(16-10-2024, 07:34 PM)kiwimade64 Wrote: That's great, OHH   Always good when they come to the party.

We saw Trump on the news, he has lost it, for sure.  What a complete nutter.  And people vote for him!  Is there room for me as well under that rock?

On a happy note, I'm pretty sure I saw the comet this evening.  Well, the tail end anyway.  Saw a flash of blue/green   There are heaps of meteors out there, lots of whizzing about in the sky.  Two weeks ago, I saw I meteor burning up in the sky so that's two things I can cross off my 'space' list.

(17-10-2024, 06:04 AM)popeye333 Wrote: Morning everyone

Missy's alarm  went off early cos Id left the window open beside me and she heard the bird's lol

Then  to make my day even better they are talking about Christmas desserts on breakfast lol. My Fave baking.

A very small shopping list today. Thanks Finance company.. Not.. But Ill be able to feed Missy and mine will be basic but I wont starve.. And Oddly I remembered I have some fruit mince pies in the freezer so I might have some with custard at some stage lol.

Painting and crochet for me today too.

They had a story on breakfast about Conker's Competitions and perhaps a cheater... We used to play with Conker's.. There were trees in Thames at the North end of town that had huge Monkey Nut Conker's on them.  I had no idea there were official competitions in England.  The winner there has been accused of using a Metal one.

Have an awesome day everyone

(17-10-2024, 06:45 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: My beans are also ready for new homes, I dropped a plant care package off to a friend yesterday. Salvia cuttings with lots of new growth, bean seedlings and a little trough of coloured lettuces - they are such fun to have ready for a leaf or two when salad days are truly here. That leaves me with twelve seedlings, maybe eight for me and a pot to give away.

I had leftover chicken in a salad last night, with nasturtium leaves and flowers, red silverbeet, italian parsley, mint, and new zealand spinach, all fine chopped and tossed together with tiny tomatoes, grapes,  cornichons, and avocado. What a combination! And so pretty in the big blue and white bowl. Leftovers for lunch today, well chilled and marinated and waiting in one of my lovely new Kitchenaid lidded glass containers. The last of my stickers swapped for two more of the little ones - they are very useful, I have been able to add a bunch of less attractive plastic versions to the recycling bin. I really enjoyed that promotion from New World, not just for the containers. A couple of friends saved their stickers for me and it was fun comparing the sheets they handed over, with the ones I was filling it. For the life of me I cannot peel and stick those tiny things neatly into place, edges lined up and fitting squarely in the designated space. So my sheet looks like a dogs breakfast, as my father would say. But, my friend Su, hers is perfect. So, we are sitting at the cafe table and she hands over her neat sheet, I pull out my messy one, and our third companion offers a collection of stickers. Su looks at me and says - no, I cannot watch you do this... So I hand both sheets back to her and she fills in the gaps, neatly and tidily.

I cannot help but grin. And the older gentleman at the next table, who has been enjoying our madness smothers quiet amusement.

I do love my Wednesday witches.

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(17-10-2024, 06:04 AM)popeye333 Wrote: Morning everyone

Missy's alarm  went off early cos Id left the window open beside me and she heard the bird's lol

Then  to make my day even better they are talking about Christmas desserts on breakfast lol. My Fave baking.

A very small shopping list today. Thanks Finance company.. Not.. But Ill be able to feed Missy and mine will be basic but I wont starve.. And Oddly I remembered I have some fruit mince pies in the freezer so I might have some with custard at some stage lol.

Painting and crochet for me today too.

They had a story on breakfast about Conker's Competitions and perhaps a cheater... We used to play with Conker's.. There were trees in Thames at the North end of town that had huge Monkey Nut Conker's on them.  I had no idea there were official competitions in England.  The winner there has been accused of using a Metal one.

Have an awesome day everyone

Experts - usually boys of a certain age - marinate their conkers in secret sauce recipes, to harden them and make them as immune as possible to smashing. Then, they perfect their aim, so their opponents knuckles bear the scars of a good conker match...

Can you tell I had a Scottish father? 

(17-10-2024, 07:41 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Baby gherkins popeye. They are an indulgence because I like the way they look, lol.

The best promo though that New World ever did was a long time ago, in the late 90s when I lived in Blenheim. They had these Optica pots and pans from France. Heavy stainless steel with blue glass lids. I only managed to get enough spent to score the smallest pot but years later came across a full set on Trademe for $50 and grabbed them. Added a couple of medium saucepans to those since, but oh they are fabulous things to use. And still shiny and bright after decades of use. I have replaced a couple of knobs and the odd handle, but the lids and bodies are still going strong. I love them so much I stack them on a shelf rather than hide them in a cupboard. Lifetime kitchenware those things. Love love love.

(17-10-2024, 08:47 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: With the exception of some inherited pieces, I have mostly thrifted and TM stuff, but now just about everything in there is there because I love it. I tossed all my non stick pans and found Simon Gault stainless steel (on TM) instead - gave the big one to the hospice shop and kept the small and the medium. They are excellent frypans and look good with the saucepans. The china is mostly blue and white mixed patterns, with a couple of pieces of my wedding china left. Those are very precious, but when they break, as china does, then that is the way things go. And my coffee mugs are Trademe scores, anything with William Morris patterns ends up on my watch list, and sometimes by my kettle, lol. I edited the utensils a while back, I swear those things breed, so now I just have the pieces I use all the time.

I might be developing a collection though, of linen teatowels with butterflies on them, which has sparked my friends into op shop hunting butterflies for me. One of those ladies will be amused when I tell her the teacup she gave me a week ago has two siblings and a teapot listed as a 'teaset' on TM for $80, lol... That is an optimistic seller in todays climate.

I have to exert some discipline though, I am a magpie for pretty things...

(17-10-2024, 12:12 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: It is good though if we have a colour combo we like, and try to stick to it. It makes picking up replacements in the bargain world so much easier. And it is so much cheaper to pick up singles of beautiful china than entire sets! In the end, they all look glorious together if they talk to each other, colourwise.

(16-10-2024, 08:14 PM)popeye333 Wrote:

(16-10-2024, 07:34 PM)kiwimade64 Wrote: That's great, OHH   Always good when they come to the party.

We saw Trump on the news, he has lost it, for sure.  What a complete nutter.  And people vote for him!  Is there room for me as well under that rock?

On a happy note, I'm pretty sure I saw the comet this evening.  Well, the tail end anyway.  Saw a flash of blue/green   There are heaps of meteors out there, lots of whizzing about in the sky.  Two weeks ago, I saw I meteor burning up in the sky so that's two things I can cross off my 'space' list.

I Keep forgetting to go out and look lol

(17-10-2024, 02:21 PM)Olive Wrote:

(17-10-2024, 06:45 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: "I had leftover chicken in a salad last night, with nasturtium leaves and flowers, red silverbeet, italian parsley, mint, and new zealand spinach, all fine chopped and tossed together with tiny tomatoes, grapes,  cornichons, and avocado. What a combination! And so pretty in the big blue and white bowl. Leftovers for lunch today, well chilled and marinated and waiting in one of my lovely new Kitchenaid lidded glass containers. "

Snap.  My dinner last night and my lunch today was a salad of left over roast chicken, nasturtiums, gherkins, parsley, mint, black lentils, capers, tomato and feta, tossed with some beautiful olive oil from Crete.  It's so good to have all the herbs growing again, especially spring mint.

(17-10-2024, 04:07 PM)kiwimade64 Wrote: Don't forget to look for the comet if there are no clouds about