Phew. Long time.

I really suck arse at this consistency thing. I've never been great at it - diaries always commenced enthusiastically but petered off, study was the best thing ever in the earlier part of the semester and clearly blogs fall into the same category. At least I am consistent in my inconsistency. But anyhoo, it's a stormy Sydney night (after the hottest day, oh, ever), I've had the day off so all my chores have been done (except the ones I hate) so I thought I'd pull up a pew and say howdy. So, howdy.

It's been a fun, em, few months! The annual girls' holiday to Phillip Island for the MotoGP came through with the goods in October. I thought about putting some photos up, but I look too terribly bogan in all of them. Of course that is the charm of the weekend however back in civilisation, well, you know. Suffice to say it's always a blast, and that I'll be back next year.

Other fun things have included this night:



Tim and I went to an opening at the Botanic Gardens one early Spring evening. Free wine! Free canapes! Hideous crafty craft! We did, surprisingly, find some lovely handblown glasses - a cross between vases and glasses really. The artist saw us coming and said they were ideal for gin and tonics...well she sold us, and they sure are. Large gin and tonics. Hurrah!

It's spring time so there have been a world of berries which I have been unable to resist - I bashed up these strawberry and mulberry tarts for an afternoon tea recently. I think they were made with a light lemon cream base. They were pretty good. I am currently on a detox, though, so everything other than fish and greens seems pretty good.



And look! Some more sideways flowers! My specialty.



These snapdragons harboured a colony of caterpillars. They stayed hidden for about a week, but during a dinner party (Tim's old housemates. Very drunk. Possibly partial cause of detox) we noticed the odd caterpillar here and there. They were quite cute. And then we saw about five more. And ten more after that. And then it seemed the entire bunch was a crawling mass of caterpillars, so I removed them outside (far from my window boxes). But they are pretty though, huh? And sideways.

And finally, for some reason I have taken photos of green pasta. We made David Tanis' Green Lasagne with Greens. It was heavenly - really light and freshly flavoured. The lasagne sheets here are made with pureed spinach mixed through the dough, and the lasagne itself has a mix of a whole range of greens. I suspect I had vague plans to snap the entire progress but the chances are strong my good friend Wine got in the way of that plan. Again, detox.



So. Other than sounding like a roaring alcoholic, not loads of other news. Christmas and the Silly Season are looming, summer is hitting down on Sydney and we've just bought new pushbikes to make the most of it all. Hurrah!