Since moving to Gippsland I am falling in love with the country lifestyle...it's just amazing here. The locals are incredibly easy going and friendly...even the Real Estate agent who sold us the house called around for a chat and to see how we were settling in...and did I mention the markets ..... every weekend there is a local market here and the surrounding towns...so far I've tackled Drouin, Warragul , Rokeby and Yarragon....lovely little markets...while they are no Red Hill they are lovely and quirky in their own way.
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| Gorgeous morning tea at a lovely café in Yarragon....china tea cups for my green tea ...yay !!! |
Last weekend was our monthly catch up with friends and the big K and Robbie were the hosts....we had a Christmas celebration and as usual loads of delicious food.
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| J and A surprised us with festive dips!!...spinach and beetroot inspired by Karen Martini no less...delicious |
I took along a Christmas Trifle...yes I know a bit daggy...but it was a festive theme with red and green jelly.....forgot to get a pic before we ate it.
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| Turducken ( I think that's it), home smoked ham and amazing vegies from the hosts and J & M...scrumptious ! |
With Christmas almost here and so much celebrating and drinking ahead I am trying to eat a healthy lunch each day to combat all those calories.....delicious salad two days in a row now...that's a record for me I think.
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| Healthy salads for lunch...including my home grown sprouts. |
Got my sprouter up and running....have grown alfalfa and broccoli sprouts....was a bit surprised by how funky the broccoli sprouts smelt...thought I had done something weird...but apparently they always smell a bit pungent....they taste great and I am happily adding them to my salads.
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| All good in the sprouter...they pop up in a couple of days...very easy. |
My lovely old neighbour over the back fence popped in yesterday morning ...early !!...knocked on my back door with a feed of rainbow chard and rhubarb ...... I gave him 1/2 dozen eggs the other day and he was pretty chuffed....I love country people.
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| Home goodies from Les....my new gardening buddy...he's 78 and loves his vegie garden. |
We have a fantastic blackberry patch in the garden...complete with bird netting....which we inherited when we moved in....it has the biggest blackberries I have ever seen and they are delicious. Can't wait until all the stuff I've planted gets going....hopefully not too long.
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| Blackberries and eggs.....not much in the vegie patch yet but hopefully soon ! |
Our neighbour over the road...Leo the ex minister....just brought my bins up the driveway and left giving me a big wave through my glass front door......... Lovin' this country life.
