More of the same

I may have mentioned before that Melantho always examines any box that arrives in the house. This is one of the most recent (wine) deliveries, which she feels the need to approve.

I have now registered my street library, which I find very exciting and I keep checking in each day to see what has been borrowed and what has been left behind - there are changes every day! I also have been checking out the libraries near me, which can be found on the map. This one is Cook Books.

The fabulous JoJo had a birthday and I spent a lovely evening with her and her family, chatting and laughing and enjoying each other's company. Here she is with her thimble of bubbles.

JoJo in her element

The following photo is from the top of Mt Painter where I walked at the weekend. Shortly after this I had an encounter with my first brown snake of the season. It was a shock but altogether fine. The snake was a juvenile (about half a metre long) and I missed it by inches. The secenery is beautiful though, so I played with creating an image out of the filters on Prisma.

On Sunday I went for a walk around Lake Ginninderra with The Luminosity, and then we rewarded ourselves with coffee and brunch at 54 Benjamin. The weekend is done well, you see.

The Luminosity enjoying her granola

All About Cats

I love it when the kittens are all snuggled up and warm. So do they. When I have to leave the house and turn the heater off, they are not so impressed. 

Here is a photoshoot for their 1980s album cover...

I was sent a wee gift in the mail from work after attending a practice framework workshop, with a proviso that I posted a photo on the work intranet, so I got Penelope to pose with it and sent the photo captioned 'practice makes pur-fect'.

Meanwhile, Melantho needs no encouragement to pose, to prove she is truly a collector's item. 

To celebrate International Cat Day, we got together with friends for a 'progressive feline dinner'. We are all childfree couples with two cats who like to eat and drink and socialise. What better way to spend an afternoon/ evening? We began at our place for Stage One: Beer and Cheese with the Burmese.

Stage Two was cocktails and tapas with the ginger tabbies. The cats are called Mayhem and Moment, but I don't yet know which is which.

Last, but very much not least, was Stage Three: Cake and wine with the giant felines. Said felines are Smith and Wesson. Again I do not (yet) know which cat is which.

Puzzling dinosaurs and trick cakes!

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but I seem to be incapable of cooking omelettes. The egg-based breakfasts I make are very tasty, but they are always more scrambled than solid. 

I have decided that we should make the most of our weekends to go and visit local institutions, rather than sitting around in the house. This weekend's outing was to the Botanic Gardens; currently they have teamed up with the National Dinosaur Museum to create DinotraX - a discovery trail showing life-size dinosaur sculptures, living fossil plants and winged monsters. Him Outdoors was somewhat sceptical, saying it was just for kids, but what does he know? I had a great time!

This one is modelled on the oldest known T-Rex who apparently lived to 28 years of age and was called Sue. (True story.)

Fairly terrifying, right? Well, not to this wee kid who is protected by his groovy sunglasses and adorable dino backpack!

After all that excitement we felt the need for cake and wine at home. 

And then we began a puzzle for the evening's entertainment. 

Cake Decorating Solutions - Canberra teach folk to decorate cakes rather awesomely. This was kindly donated to our work by the brilliantly talented and generous Emma Cake. What a great start to the week!