Happy New Year, my friends! This will be a quickie, as Mr P. and I are heading off down south on a roadtrip in a few days, and we have much to do beforehand. It will be a bit of an art gallery tour, as we plan to visit 6 or 7 on our travels up and down the coast. And we will visit a dear friend who lives in New South Wales, near Sydney.
Did I tell you about a fall I had recently? I was walking in bushland near us, and managed to fall over (in a shallow hole that seemingly had been dug out and covered over) damaging my right foot and left knee rather badly. My foot went black and my knee swelled up! Thank goodness for arnica cream (our doctor told us that research shows it actually does help with bruises).
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| Christmas lunch in hubby's office downstairs, in the air con! |
In My Kitchen:
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| I love a cute melamine plate! And I love Winnie the Pooh ... |
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| I made mango chutney |
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| I went to the Japanese store - look at those Pocky packets! |
I have never seen Pocky packets with photos of (school)girls on them! How bizarre! These are my fave - almond crush.
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| I couldn't resist that sweet little fishy dish, and some Pepe Saya maple butter |
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| I made lemon and lime cordial |
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| I boiled up the chicken corpse from the freezer, and made stock |
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| a dear friend gave me this mixing bowl (and implements) for Christmas |
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| Yes hubby gave me this for Christmas! |
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| gifts from the cuz |
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| and gifts from eldest niece |
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| more gifts from the cuz - she knows I love a whale shark! |
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| and from our Tassie friend! |
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| and the curveball! - a cute resin wombat by Pete Cromer |
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| c. Sherry M. |
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I love that little sardine dish!! Great that arnica cream helps. I actually saw some in one of our local drugstores today...should get one next time. Happy New Year to you and yours, Sherry.
ReplyDeleteyes i love it too :) Amazing about the arnica cream - it really works. Happy new year Angie! x
DeleteMay your kitchen be filled with more interesting goodies in the new year. Have a healthy and happy one (sorry about the fall.) Karen (Back Road Journal)
ReplyDeletethanks Karen. Happy new year. My foot and knee are getting better now.
DeleteHave a wonderful trip and a great year in 2026. Good luck with healing your bruises, and good health to your family this coming year.
ReplyDeletebest… mae at maefood.blogspot.com
thanks Mae. All the best to you.
DeleteHave a great trip! I love that little Sardine plate, so cute.
ReplyDeletethank you. Yes i love it a lot!
DeleteHappy New Year. I hope you have a wonderful trip. All of the things in your December kitchen are fabulous. I am going to look up the Pickled book. I would love to start fermenting a lot more since it is so gut healthy. I also love the basket with some of your jams. I'm sure there were a lot of very happy friends that received one.
ReplyDeleteand to you Lori. I love me a bit of pickling :) We do have some friends who love my mango chutney for sure.
DeleteHappy New Year! I adore that sardine dish and the whale sharks, but that resin wombat is so cute. Enjoy your road trip and sending hope you don't trip in any more shallow holes.
ReplyDeleteand to you Jo. Yes i love the wombat so much. Cute as ... Damn those shallow holes ...
DeleteSo glad you can get relief with the arnica! I use it too.
ReplyDeleteYour kitchen has certainly been busy despite your fall. I am impressed. Lovely gifts!
Wishing you a healthy and joyful new year!
it's good stuff isn't it? Happy new year!
DeleteWhat lovely gifts. Have a safe trip and all the best for a magical 2026!
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happy new year Tandy!! All the best to you ...
DeleteI am glad you weren’t more badly hurt. I hope you recover quickly and have a great visit!
ReplyDeleteLove mango chutney! Happy New Year Sherry :)
ReplyDeleteOh no! So sorry to hear about your fall. You have my sympathy as
ReplyDeleteI had a bad fall just before I left Australia and was out of action for quite some time. Apart from the inconvenience, I hope it's not too ouchy and you're healing well. There's a lot to love here, your homemade gifts look so profesh with your printed labels and the resin wombat is just the cutest! I love it! Hope you have a wonderful trip and a super, smashing, great 2026!
I'm so sorry about your fall, Sherry, and I hope by now things are well healed (I'm a little slow visiting). I would love that cordial and all your things you've made look fabulous! Wishing you a very Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, that fall sure was awful! I had no idea Arnica cream is actually proven to be effective. I, being a non-native speaker of English, had to look up cordial. Those gifts you got all sure look amazing! Hope you'll enjoy your trip.
ReplyDeleteUgh. Falling is terrible. Glad you’re “okay.” Great goodies, as always. The sardine dish is adorable!
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