how could i forget?

how awful am i? in all the excitement over my new pencils i forgot - we picked up our wedding rings this morning! gorgeous! just lovely, simple, architectural wedding bands. Is it badluck? K and i went to grab a coffee and i wore it all the way from the cafe to the car.

i love them.

oh so lovely!

K dropped me at work this morning and just happened to let me jump out of the car in front of Jacksons Art Supplies....$40 dollars later and I came out with some delicious Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils and some tracing paper (i love tracing paper). The pencils are in the most fabulous colours and they have their names in German etched on the side:

Laubgrun (Leaf Green)
Kadmiumgelb Hell (Cadmium Yellow)
Geraniumrot Hell (Pale Geranium Lake)
Fleischfarbe Dunkel (Dark Flesh)
Pthalogrun Hell (Light Phthalo Green)
Kadmiumorange Dunkel (Dark Cadmium Orange)
Kobaltgrun (Cobalt Green)
Blauviolett (Blue Violet)
Karmoisin (Crimson)
Ultramarin Hell (Light Ultramarine)

Blauviolett is my new favourite word...

election day

To soothe any worries I may or may not have, I bought some of those delicious, vintage kimonos from Made In Japan in Subiaco. And only $9.95! A beautiful, black, crepe one which I am planning to wear tonight to Willow's "Dress to Kill" horror themed birthday party, and another just for sheer pleasure. Beautiful, soft, pink and crimson kimono prints amongst ibis.

K is buying me some vampire teeth and I am wearing them tonight with my black kimono. I don't think I've ever seen a Vampire Geisha before but Mum assures me I can bluff my way through....

Kimonos are heavenly! Takes the kimono count to 5 (I just love swanning about in them but I keep threatening to cut some of them up to make snow bunnies with!)

i love fritters!

Because I am marrying a vegetarian, various family members have been really cute about embracing this 'different' way of eating. Here is a recipe my Nanny Lancaster gave me the other night - they are so easy but look impressive! We ate them with ocean trout and a garden salad but they would be just as yum with a beer or two on a day like today (36 degrees)...

(I meant to take a picture of them but forgot, in my rush to shove them in my mouth!)

cauliflower fritters
(serves 4)

1/2 cauliflower
2/3 cup flour
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander seeds
1 red chilli, finely chopped, or to taste
1 tsp salt (sounds excessive but totally necessary!)
1 egg
enough milk to make a thick batter
vege oil for cooking
natural yoghurt and fresh coriander to serve

method:
Cut the cauliflower into florets and simmer for three minutes. Then cut finely enough to make two cups of vegetable. In a bowl, combine the flour, spices, chilli, salt, egg and cauliflower. Add enough milk to mkae a thick but flowing mixture. It will look like a lot of vegetable but it will be fine.
Heat a shallow depth of vegetable oil in a heavy pan. Drop in tablespoons of the mixture and cook over a moderate heat until golden brown. Turn them over and cook the other side. Repeat with the rest of the mixture. Serve three as a portion topped with a blob of coriander sprigs.

thought for the afternoon

does anyone else despise blue pens as much as I do?

my love of low-fi

Well, making the transition from my handwritten journals to a blog is quite big, I must say. But my motto for the moment is 'participate' so I'm taking the leap. I joke about having a 'techno-disability' and much prefer old photocopiers, typewriters, scissors and glue. I can still indulge in my love of all things low-fi, they just now have to make friends with shiny, snazzy objects like scanners and flashdrives. We can all be friends, I know we can!