Recent content by DancingDolphin

As fiery or mild as you like it, a basic hot sauce recipe you can modify to your heart's (heats!) content. Ingredients: 500g any kind of chilies, from mild to super-hot, to suit your tastes. Can include capsicums in the amount, to reduce the heat 1 cup white sugar 2cups apple cider vinegar (I...

Stone Curlews Hard to see the chicks because they blend in so well with the background! Our neighbors, the Stone Curlews (aka Bush Thick Knees), have new chicks this week. Watched them share nesting duties for 4 weeks.

Wow, if I didn't know better, I'd almost swear you took a photo of Ari, our cat

I make these so often and they never last long, but you can freeze them -apparently! Ingredients: 6 to 8 dates 2 medium sized carrots, grated 1 tbsp crushed walnuts (omit if it's an issue; measure after crushing) 1 tbsp diced raisins (measure after dicing) 1 cup desiccated coconut - divided...

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Cat This is our Siamese cat, Ariettie Lucie MonTresor (Ari). She is going on 14 now and, almost2 years ago, alerted us to the sinking of our sailboat (our only home) and we saved some of our possessions solely because of her. She was front page on Cairns Post when it happened. Gives us air...

Multi Layered Works I have been working in Photoshop and other similar formats to created digital artworks for about 20 years now. This is one of my works, 96 separate layers involved, that won an award in an art show. It also was voted "people's choice" in the same show, and was used as the...

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Not Funny Sign on Telstra tower near densely populated area....

Funny

Stone Curlews Our neighbours, the stone curlew couple, making a nest behind our car. The eggs are due to hatch any day now. If we get too close, Father Bird throws a hissy fit! The pair alternate sitting on the eggs, and the female seems to mostly be in charge of night duty, when Father is out...

More than ten years after the death of my adopted sister, Wendy, I am still getting messages from her on BookFace. Especially ludicrous for her loved ones is the "howya doin????" messages. Wendy would never have said "g'day" let alone "howya doin????" She was always well spoken, formal in her...

Wow, so nice to know people already had access to this! We have been doing it for a long time too, and it saves money because I buy our olive oil direct from producers in 4L cans, lasts about a year, as we also have 2L can of sesame oil, plus some coconut oil.

We are always trying to find ways to scrounge a few more dollars (was going to say cents but who knows what a red cent is anymore!!!), and this recipe is not only good for your heart and brain but also the ole hip pocket. Who wants to eat margarine when butter is better, and now even better...