Sleep-in and iPad internet ablutions. Warm bed with warm husband.

Brunch at Ti Kouka. Rosti, poached eggs, bacon, spinach and SPECIAL NEEDS SUBSTITUTION aioli instead of hollandaise. The idea of their potent garlic aioli used with hollandaise-like abandon initially perplexed the staff, but they've now come to embrace it. It tastes divine, but for ( Read more... )

I'm still getting over the fairly hard-hitting cold that knocked me out last week. First time I'd been sick since November, and I'm fortunate enough to be able to throw low-stress rest at it, but I'm still taking a few hours extra sleep each day and a good sit-down after exertion ( Read more... )

We've wrapped up some truly excellent seasons for my Ultimate frisbee teams ( Read more... )

Six more working days on my contract. I think we'll call it a learning experience. I'm looking forward to a bit of a break after this, with some travel and some sound recording and generally some more time to fix things and explore. Learning more about the things I value more than money ( Read more... )

Finally made it to one of Joy's Craft Days. Hemmed trousers and made more progress on My First Sock. Thinking about craft projects that might be fun and have portable parts for future such craft days.

Watched my first rugby game of the Rugby World Cup, mostly as a social thing. Not a bad game for it.

Daylight saving is about to urge us forward.

A beautiful day in Wellington. From my office window I watched yachts playing follow-the-leader in the harbour while listening to a tui warbling in the kowhai ( Read more... )

Beloved and I have just returned from a three-nights-away mini-holiday in Turangi and environs. Gorgeous weather, pleasant walks, Huka Falls (I've been a dominatrix for many a year...), shopping in Taupo, hot pools, and more of our much-enjoyed pattern of Beloved reading aloud while I do something crafty. This time that has involved the Joy of Sox ( Read more... )

My grandmother died last night. She was 99, had been reasonably spry until a series of falls this year, and the end came with a day or two's warning.

She's also the last of my grandparents.

It feels like a kind of slow-motion Tetris of the family tree, with rows disappearing but no new blocks falling.

"Content". Accent on the second syllable. Also "Nesting".

And about to stir some of that up a little. :)

The things I've been doing in my job in recent years -- for which I've received status and income -- many of them are things which I have doubts about. Put a little bluntly for emphasis, am I good for anything that's actually useful? If I don't ( Read more... )

Our somewhat difficult gardening conditions seem to grow wild fennel and mustard just fine, so let's see what we can do with our "weeds".

Foraging for and cooking wild fennel looks promising, with the penne/sausage/fennel mix of its Pasta con Finocchietto Selvatico e Salsiccia. I'm going to head to the butcher for some sausages to try in this.

The ( Read more... )