In My Kitchen - July 2026

Phew, glad that June has left the building.  It has been a right stinker, let me tell you.  And crazily wet here in sunny Brisbane.  Normally winter is our dry season, but we've had heaps of rain over autumn and winter this year.  The backyard never seems to dry out.  And the local wildlife is a bit miserable about the whole thing :=)

(See below for the evidence.)  She stayed there all day, trying to sleep.  At one point, we heard this loud thud - the poor baby had fallen asleep and fell off the beam!  She came back a week later, to rest up for the day.  Thank heavens she was okay after her fall.  

Look at her poor bedraggled tail; she stayed there till dusk

(Oops, I've added this photo twice.  Never mind!  She's worth a second look, down below.)    

In My Kitchen:

there was more beetroot-pickling (thanks Roving Haggis for the recipe)

and crazy fermenting cabbage (thanks neighbour for doing the pounding)

and we had a poor bedraggled wee possum getting out of the rain (oops! again)

of course there was chocolate, and hot chocolate mix

and Greek citrus salt and olive oil with mandarins

more herbs and spices from Herbie's

delicious! Rhubarb - is she a fruit or a vegetable in your mind?

I bought another wee spoon! Carved from Tassie tiger myrtle, by Carol A. Russell

Emma Bridgewater ceramics from Mr P. (for my birthday)

a cookbook from the cuz!

the curveball! a gorgeous wooden scallop by John Woolrych

(Just a quick FYI: I will be having medical treatment in July most likely, so I will schedule a brief IMK post just in case I am not up for it later on.  So please do add your link in August!  It will cheer me up!)

c. Sherry M.

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