My home
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Herbs in a small vase
I don’t even know what this little glass vase is called. My friend Sonya gave it to me. “It’s an old-fashioned thing, for small flowers and herbs. Weave them into the grid in the lid,” she said. Quiet joys. Changed… Continue reading
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Kooralbyn morning
Was going to open the gate and let Wookie out, but then I saw this. Blessed. Continue reading
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Gardening is great but watch out for snakes
”Can you get some herbs for me?” I love hearing that from Mike! He’s gonna cook and it feels so good to go in the garden and cut him some herbs. The typical ones are here, lemon grass, kaffir lime… Continue reading
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Made tau fu fah with supermarket silken tofu
Mike usually goes to Sunnybank to buy tau fu fah, but today we made some with supermarket silken tofu. Woo hoo! I used rock sugar, water and ginger to make the syrup. I put several big lumps into the pot… Continue reading
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Op Shop life! Found an old moka pot
I swear, working at the Uniting Church Op Shop is the best job I’ve ever had in my life. It’s all feel-good: you’re happy for customers when they find bargains, you’re part of an organisation which enables things to be… Continue reading
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Home practice
Once my rig is set up there’s not a lot of space in my little music studio! But I don’t mind. It suffices. I did some practice today, we have a show next week at The Royal, in Nundah, that’s… Continue reading
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Polished up a copper pourer
Picked up this old copper-plated pourer for $3 from the Op Shop in Beaudesert where I volunteer. I love old things but have never collected much because I’m always moving around. Maybe that’s going to change. Who knows? Anyway I… Continue reading
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It’s a baby possum!
Wookie was up at about 4am keen to go out! What’s going on, little guy? Then I heard it, scratching at the dog flap! This wasn’t a horrid cane toad. Maybe it was a turtle? We had one a few… Continue reading
Joanna Funk 