followed the curve of my leg, he lent in close to my ear and whispered "they do discrete leg waxing too". Embarrassed I wakened before I had a chance to ...
I'm Pinning Around Pinterest Link Party
Hello and welcome to the I'm Pinning Around Pinterest Link Party. My favourite post from last week was Boy Eats World's Chicken and Lemon Myrtle dumplings. My reasoning is two fold. Firstly I have several lemon myrtle trees growing around the farm. And secondly, because dumplings. If you joined last week's party, don't forget to pop back and pin two posts, thanks. The guidelines for I'm ...
the lowdown on glamping at Rainbow Beach
At 4.50am on Sunday, I unzipped the tent and stepped onto the sand. The sun was rising, the rest of our camp was still sleeping. I was the sole inhabitant of the beach while I swam in the Great Sandy Strait. I walked back to camp, boiled the kettle and that plastic cup of Moccona was the tastiest cup of coffee I've had all year. Then I climbed into a hammock and set about finishing the novel I ...
Currant Pie
Once upon a time, before super-charged blenders blasted food into nutriment, home cooks nourished their families with lovingly-prepared, affordable, real food. My Dad started making this Currant Pie in 1976. Family legend says it was this pie he used to woo a wife and win over a Mother-in-law. Currant Pie 1 cup SR flour 1 cup plain flour pinch salt 150g butter 1 egg yolk 1-2 ...
I'm Pinning Around Pinterest Link Party
Hello and welcome to the I'm Pinning Around Pinterest Link Party. My favourite post from last week was Fresh Home Cook's healthy fried rice. I chose it not only because homemade fried rice is one of those rare meals that makes everyone in the family happy, but because I'm loving watching Jodie navigate her way through recreating old favourites to suit her recent diagnosis of Irritable Bowel ...