pancakes and possums!

pancake recipe
one cup plain flour mixed with one cup of keffir left overnight
mix in one egg then salt and milk or flour to get desired consistency
pour onto greased hot skillet

an old blackened cast iron skillet and a cast iron pan created different patterns

some stewed mixed fruit was quickly added ...

yum ... thanks Greg

we saw the possums in the dark ... they didn't show up in the camera screen at all!

front then back

Katoomba: the autumn leaves ...

the autumn leaves are falling
the nights are getting dim
the painter cleans his pots out well
and he hands his brushes in ...

I just walked up the hill to Katoomba post office and saw so many signs of autumn ...


the sky was deep blue with a few high clouds and of course shone right through the dying leaves ...



the shadows were long too even towards mid day ...

high clouds ...

great shadows ... if you scroll down this one it's like some primitive movie!

email from Polperro

On our return from Japan these photos arrived via email:

John's ladder

Scarlett's pork pie

Rappongi-hills

To Roppongi hills for the evening and what did we find ... another sighting of Maman ... Louise Bourgeois' huge spider!


... and an endless queue for what?


... the half moon was up



... and the towering apartments


... the half-moon still in evidence


... with their bold colours


... and some very good yum cha (thanks Mary!)

Climbing Takao-san

We took the train from Takao to Takaosanguchi and then caught the cable car (with 2 or more classrooms of school children)





from the top we took route 6 on the way down






until we were back in Takaosanguchi

where we grabbed a bite to eat!