Perspectives of a Canadian in the Old/Deep/New/Geographic South: This is where I ramble on about nothing in particular and post a few nice pictures.
The past 10 years, upon reflection, have been pretty interesting (in that Chinese proverb kind of way). Thanks to the blog, events of at least 6 of those years have been reasonably well documented.
Among the notable events:
Like previous decades, 4 had ups and some big downs (which are not documented), not unlike the economy. Heading into decade 5, PhD work will probably dominate the first half, although I’m looking forward to a lot of other fun things to go on as well.
So far it’s starting off on a pretty good note.
Sausage & Baguette Stuffed Pork Loin with Tomato Butter / Smoked Local Farmers Market Ratatouille / Potato & Sage Gratin / Pavlova with Local Kiwi Couli & Cayenne Chocolate Ganache
Loved the pork loin, and the smoked ratatouille was excellent, as was the gratin.
Had no idea there were kiwi fruits being grown locally. The pavlova was pretty sweet and not quite to the liking of my dinner companions, but I liked it.
The pictures were taken with the new phone. They turned out fairly decent. The noise is definitely noticeable in the full resolution images, but not unexpected because of the low lighting.
I finally cavedbroke downsuccumbed to the pressure and got myself a cell phone. I did it under protest. I was given an ultimatum: either pick out a cell phone myself, or have one picked for me.
DO NOT WA…Ooooh, look, shiny!!
Ok, what geek can resist an unboxing. Fortunately for me, UPS guy made a second trip to deliver the phone, saving me a trip to the UPS place tomorrow. What a nice guy.
Inside the box
The cold weather put a bit of a damper on the oyster supply, so the much anticipated oyster binging became a tray of oysters. The oysters were still really good though.
The cold didn’t put a damper on the socializing though. I think there were around 14 that showed up for last night’s meetup. Had a lot of fun.
I didn’t get there quite as early as I wanted (seems I never can), but did get some nice dusk shots.
