Weather forecast today (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 13°C, max - 22°C. 25% chance of at least 1mm of rain

  • Ntcc661@aussie.zone
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    8 days ago

    Pecan pie success. Very happy. One is already in the fridge and this one is about to join it.

  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
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    8 days ago

    And, tomorrow’s plans cancelled due to other people’s covid. Is it terrible that I’m not sad? I’ll eat pavlova in my pjs and have champagne for breaky, sounds like a pretty good time.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    8 days ago

    Made both dishes! The yam curry is still reducing and looks more like yellow soup atm but here’s my banana blossom fry with Maldive fish chips, whole spices (cardamom, cloves, cinnamon), chilli flakes, curry leaf, Pandan leaf, garlic, and caramelized onion. Plus a bit of turmeric powder, a hint of cumin and coriander powder, and a bit of sugar to round it off - finished off with a splodge of tamarind paste. There’s a lot going on, I’m excited to see what it tastes like tomorrow.

    it doesn't look like much though...

    Dinner time with an episode of Blue Lights, then a final clean of dishes and kitchen, and I’ll pack for my trip. Vacuuming can wait for tomorrow evening. Only other must do is drop off my spare keys at my friend’s place down the road. Gosh, maybe everything won’t be a mad rush ☺️

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    8 days ago

    5 of the 6 marigolds seedlings are still alive (the 5th might be dead due to being stepped on by a workman). Maybe 1 of the sunflowers came up. Some of the alyssum might be coming up but unsure. One of the nasturtiums came up.

    It doesn’t seem they do well direct sown, probably because the spot is a sandy dust bowl and I don’t go out there often enough to keep the seeds moist. They’re fairly drought tolerant but probably need to be a bit more established first.

    I’ve been raising more in paper cups and a foil tray and today planted out 3 nasturtium seedlings I grew inside. The mix of nasturtium, alyssum and sunflowers I sowed in the foil pan show signs of things coming up. I also got some kind of poppies.

    I wish I’d been able to weed and dig over the dirt properly but I don’t think I can plus there’s a weird hard compacted layer of sand that would be difficult to break through. And that stupid tree is still sucking everything up and obstructing with its roots. Even if the plants were safe there (they’re kind of not - hence cheap disposable annual seeds) it would take a bit of work and time to make it suitable for growing food.

    But I saw another native bee buzzing around my zucchinis so I might be getting somewhere.

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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        8 days ago

        It says they’re drought resistant and don’t like to be transplanted both due to the long taproot… but someone else said they like a bit of food and water to get them started.

        So I probably need to start them inside or in a container where I can attend to them a bit more and then plant out while they’re still small enough to not be as bothered by it

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
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    8 days ago

    Made a fillet o fish sandwich for dinner tonight.

    Very yummy indeed.

    Might put a movie on later tonight depending on my mood.

    Watched Challengers last night. Wasn’t bad but I’m definitely not a fan of all of the time skipping in it. Didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would.

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
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    8 days ago

    My mum loved Christmas. And any celebration really. Half my tea towels and things are old Christmas themed ones from the surplus she would buy. And every year EVERYONE got a present - kids, grandkids, in laws. We were not rich and I dunno how she did it but she did. I’m talking a big extended family here. And when we were little we had presents on Christmas Eve (after mass 😇) and a big party. Then she would back it up with lunch for everyone Christmas day.

    That all changed a bit when she got old and sick and we could share the load, but the presents continued. When she got too old to shop she would research and buy things online through the year.

    She died a few years ago now in November and there were so many pre-bought presents ready in the cupboard that we were able to package them all up and give everyone something from mum/grandma that year as a surprise.

    So if you are sad or your family was crap, this is your permission to go buy (or cook or do) yourself something nice, from my mum. She would love it. ♥️✨

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
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      8 days ago

      That’s very sad but at least you’ll still have the memories of the time you had.

      I’m doing exactly as prescribed tomorrow. I bought myself some beautiful lamb and I’m going to enjoy it with garlic dip.

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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      8 days ago

      Nawww. This is beautiful. It’s made me weepy because my Nana was the same. She used to collect presents throughout the year and always had something under the tree for the ring-ins.

      God bless the ones that are no longer with us and taught us well. 💜

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    8 days ago

    You know the other day when I brought up the topic of alternative milk? Well the brave man went out to run some errands and bought back coffees. Apparently our Coles express ran out of milk so oat milk it is. Not bad. Not good either.

    If lucky numbers pop into my head, I’ll let youse know!

  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
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    8 days ago

    Just had a $2.95 125g ALDI camembert ‘wheel’, which is really good and amazing value. Now I’m in my armchair drinking scotch and playing games. Comfy

  • calhoon2005@aussie.zone
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    8 days ago

    Cool running infographics time. Thru Runalyze (free tier).

    Really f-ing hurt my toe in August. Took a while to get back to it. Yellow is my first 10k FunRun which was indeed fun.