Ok, ok, we are still alive!

Yes, we are still alive. We have been both busy, and not doing anything much. Well, not much that can be blogged about, just work for Llew and humming around for me.

First thing to talk about are a few things Llew has been cooking. A fabulous, thick pumpkin soup with bacon and croutons. The other night, Llew used the leftover as about half of the bechemel sauce in a lasagne. It made the bechemel really creamy without being rich or fatty from cheese. Just a good idea for a vegan lasagne, just use the pumkin soup. Of course then you would need water pasta, not egg pasta and a vegetable stew instead of meat sauce, but it would have the right texture contrasts and different flavours (it's all about the flavour).

Dessert was a chocolate, malted, flake shake like Wendy's.

Another meal was beef cheek. This is the piece of beef cheek marinated for ages in various flavours and then slow cooked for a few hours then chilled in its sauce. Then it is taken out (this photo) and sliced thickly and laid in an oven dish, covered with the sauce and warmed up again. Llew said it was great.

A few roast veges that went interesting. The onion leaked and popped its middle out of its end, the garlic turned to melted, foamy marshmallow type goo, and the tomato obviously expanded too big for its skin!

OK, off the topic of food. The other member of the family at the moment is very lazy, and when he is awake, likes to play. PLAY!

Get the camera...! Get it!

He just sits and takes it, though!

Next topic - pool table. This table was given to us from Llew's Dad from Grandad. It needed new felt, bumpers and pockets and here it is with new balls. It is only a small, so the balls are 3/4 size. Still very hard to get in the small pockets.

Ready for the first hit...

Yay!


So, I lie when I say I just hum around all day. Some of the time I spend down in the workshop. This is only one of my assortment of toys. I plan on making a few furniture items.

The first is this desk which is screwed together now, and just needs to be stained and varnished and the hinges put on.

Old school desk style with flip up lid.


I'll put more pics once it is complete. I'll also take some of the next few bits that will be made.

So, now you are up to date. I don't want to hear anything about infrequent blogging. It will come when there is something to talk about :)