Apothecary's rose
Back when I was still growing them. It took a bit of doing to get a plant, but that's the species that was around in Shakespeare's time, before the Victorians started messing about with roses.
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Xmas dinner - miniature starters
Dinner with the MiL, and she'd asked us to do the starter. Spec: something light, pre-prepared as there won't be any space in the kitchen. So I did bite-size versions of every traditional starter I could come up with, begging the use of the microwave for 30 sec to heat the soup.
On the extreme left, olives on sticks.
At the front, prawn cocktail: one prawn, blob of seafood sauce, shredded iceberg lettuce, in a "croustade".
Behind them, tomato and basil soup in shot glasses.
AT the back, mini blinis, creme fraiche, smoked salmon, dill.
Moving right, julienne-cut melon (green and orange) wrapped in parma ham
Chicken liver pate on "toast" (Ryvita Minis), topped with red pepper
Right back, mushrooms stuffed with cream cheese and herbs
Extreme left, smoked oysters with mature Cheddar on sticks.
Yes, naturally, that's soup that starts with tomatoes not a can, pate I made myself (using sherry instead of brandy is the latest variant, and it was nice), the herbs in the cream cheese were from my garden...
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MSH1009
1. Cheese army, 2. Surgeon, 3. Hobby Horse Jousting, 4. Xmas tree with presents, 5. Weinship,
6. Signpost, 7. Never mind the yoghurt and all that healthy stuff, I can't find the Hunny!, 8. Crab claw doll, 9. The photo from the Internet dating agency had been misleading on one crucial point, 10. But I'm hungry!,
11. Wheee!, 12. Pink, my ambition, 13. Mmorrre!, 14. You think I need a nose job?, 15. Beans,
16. Raindrops on roses, 17. Oops!, 18. Woodpigeon on elderberries, 19. Joan of Arc, 20. Goats cheese parfait
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Fuzzy invasion
I came upstairs, gone midnight, to find that the Bears were out of high-bear-nation and invading. Will they make room for me, I wonder?
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