Pathways

.... Leading somewhere..




Sometimes straight



Sometimes twisted


Sometime obvious



Or maybe hidden

??

Yes, I've been slack & unmotivated lately in regards to posting anything or even cooking anything exciting. I guess its just this time of year that does it.
Anyway here are a few things that I've come across recently & have captured my imagination....

Randomness..

Just some random photo's on my way home from work.......

Spring

1st September. Spring is here & the trees are starting sprout leaves.

Feels like we never had a winter.....

Street Art

There is always a debate as to what is considered "art".

To some people street art is vandalism. When it ruins property and that property needs to be replaces or repaired, yes that is vandalism. But if it's a blank wall, shows some style & technique,  and nothing else is damaged is it still vandalism?

Cafe Menu...

I was looking through some photos on the PC and came across a couple from a few years ago.
My sister had moved upto the Northern Territory and I spent a few days around Darwin & my sister's new home in Katherine (3hr drive south of Darwin). It was the wet season, meaning it was hot & wet, as opposed to the dry season when its dry & hot. Logical. The river through the middle of Katherine was running high, at times 17m above normal, and the amount of water running under the bridges was amazing. Its about 100m from bank to bank and at over 17m deep, thats ALOT of water.

Anyway we went for a drive and at a truckstop/cafe somewhere between Katherine & Kunanurra was this menu:

Just a bit different :)

One More......

... bud to open.

My mum said she could never get these orchids to flower, and I have to admit that it did take 2 years for this one to flower, but like all good things, it was worth the wait.

Favourite Photos

I was just tagged by Paz from The Cooking Adventures of Chef Paz for a meme called 10.

10 what?

10 of my own favourite food photo's.

It sounded easy till I started going through all the photo's that I had taken of Paul's cooking (& my own). Two days later & I've finally decided. Paul might not agree, but here they are:

I'd just come home from the markets with these very fresh tomatoes.

One of my favourite pastimes is making pasta, & eating it of course!

I really can't remember what this dish was, but it looks great.

Truffles. Do you know how hard it is to take a photo of a brown lump of fungus?

Paul had just zested some limes for a dish & left them sitting on the bench. Very much a spur of the moment photo.

Alfajores & hot chocolate...

Some artisic pics...

Tangellos

Strawberry Jam

And to finish it all off, some humour. This is what happens when you try to be too creative. I call this "sunbaking quail"

This is the part that I hate. selecting others to carry on the meme. So rather than pointing the finger at people I'll let you decide if you want to be tagged.

Homemade Strawberry Jam