In My Kitchen - June 2025

Yay - my birthday month!  Again??  But aren't I still 25?  Nope, that ship sailed aeons ago, even though it feels like a flash in time.  Mr P. and I are heading off to the Granite Belt area for my birthday late June.  I always bring home a swag of local goodies, so expect to see some of 'em in my July IMK post.

May was a quieter month for us, and Autumn is very slowly turning into Winter.  I had to haul out another blanket and a throw rug from our voluminous blanket box, as the weather is slightly cooler these days.  I even made a pot of chicken soup the other day.  I came upon a chicken corpse in the freezer, so soup it was!

there was cake in the kitchen - of course:)

In My Kitchen:

I bought these in a small general store in Clunes, NSW

Clunes is one of my fave tiny country towns.  It has one thriving general store cum liquor store cum café cum weekly marketplace cum ... well, everything!  

I got these online from my fave Sydney store selling Japanese goodies

gorgeous ceramics from our potter friend at Red Door Studio

I made chocolate muffins for Bookclub

colourful mugs and plates from Donna Sharam Gallery

We bought these from Donna when we stayed at her BnB for Mr P.'s birthday.  Such a gorgeous place, and she and her hubby and Ollie the dog are wonderful!

local goodies from the Clunes store

Mt. Warning aka Wollumbin is in the Byron Bay hinterland.  The indigenous peoples of the area have asked people to stop climbing it these days (you can be fined), but years ago, Mr P., myself and a friend climbed up it.  I got to the very top on my lonesome, which meant hauling yourself up the last bit via a fixed-line chain, hand over hand.  When I got to the top, it was incredibly foggy and creepy, so I skedaddled back down rapidly :=)

delicious hazelnut items from Tasmania

gorgeous cake platter made by our friend Brooke

Mr P. had this made for me a few years ago by our lovely friend Brooke the potter!  Newer readers of this blog would not have seen this in recent times, so I thought I'd share it again!  It's the Byron Bay Lighthouse, it's whales, it's the sea, and the mountains, and cake ...

I love this tumbler!  This is by another Northern Rivers potter

some more goodies from our local providore Mumbleberry

The drink is non-alcoholic (I gave up the grog a few years ago).  And those Freckle Face biscuits are so good; you know I can't resist anything bejewelled with 100s and 1000s :=)

gotta love B. Dylan!

the curveball - cute ceramic by our mate Nat (aka NatPop and Austin Flowers)

c. Sherry M.

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