Hail!

It’s hailing, which reminds me of one of our old houses – the one with the wishing well and the broken miniature train on its broken miniature hillside in the back shed. It was past our bed time, but seeing the rain turn to popcorn on the lawn had us losing out tiny minds. After the pelting stopped we went out with our blue plastic bowls and scooped up the ice – sat on beanbags in front of Alice in Wonderland, eating hail.

Hail!

It’s hailing, which reminds me of one of our old houses – the one with the wishing well and the broken miniature train on its broken miniature hillside in the back shed. It was past our bed time, but seeing the rain turn to popcorn on the lawn had us losing out tiny minds. After the pelting stopped we went out with our blue plastic bowls and scooped up the ice – sat on beanbags in front of Alice in Wonderland, eating hail.

Nannas shoebox of photos

So according to the stamp on the back of this photo (Woronora River, 1918) my great grandfather was a professional photographer in Marrickville.

He's the intense looking fella in the middle.


Bemused child somehow related to me.


Mother's christening

Fisticuffs. My grand-aunt's son, on the left, died soon after this photo. It was cystic fibrosis.

Hi...

...atus.

Estimated length: 2-5 weeks.
Estimated colour: Grey.

On the Prince Alfred Park fence, somehow.

"And also, there are so many times
when you need to make a quick
escape, but humans don't have
wings, or not yet, anyway, so what
about a birdseed shirt?"


*plastic cutlery

Symposiomnomnom nom nom!!

There were togas and a harp and Roman food and a giant blue yabbie called Sir Nipsalot. Just rediscovered this recipe my Ancient History teacher (think 'Kerry King II') made on the barbeque that time we had the symposium. If you are that way inclined, do try making this. It is a slight variation on a Roman recipe, and it's lashings of yumsauce.

"Garum" is fish bits left to rot in a barrel for weeks. After fermenting it doesn't smell as bad as it sounds... but the recipe can definately do without.

OM NOM!!

Oh, and, the man behind the recipe:

Is it blood, or garum?

The band behind the man:

http://www.myspace.com/fearscape

Tea and Taxidermy

Close enough

Latcho Drom (A Train Stop in Hungary)

I'm a creep