In My Kitchen - April

April?  How the heck? ...  Oh my, Mr P. is having another birthday already!  As are a few friends; I guess all the parents were keeping warm in those cold Winter nights nine months beforehand:=).  

March was interesting here in old Brisbane town.  We waited (and waited) for the cyclone to hit, and I had a prolonged bout of bronchitis.  So these days, they just let you get over it in your own good time, without medication.  And it takes a bit of time to get over it fully - third week already ...  

And speaking of medication, I don't want to get political but what's with all the childhood diseases coming back?  Mm, you know what I mean.  Time for our 'flu jabs soon!  (Which my lungs will appreciate.) 

our local brook which often floods, and did its best during the cyclone! 
The footpath is in the foreground (under water)

In My Kitchen:

I made another batch of pickled beetroot

and I bought lots of chocolate when we were in Melbourne

and I made more chutney - nectarine this time

paper napkins and a Yayoi Kusama fridge magnet from NGV Melbourne

yep I bought 2 different kinds of hot choc!

and some sweets

I bought this gorgeous little Japanese pourer/jug

foodie gifts from friends!

fridge magnet on the fridge :=)

and the curveball -
a mango-wood sculpture of a coelacanth by our mate Chainsaw (Christian) Newton

Right, that's it for this month from me.  So let's go, everyone!  Looking forward to seeing you here this month; everybody (with an appropriate post) is welcome.

c. Sherry M.

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