Tuesday Tastes 03/2017

Mr. 17 is working very hard to convince us that a vegan diet is the way to go. Myself, I'm not so convinced, I am very fond of butter with my vegemite toast 🙂 and let's not forget the world of cheese! Still we are definitely eating less meat this year. Enter Härkis! One of a few new...

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Wow! This little gem of an ad appeared in my Facebook feed this morning. Not quite sure why I'm now being targeted as a possible green card applicant... Ready to make the move and build a new life in the US? Well no, not really. I'm quite happy living in Finland. I'd be more than happy...

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You may recall one of my first posts of 2017 was a tribute to the akismet spam filter and the lovely comment that was spammed. Since then I've been saving the comments that the filter so generously sends to the spam folder and once again it's sharing time. I'm beginning to notice a bit of theme...

An ode to the humble bicycle

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.H.G. Wells

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I'm told it was the bear. My worst fear - the bear went feral and attacked the dog... organ transplant has so far been unsuccessful and the dog hangs on by a thread...

#adiosStarbucks

It's been an interesting week as far as world politics go. A certain male, whom I will refer to as the Tweeter-in-Chief  has managed to upset pretty much everybody. In case you have missed the numerous tweets and headlines, here is a snappy list put together by Australian show The Project: Now one of the more...

Australia Day 2017

My one reflection today is to ponder why my birth country takes away my voting rights after only a few short years abroad, whilst my adopted home land lets me vote no matter how long I am away. Australia Day has never been a really big celebration for me. As a child it marked the winding down...

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... apostrophe! Now I have some editing to do to make it more appealing on the front page 😉 and then go back and customize to make it mine 🙂 Things may seem a little weird for the next couple of days while I get myself sorted!

Tuesday Tastes 02/2017

Blinis, buckwheat blinis!  There is something magical about blinis. I'm not sure if it's the buckwheat flour that gives them a lovely grainy texture or because the batter uses yeast and yoghurt and sits for at least a day fermenting or is it the topping of delicate fish roe and thick sour cream with a...

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Whether it's a person, a building or an abstract shape, show us something that exists harmoniously with its surroundings. This is the brief for this week's photo challenge Graceful. This is could be cow parsley or giant hogweed - either way it's dead for winter and the flower heads collect the snow very nicely! Gracefully even.... I...