Showing posts with label Fruit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fruit. Show all posts

Monday, February 7, 2011

This Jam is Red Hot, When We're Rockin' The Spot.

I have been watching a whole mess of movies of late. I also have a list of movies to watch... I have a lot of lists. I think Swing Time made it to the movies list because I had heard it was one of the best films Ginger and Fred had done together. Interesting factoid (to me) I never knew they could sing. I have also not seen many of their films, maybe this is a well known fact. Also, I couldn't take a photo of their dancing, it looked to grainy. This is one of the quieter, romantic, moments of the film.

Romance - 31/01
Went to go visit Ms Television and baby Gg. It was possibly the hottest day of this millennium!!! It was a mega hot heat wave anyway. The Laser overheated just past the major servos on the M4, forcing me to pull over and sit in the 42C (107.6F) heat waiting for the car to cool. After all this flurry and finally meeting Gg and catching up with Ms Television... I didn't take a photo. So, instead of my highlight of the 1st of Feb being the first meeting with Gg it is the engine of my car. Poor form.

 The Beast - 01/02

The past few years I have made a few batches of Lemon Butter. Haven't done so this year. Actually haven't cooked that much at all in the past year. I used to cook heaps, and bake heaps. Think that was one of my New Years Resolutions one year 'Cook More'. I know it was on My 30 Days Has September list, although I didn't do it then either.

Waiting for their Butter-y friend - 02/02

I bought some cheapo chocolate. It had me confused. I could not open it. It was in cased (trapped) in this plastic covering. It as crap, it was cheap, it confused me. Life is a little hard at times.

 
Turned out to not be so tricky after all - 03/02

The heatwave continues. Sydney did not do that bad in the crazy weather stakes compared with parts of Queensland and Victoria. I do not do well in the heat. I didn't leave the house unless absolutely necessary. Because of my self imposed imprisonment (not so bad with pay TV) I noticed our lounge room blind which looks like one someone had in my family. Cue: long tangent trying to think of who had this blind. I just remember laying down and looking up at it. Perhaps covered by some dodgy lace.

Autumn leaves in scorching Summer - 04/02


Late housewarming in Darlinghurst. Way to hot in that house for me. Walked to the other side of Hyde Park to catch a bus. In front of the War Memorial in Hyde Park there is a reflection pool which looks all the way down the the other end of the park. I thought it would be a nice photo. Did not notice the Police van hanging about. Oh well Sydney, Hyde Park, Saturday Night... what did I expect???

On another note. I went to the Museum inside the Memorial. I thought I had talked about it on here. Can't find a post about it though. There is a video and a small museum within the memorial, check it out if you are ever walking through the park.

Havin' a chat - 05/02

Nearing the end of 365 project. Chinese New Year celebrations begin. I started this project as a Chinese New Year resolution because I missed making the resolution in time for beginning of 2010 and I need to have a momentous start date. I did not go to the 2010 Twilight Parade so I didn't know what to expect. It was fantastic. It really helped to have a guy next to me that seemed to know all about the parade. Commentating the whole thing he was. There is Miss Chinese Australia, this is the main Television station in Hong Kong.

Year of the Rabbit - 06/02

I had been using a different moisturiser. This made my face go all weird and 14yr old boy like. Well, that and work and the heat and possibly a bunch of other reasons. Stayed at home (out of the elements) and tried to fix it with a face mask. Really doing the big stuff in the final days of the project.


Stink-eye - 07/02

Lovely way to end a post. Me giving you a mad stink-eye.

- A

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Fun Filled Festivities For Family & Friends

When I find food I enjoy I eat it constantly. Usually to the point where I will hate it and not touch it for months. Currently it is Apricots, Nectarines with the fancy awesome yogurt. Had it for 3 days. Think it only stopped because of my laziness to go on an expedition to the shops for fruit.

 Fruity - 16/01

One meal that has stood its ground is muesli with yogurt for breakfast. Have anything else and I become either stupid through tiredness or agitated through hunger. I would possibly be traumatised if I couldn't have dairy.

Spent the afternoon with E and her young man. Lazed about and chatted. Tried a bit of chili in my burger... baby steps. Tried to get Wills to be a part of my 365 project. He gave it a go with a slightly abstract portrait.

 Modernism - 17/01

Sister and Niece came to town. I was asked to take them somewhere "fun and interesting. Like when we used to go to Planet Hollywood and Hard Rock Cafe". Could not think of anywhere beside pubs and with a 10yr old that was not really an option. Put it to the world of FB and a few places I had already gone to came up. We ended at I Chi Ban Teppan-yaki. Twas awesome. I went there for Ms Television's Hen's Night. My niece has a great time. I caught my rice on the bowl but smashed my egg and dropped my cooked egg. Can't all be winners.

 Ready for the flicking - 18/01

Have a packed full few days where I'll be dragging them about Sydney giving my own versions of Sydney Historical Tours.

- A


*most tags for this post are F's. Mad alliteration, completely unintentional!

Monday, April 12, 2010

Spiky Fruits

Since I first worked at a supermarket and saw all the different types of fruit I have been saying that I will try all the different fruits in Summer. Again, this Summer I didn't try any new ones.... dang!

I like the Asian fruits, so interesting looking. DragonfruitCarambola (Star Fruit) etc. Didn't make any jams or fruit butters either.  

Nearly the end of summer, am sure if I did my fruit shopping at a real fruit place I would have better luck than my luck at Coles Leichhardt.  

The last of the interesting fruit - 11/04

Uninteresting day. Hung around, did some reading and stuff. Left my clothes washing till late in the day. Put on all my towels and was going to go to the gym after it was done. The washing machine is against me, I repel technology. It kept stopping at the rinse stage (unbalanced) and repeatedly during the spin. Meant I had to go around Newtown finding a cheap washing machine. Some charge $10 flat to use the machine!

A paste-up near my laundromat - 12/04

At least my clothes are washed and drying now. Some weirdos do walk around the city at night, people muttering to themselves or just yelling at the city.   

-A