I'd like to give thanks to all those workmen out there who don't remove all their signs when they finish work. My cherry tomatoes are being supported on stakes supplied by Yarra Valley Water, my raspberries have a trellis made from a sign from an unknown road contractor, and the same sign provided corflute panels which are protecting the fence from built up garden beds.
It's my second last night out here before I return to Melbourne. A beautiful cool day and as the sun sets I can hear the lyre birds making their laser gun/magpie/alarm noises and feel an immense sense of peace.
Sadly, I did not finish off the last bit of outstanding work due to patchy internet and no electricity in the cabin (and, tbh, not being remotely in the mood for it while away). But I'm starting to see a way forward where I can finish it off when I get back with a sense of positivity and appreciation and relief at completing this part of life, rather than resentment and aversion and anxiety because I didn't finish it on time.
Apologies in advance, but the Lemmy upgrade appears to have broken the bot's ability to post - it is trying, but it can't actually connect to any communities for some reason. ☹️
If one of the nightowls could make a post at midnight that would be great - we can declare it "Manual Monday" and I can poke at the programming tomorrow when I have had some sleep.
"Th Lost City" was bloody awful. What a waste of time
Brad Pitt's 5 minute cameo showed he really is good. A few of the jungle scenes were pretty.
I give this movie 1/2 hobbits , for Brad Pitt and the jungle.
If you want a similar but good adventure movie that is fun to watch Romancing the Stone on Disney.
So why did this movie stink? The world view stunk. No one is nice, no one has good intentions, there was no one to identify with, and the shit the main characters did was just too unbelievable. The dialogue stunk and was delivered poorly.
Not bad considering we drank all manner of weird liquids last night at the neighborhood Xmas party. Peach schnapps? Limoncello? Peanut butter whiskey and some crazy Croation plum hooch? Had to rescue MrsGod from curling up and sleeping on the front lawn.🥴🫡
For the brandy sauce:
11/2oz (40g) butter
2 tablespoons brandy
11/2oz (40g) plain flour
10fl oz (300ml) whole milk
11/2oz (40g) golden caster sugar
4fl oz (110ml) double cream
Place butter in a medium saucepan with the flour, pour in the milk then, using a balloon whisk, whisk everything vigorously together over a medium heat. As soon as it comes to simmering point and has thickened, turn the heat right down to its lowest setting, stir in the sugar and let the sauce cook for 10 minutes. After that add the brandy and the cream. Pour the hot sauce into a jug, then cover the surface with clingfilm and keep warm until required.
Street Christmas party was today, so I made my home made chicken nuggets and they were a hit! Jerboa was working fine for me until this lemmy update and now it's gone a bit psycho on me. I'm using my browser, with fewer issues, but still a bit janky. One of the elderly ladies has sold her house to move into a retirement village, and it's been bought by a family and not a developer thank goodness. Mr P was quite the party animal and is now indulging in whisky sours with the young renters a few doors down. 🥴
I did tons of gardening today and now I'm exhausted. I still need to make dinner, but I am seriously lacking the energy. Some days I could really do with a wife 🤣
I ordered a charger on eBay and the description says they send through Auspost, but then the tracking number didn't work so I asked and they told me it's coming through "PF logistics/Fastway". I thought that, a. Fastway was Aramex now, and b PF logistics was a different company. But whatever the case, may God have mercy on my charger
Awesome day out there. I got some really good gardening work done. I need some more mulch but there is no way I am going anywhere near Bunnings on a day like today, so that will have to wait until tomorrow.
I love how Youtube keeps pulling down videos of shows that are free to air reruns... that's still not going to make me pay for a streaming service or buy another tv.
Trying to find housing that is more suitable for me and heard about some accessible options but I really don’t know the reputations of the areas now. Sorry not sure which parts of those suburbs it’s in