Mareblu

Are you on P&O?😂

Perhaps, but on all the cruises we have enjoyed over approx twenty-five years, I can in all honesty attest to only courtesy and smart dressing. I’m seriously not being defensive; I would be the first to call out slips, but I’m referring here to many lines: Silversea, Seabourn, Oceania, etc. Our only cruise in Australian Waters was Cunard’s QE this year. I reiterate: impeccably behaved guests.

My daughter just sent a pic of yacht club after. Not good.

As a well-travelled Australian, I can assure all that is incorrect. Australian and the vast majority of passengers on our recent QE 3-week cruise around Australia and New Zealand dressed impeccably on gala evenings. My DH always wears a dinner jacket, with a nod to the theme of the evening with a touch of colour in his pocket, and with a Venetian mask on masquerade evenings. We were surrounded at dinner in QG by similarly attired gentlemen.

Yep. Twas us

We arrived just after 4, but there was nobody around the bar. There was a birthday function in the normal drinks area, and reception said you would prob be outside downstairs. Never mind. It was an incredible storm alright. We made a run for it when we could see the rain was increasing apace. We’re barely 5 mins away and we could barely see our driveway by the time we got home. Hope your house missed it.

😂. Could be. We actually had a violent storm with 120mls in a very brief period, so everyone would have scattered.

Where are you now? We’re in the bar under yacht club Front desk said c cruisers would be downstairs because of the function upstairs, but apparently not. Anyway, we’ll wait for the storm to clear then head home. Sorry we missed you. Maybe next time?

Where are you now? We’re in the bar under yacht club

Or Ronnie Woods?

I think you’re right, sadly. I would dearly love to visit my mother’s first husband’s resting place in Bomana War Cemetery, but that may not be possible for a long time.

It’s a lovely drive, I agree, Les. Lake George, often barely a puddle in years of dry seasons, is an inland sea. The fence posts are all submerged, and it looks as I remember it as a child. The rolling hills, stretching to the horizen in all directions, are cloaked in waving, vivid green grasses. Therapy for the soul.

Thanks, Julie…my mouth is watering as I sit at the hairdressers with foils in my hair. Must be quite a sight😳. My hairdresser just asked what I was smiling about 😂

Great minds? Looking forward to catching up tomorrow.

PS. I love anything tartare: salmon, beef. If it’s on the menu, I’ll order it.

I love crispy skin. We decided to have a day in the country and drove approx 280ks round trip, to the lovely town of Crookwell. The country, after this refreshingly cool and rain-blessed summer, resembles the Emerald Isle. Old town of Collector for a delicious light lunch on the way, then guess what Mic inspired us to have tonight? Home via Fyshwick fresh food markets. Shared a dozen fresh, sweet, meaty south coast oysters, then Mario barbecued salmon fillets perfectly for me: crispy skin, but medium rare inside. Fresh blueberries with passionfruit yoghurt to follow. An indulgent three-courser. Thanks, Mic.

Mix & Mingle gatherings, for anyone on the specific rollcall who would like to meet other rollcallers.

If people go away and leave their pet, it’s said a faithful dog would cross the country tracking them. A cat would go next door. I love cats, with their superior, aloof attitude.

Yummm…perfect.

That would just about be Mario’s favourite meal. I love that combo too.

I’ll look for them; they sound great. She just drained a tin of pineapple pieces and mixed them through her rissole mixture before rolling into meatballs 😂. Once she was having a Saturday night dinner party and she’d ordered some french sticks from the local bakery. She was minding two GDs, and she had a tiny morris minor. The bread wouldn’t fit in the boot, so she put the bread on the back seat, put the kids in the boot and said, “Don’t tell your mother”.

Julie, your moussaka story reminds me of my aunt, who was like a mother to me really. We were very close, and I miss her terribly. She was hysterical sometimes. When her oldest GD announced she had converted to vegetarianism, my aunt cooked her a special treat of her favourite rissoles. She put pineapple in them.

That's the best possible weight loss programme, with the company of the best possible PT, too.

Oh, and not to labour the point, sorry: I forgot to add there's plenty of sauteed spinach in there too, as the pic demonstrates. Lasagne really finished now😂

To finish the lasagne topic, I should clarify that the pic is of Mario’s serving. Mine was much smaller. It’s quite filling. Since I had to reluctantly put away the golf clubs, the mirror and my shrinking clothes are shouting “diet”, so I need to get really serious, particularly after an indulgent festive season.