Introducing Jura!

Named after one of the Scottish Western Isles, that just happens to be home to a whisky distillery.. much like her sister’s island Islay.. The whisky connection is coincidental, we just liked these as names for our daughters.

A tired, somewhat greying middle aged man white a white and ginger beard, wearing a black hoodie, stands proudly holding his newborn baby daughter. She is wrapped in green blankets and has a pink and white wooden hat upon her perfect wee head.

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I don’t rate myself as anything more than an absolute beginner at baking but this evening I baked focaccia for the first time.. it was gooood and I will be making this again!

A golden brown focaccia on a cooling tray atop a black onyx-y worktop. There are baked and fresh rosemary leaves as well as some sea salt visible on top of the bread and various implements and ingredients slightly blurry in the background. A somewhat misfocussed shot of sliced focaccia which looks reasonably fluffy. Some crumbs and errant rosemary leaves lie on top of the slightly oily wooden block chopping board. The same focaccia from above sliced into segments on a bamboo chopping board with a ceramic pouring vessel containing yellow olive oil and green rosemary leaves and a stainless steel teaspoon. The background is a kitchen scene.


This beer is outstanding! It tastes exactly like it should from the name “grapefruit lemonade crush”.

a brown beer bottle with white, yellow, orange and red label. The logo is silhouette of an old fashioned vault gate, the brewery is Vault City. The beer is a 4.0% modern sour beer called grapefruit lemonade crush. slightly behind the bottle to the left is a beer glass with the words craft beer experience and some red graphics printed on it, inside is a slightly opaque lemon yellow beer. the background is a blurred living room scene.

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Phone makeover: I asked my daughter this evening if I could remove some of the love heart stickers that she had adorned my phone with some weeks ago.. the result, a new blue sparkly heart sticker!

The black back panel of a fairphone adorned with 10 very colourful, though predominantly pink, love heart stickers and one blue T-rex sticker. The background is white.


My mum bought me a “Grow your own gourmet mushrooms” kit and I thought cool, a handful of oyster mushrooms for a couple of generations (can re-use the kit 1-2 times after first harvest)..

.. woah.. there are so many more sprouts than I was expecting!

A brown and green cardboard box hosts an abundance (possibly in excess of 100) of tiny little mushrooms with white stalks and grey caps.

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Tonight’s #vegan sushi dinner was pretty excellent!

My wife did most of the prep and I constructed most of the sushi as well as make the miso veggies.

A blue plate on a black table on top of which are 8 Gunkan (boat-shaped) sushi the filling is tomato, avocado and spring onion. A blue plate on a black table. on the plate are 8 nigiri sushi, with a bright red, marinated red pepper topping. A white plate on a black table holding many maki sushi, the fillings are carrot, yellow pepper, asparagus and ginger soy mince. A small white plate with a number of small maki sushi for our daughter. filling is carrot and avocado. A white bowl holds some greens in miso sauce: kalettes, brocolli and runner beans. karaage! deep fried, marinated and battered soy meat.. these are awesome. a top down shot of a number of dishes described in previous photos. A white plate with a collection of the foods described in earlier photos. a nice collection of colourful veggies.

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We bought our 3 y.o. daughter a recipe book and we just cooked tomato sauce and tortilla bread pizzas together.. I am so looking forward to doing this more often, particularly when we’re in Japan and my work-life balance improves.

a tortilla based pizza with tomato sauce and thin slices of avocado. it sits on a grey plate atop a black wooden table.

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