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I just cleaned my oven (not an easy job at the best of times) made harder by my poor physical health, but just put my racks in the dishwasher on top of my other dishes and put it through a wash. After that it was just a matter of scrubbing off the dried bits of muck of the racks with my...

It would be nice to know how much chocolate you need for the ganache.

I was lucky. They don't flower every year, but this one was magnificent

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After help from Xe, I can finally post one (of many) items I've crocheted in the last year. This rug is done with 2 strands of thick yarn and measures about 2 metres in diameter.

A waratah in my garden

When my son was about 3-4, we were on our way up the coast for a holiday and he was pleased to tell everyone that we were on Hobble days. From tha time on, we never went on holidays; we always went on hobble days..

I remember visiting my Mum in Katoomba in the late 70's and early 80's. The Kmart and Coles was one big store and you could go from getting stuff in Kmart to getting your groceries in Coles and pay for the lot at one checkout. We'd go and get stuff in Kmart, then have lunch in their cafeteria...

Hi Chris, My favourite genre is fantasy but don't mind any book so long as it's written in a style that doesn't bore me; although I must admit that I don't at all enjoy reading books with a lot of political intrigue. I'm a pretty straightforward person and have very little time for manipulative...

I read the first book, but really didn't like it. I'm not into stories with political intrigue and I didn't like the author's train of thought. I felt that he had a really sick imagination.

I think Lord of the Rings was one of my first fantasy novels and really set me down that path. I was in my late teens (or early twenties) when I first read it - from 3 large hard cover books loaned to me by a friend. I suppose I also like mysteries and thrillers; my favourite authors there being...

Hi Jonathon, Yes I have read some of Robin Hobb's work. I enjoyed Assassin's apprentice too, but it's been several years since I've read it and don't really remember a lot about it anymore (actually only remember one scary bit in the first book).

Hi, I'm a big fan of fantasy stories. A couple of my favourite authors are: Terry Pratchett and Charles de Lint. Here are a couple of things I've done in the las t year or so. Okay, I just tried to add a couple of photos but got the message that the uploaded files are too large to process. Oops!