Rocky tasted yummy. The 'straight-from-the-garden' fresh green stuffing helped.
I cooked him for 5 hrs verrry slowly. He was nice and tender, a bit gamier than your usual store-bought chook.

...and todays new word...Zeugma.

Yes, we do get frosts. We had our first one this morning and the poor little magpies were wondering why they couldn't get a drink.
I had to take a kettle of hot water down to make a hole in the ice. The bird bath was frozen solid.

From this....


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I've been invited to use a neighbour's piano. I don't like going there out of the blue acos they are bakers, and sleep odd hours during the day ( Read more... )

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..when Rocky the rooster becaomes Rocky the roaster.
This morning there was a fight to the death and Cleo has the battle scars.

( blooded! )

Happy birthday, miyeko!

We have quail around here. On the way home sometimes, little things dash across the road, or hustle into the undergrowth.
Here's a tip from our local *Savings* site.

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I'm watching the movie for the third time (I bought it on DVD as soon as I could). I don't understand why the critics were so harsh - I love the movie!
Is it a cultural thing?
Have any of you *topsiders* seen it?
What didn't you like?