The days are quite warm and sunny
but the night temperatures are getting very low. Today I decided to harvest a pile of basil
before the cold nights turn their leaves black.
Into my whizzer with some parsley, sun dried tomatoes, garlic and olive
oil to make a batch of pesto. I didn’t
have any pine nuts so I added a handful of peanuts, and I substituted parmesan
cheese with some of Sarah’s vegan nutritional yeast that needs using up.
I shall use some of the pesto in
the chickpea and tofu salad for lunch and the rest will go into the freezer.
We met the bear in the woods again
yesterday. Turns out he’s an extremely
scruffy Newfoundland dog that has been roaming free. He probably belongs to the bogans who live in
the middle of the woods.
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| groomed version of a Newfoundland dog |
Good you don't have a real bear there.
ReplyDeleteThat would be far too scary!
DeleteOh The Bogans! I knew them very well. I went up to Oxford with Charles Bogan and my sister Florrie used to go riding with Tilly Bogan in The New Forest.
ReplyDeleteYou daft Pudding.
DeleteHe still looks like a bear.
ReplyDeleteYou can see why he gave us a scare.
DeleteThat sounds like the start of a poem
DeleteA word that rhymes with jerobaum
What's a bogan?
ReplyDeleteAccording to Wikipaedia "a bogan is Australian and New Zealand slang for a person whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour are considered unrefined or unsophisticated." There is a particular run-down dwelling in the woods that we tend to stay away from, the people seem to be a bit strange.
DeleteIs it a word in regular use in your household? I have never heard it before.
DeleteI think we picked it up from Sarah, she uses it a lot in Oz. I like the sound of it.
DeleteSo last post was an early 'fish' joke. I've been singing the Teddy Bear's Picnic for the last few days.
ReplyDeleteWell you never really know...
DeleteWe have bogans here too. We call them "trailer trash" as they usually live in a decrepit trailer park.
ReplyDeleteThey get everywhere.
DeleteThat's a Bear in a Dog suit; don't trust it.
ReplyDeleteHa-ha, you could be right. He certainly looked more like a bear than a dog.
DeleteThere is a real tear jerking (for me) advert on the TV where the baby will only interact with the family dog when it wears a purchased lion's mane that looks like the kid's toy.
DeleteI know the one you mean, I love it too.
DeleteHe looks like a 'groomed' bear to me!
ReplyDeleteGreetings Maria x
You can understand why we thought he was a bear!
DeleteHe'd make a fine friend for Rick !
ReplyDeleteThey didn't seem to want to make friends.
DeleteJust catching up to see how you are after the girls departed ? Good thing we have the internet and Skype, FaceTime etc. When Sally went to Scotland for 5 years we didn't have any of that. The world is much smaller now thank Heavens
ReplyDeleteIt was a fabulous three weeks with them, it seemed very flat and quiet here after they left but we are gradually getting back into our routine. Sarah is back in Oz looking for a new flat in Sydney, she is hoping to get back to the UK for Christmas so that will be fab. Thanks for asking Helsie x
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