We chose to have pheasant for dinner this Christmas. Kate did the preparation and found a few surprises in the process (namely shotgun shot)
It cooked up lovely on a bed of oranges…
Our little Christmas tree is not yet up to holding his ceramic decorations, but I’m sure he’ll grow into the task!
Hope everyone enjoyed their day. I’m stuffed. But that’s the way I like it this time of year! Next year, I’m hoping for a white Christmas…
Bah!
I’ve figured out that the decongestants that I can get here (containing phenylephrine not pseudoephedrine) don’t work. Pseudoephedrine is used to make crystal meth, so it’s hard to get – even in Australia I’ve read. BUT it works as a decongestant. So it wasn’t until about 1.30am this morning that Kate had her bright idea. Hayfever tablets! They dry the nasal system up just fine… So from 1.30am this morning, I slept reasonable well.
Bring on Christmas!! (4 hours 35 mins to go!)
Three days to Christmas and I’ve come down with a virus. Sniffles, headache (with foggy patches), aching joints and needing to urinate a lot. The last thing wouldn’t be such a problem if we had a lemon tree. To top it off, my tea tastes funny. Dang.
Thank the maker for small mercies
Kate found these 5 kg tubs of Nutella at the Winterwonderland in London last weekend. She thought the crepe people probably wouldn’t miss one, but I thought they might…
The Winter Wonderland is currently set up in Hyde Park. There were rides, German food, mulled wine (see above) and neat market stalls. Oh, it was cold too… But that’s winter right?
Turns out Charles Darwin was not that interested in Australia while he was there. He was bored and grumpy and missed a lot of “Australian” native fauna. He didn’t even see a kangaroo! Maybe he needed a better guide. Maybe he spent too much time in the pubs checking out the locals. Will we ever know??
My desktop weather widget says today it is sunny.
Low 1°C
High 3°C
It’s reached the maximum.. It is beautiful and sunny though. My ears are going to fall off.