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A photo of three grey/black ducks standing on some grass next to a plant.

A photo an old golden labrador lying on the carpet looking at the camera.

Today started with a hotel buffet breakfast. Mine was... fine, but the "gluten free" selection was absolutely dire and @yayKM ended up just going back up to our hotel room to have the oat bake she'd brought. It was just as well it was free due to them having screwed up our rooms yesterday because I would have been pretty unimpressed if we'd had to pay for it. After that we hit up the National Museum of Australia which was actually pretty neat although we managed to get through all of it in an hour and a half (we didn't go to any of paid exhibits).

For lunch we visited relatives of mine who live in Canberra, then this afternoon went over to finally meet @damonism and his lovely wife in person, and met their ducks and adorable labrador Obi!

dog darkroom ducks canberra

Posted on 16 June 2023, 17:31

A photo of four people, two men with with beards (one beard is short and red, the other long and grey) and receding hairlines and two women with short hair, smiling at the camera.

I went for a brisk (emphasis on brisk... the "feels like" temperature was 3.7˚C) walk along the bridge next to the hotel just before sunset to get my Apple Watch exercise ring closed and got a cool shot of Black Mountain Tower.

Then we had Japanese for dinner and it was wonderful to meet @[email protected] and @[email protected] in person!

kristina selfie me friends canberra

Posted on 15 June 2023, 21:22

A photo of a very large burger with lettuce, cheese, and onion visible from the side. A big bowl of chips is visible behind it.

A photo of a stylised sculpture of a black and white whale, it's short and stubby and has big teeth for some reason.

We are in Canberra!

First order of business was lunch at Brodburger. Pretty delicious, though not the BEST burger I've had.

We went to check in at the Hyatt and they weren't able to give us the room we asked for, and also they weren't ready for early check-in like they said it should have been so we went to the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery. They were both pretty dinky, and fully half the National Gallery was closed. I took a handful of photos which I've uploaded to Flickr, and I loved this little whale sculpture by Horace Wikmunea. The Portrait Gallery was actually significantly more interesting, though still far smaller that I was expecting.

Then we got back to the Hyatt and waited for ages for someone to actually come to reception to check us in, got our room key and went to the room, and realised it was directly overlooking the breakfast area despite us having specifically requested a quiet room. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Went back to reception and got moved to ANOTHER room, this one actually quiet, and now we're killing time until we head out for dinner with @[email protected].

food portrait mode burger canberra sculpture

Posted on 15 June 2023, 16:30

A screenshot from the iOS app "Melodics" showing a current streak of 328 days, as well as an all-up total 4,345 minutes played across 672 sessions.

We're off to Canberra tomorrow morning, which means RIP my 328 day drum practice streak in Melodics.

Also I should probably email them about the fact that the streak text overlaps when the numbers get this large. 😅

screenshot ios drums

Posted on 14 June 2023, 13:17

A photo of fifteen lightly golden cut rounds (basically scones but more savoury) sitting on a cooling rack.

And FINALLY, a batch of cut rounds!

::collapses::

our house darkroom food portrait mode cut rounds

Posted on 11 June 2023, 14:29

A photo of two golden brown loaves of bread covered in flour, with wonderful-looking splits on top, sitting on a cooling rack.

A photo of two slices of the aforementioned bread with cooked sliced tomato and mushrooms on top, sitting on a white dinner plate. There's just a little scattering of grated Parmesan cheese on top.

A photo of a small scruffy blonde dog sitting on the kitchen floor in a patch of sunshine. He's looking up at the camera and is squinting because the sun is coming in directly behind where I'm standing.

Part three of The Weekend of Deliciousness is bread, for the first time since March! The yeast I've been using expired in June last year so I've just slowly been increasing the amount that I use and it seems to be fine. Lunch was mushrooms cooked in sage, rosemary, thyme, and garlic on top of cooked tomatoes on the bread.

And the SECOND I start slicing the bread Beanie is in the kitchen like a shot because he knows there'll be crumb fallout, and he always gets a little end piece of bread when I'm done.

beanie our house dog darkroom food portrait mode bread mushrooms

Posted on 11 June 2023, 14:06

A photo of a small scruffy blonde dog lying on a blue blanket that's on top of his dog bed. His butt is basically hanging off the edge, and his head is at an awkward angle against a power socket in the wall behind him.

He has an entire bed at his disposal, but instead needs to perch on the very edge and snuggle with the power point instead.

We have the weirdest dog.

beanie our house dog darkroom

Posted on 10 June 2023, 23:34

A photo of a small scruffy blonde dog sitting directly in front of a closed bedroom door, staring directly at the door.

@yayKM has some stretches and exercises she does that involve lying on the ground. She's doing them in the bedroom with the door closed tonight because every single time she does them, Beanie needs to come in and either get directly in the way, or hump her (or both).

beanie our house dog darkroom

Posted on 10 June 2023, 21:37

A photo of a bunch (forty-nine if we're being exact) of smallish golden-brown chocolate chip cookies sitting on two cooling racks.

Next, miso chocolate chip cookies.

our house cookies darkroom food portrait mode

Posted on 10 June 2023, 12:05

A photo of a bowl of porridge with butter and brown sugar on top.

Aw yeah, this weekend is going to be a weekend of making delicious food. First up, porridge.

our house darkroom food portrait mode porridge

Posted on 10 June 2023, 9:45