Back yard treat

French champagne in the backyard. What’s the occasion? Saturday. Is that reason enough? We found the marble table on the street. Its previous owners had covered it with a lacquer (and ruined its appearance). A lot of rubbing and scraping later and now look at it! Fit for a Saturday treat. In response to The

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Melbourne Cup day

Originally posted on Dr D in Oz:
The race that stops a nation. “Would you like your x-ray now, or after the race?” my colleague asked, thus proving the adage about the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s premium thoroughbred horse race. All over Australia today workers downed tools and raised toasts as race fever took hold. Think…

Mac ‘n’ cheese?

Have you seen Fleetwood Mac before? Incredibly I hadn’t, despite having lived through their entire band history- from listening to The Green Manalishi with my brother in the days of Peter Green when the Mac were a bona fide blues-rock band, through their massive hit Albatross, Green’s mysterious disappearance, to whatever they are now.