Author: reine
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Avocado plant progress
A month after being transplanted into a pot:
Older sibling with lucky dead grasshopper looks to be doing very well overall.
Younger sibling on the other hand, somehow managed to put all its energy into making big leaves, of which, the first leaf it ever had developed some sort of browning (didn’t look bug eaten, not sure if diseased) so I amputated it. A little unsure how well this fellow is doing.
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Serendipitous cafe encounters
I go to a lot of cafes. A lot. But in all my visits, today is only the second time I’ve had a significant interaction with a complete stranger – the first time was in Adelaide meeting a bona fide snob. Fleeting encounters are plentiful, such as butting into a conversation about the cost of stainless steel straws and handmade metal spoons, but ones where I actually seem to hold a two sided conversation with someone I’ve never met before, are few and far between.
Today, at a cafe that had only been open for a couple of weeks, I decided, against my better judgement, that instead of going through a caffeine withdrawal phase, I’d get my usual trio of coffees. It just happened to be a very busy period at the cafe, so I popped myself on one of the communal tables. The seat I’d happened to choose had taken me past a person who sat at the end of the table, notebook and pens out, a book, as well as a very vintage looking camera. It was all going as per my normal cafe ritual of playing on my phone, and receiving my many coffees in quick succession, then taking pictures of them. I’m pretty sure the guy looked at me as soon as I started snapping away, but didn’t yet engage in conversation. After the photos, I began sipping away at my espresso. It wasn’t until I unexpectedly spotted a nice setup for one of my coffees, at the same time that the cafe staff was replacing a bottle of water for the table, leading to an awkward moment where the staff paused to allow me to take my photo, and me excusing myself for making a nuisance of myself having rearranged things on the table, that this fellow offered me his camera. (more…)
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My little avocado babies
Some avocados I bought a while back ended up not going soft after a week, and when I finally cut into them, they looked like they were trying to sprout, so I looked after them and they started growing!
That one is the “bigger” sibling. It has big, bright green leaves.
This is the younger sibling. It took longer to sprout; I had to peel away the shell of the seed. It’s got a slightly thicker stem and possibly the same height or marginally taller, but smaller and darker leaves.
I hope these grow up OK… unless I get bored first!
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Tiny’s Bar
It’s been a while since I’ve visited a new restaurant on the block, and since my mid-year plans had changed quite suddenly, I decided I’d have the budget to be able to check out a new powerhouse created by some big name people.
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Reine’s Xmas 2017 cooking
Because I realised IĀ still haven’t posted this. So here is the cooking I did during Christmas in 2017. Played a lot with my live marron, whose names were Tiffany and Jake, and Jake was the feistier one.
Mainly just a photodump now since it’s too late to actually write about it lol (more…)
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I did it again
Some epic HP remaining right there.
Apparently I made a few high scores this time too!
I was just trying to get the last Osprey achievement of 4 blue events by sector 5….
Now to turn off my gaming computer for who knows how long again š
BACK TO REAL LIFE
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FTL Victory!
Decided to play some stuff over the Easter break, turns out FTL is just as frustrating as ever! But it has some fancy new things that it didn’t have several years back.
All the ships are still incredibly difficult to play with, but behold, my second victory! lol
I also didn’t realise I never finished New Game Plus on Bastion. So I did that too. Yeah.
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Coffee-free record: 29 days
Dear diary,
I did a no-coffee challenge with my barista for March and managed 29 days without coffee!
I drank coffee on Good Friday because it was a cheat day and I had a planned visit there anyway; I knew this a month in advance.
I don’t think I want to do the challenge ever again, but reducing coffee consumption has saved me money! So I might just reduce my cafe visits.
COOOFFFFEEEEEEEEEEE
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Saint Peter
At last, my first dinner visit to Saint Peter. I really really loved the brunch that I had, so I was eager to have some of the other seafood delights only available on the night menu.
Unfortunately, I totally forgot to take a picture of the menu, which means much of the detail – especially the fish type and where it comes from – has been lost to time. Oh well, I still have pretty pictures and descriptions of the food!
