You know why? Because I have freakin' chives! I'm going to put them in everything now. Maybe on ice cream, I don't know.

I see a chive turkey in your future.

I didn't know "chive turkey" was a font face until I just googled it.

OMG @@ SNORT

I hurt myself doing all that at one time, BT. You ruined my Thanksgiving!!

I have a ham marinating in spiced cider mixture in the fridge. D had used my largest stockpot for the dog waterer outside this summer, and I realized this when I went to look for it in the cabinet of rarely used kitchen stuff.

Of course, it had leaves and dirt in it, and I had to scour it out, cussing, while my cider boiled. In my clean sink.

If this if=s the worst T-Day related mishap, though, I'll take it.

Don't mess with the fucking stockpot, maaaaaan!

Seriously, I'm really looking forward to making stock tomorrow and filling the house with delicious scent. It's like a poultry potpourri.

Now with chive.

Hey, you know what's oddly stressful? Completely losing the Tivo remote.

It has no buttons on the box!

Where did I put it? It's not in the obvious couch adjacent spaces.

Computer area, kitchen or bedroom. I must've walked with it and put it down.

Gah!

I hurt myself doing all that at one time, BT. You ruined my Thanksgiving!!

Gosh. I don't know whether to apologise or twirl my moustache.

I don't get a Thanksgiving! I'm all antipodean and such like. I do get a spring, though. I like spring, this is how it goes in Melbourne:

For me it begins before winter ends. in August, the golden wattle blooms. This is what the blooms look like: [link] And they turn entire trees golden: [link] My train ride to work each day passes entire stands of them. This is my favourite flower. I love the thick, bright colour, and the fact that it signals the end of winter.

Spring ends with two events. First is exam season. I had my exam yesterday, in Financial Econometrics. I'm not entirely happy with it, juggling study with work and Ryan didn't go so well this semester. Still, it's done now. My nights are my own once more!

The other thing November brings is bottlebrush: [link] They're pretty spectacular in bulk: [link] My neighbourhood is thick with these trees.

Melbourne is good for spring, is the point. Not as good as Canberra, but still. In conclusion, Ryan has apparently made his first friend. There's a boy by the name of Charlie at his daycare, and they like to hang out together. And he didn't even need the internet to do it! He's obviously some kind of prodigy or something.

Ha! We have a bottlebrush tree in our backyard. Now it will remind me of you, billytea.

cool jewelry: [link]

Seriously. If you're ever in real trouble, you want her on your side.

Seems to be something of a family trait.

a! We have a bottlebrush tree in our backyard. Now it will remind me of you, billytea.

I can live with that. California's a pretty good habitat for Australian flora. (Philly was tragically bereft of eucalypts.)