AGALMATOPHILIA ANYONE?

It's Sunday and aptly named for where I live. The day has ben sunny with no wind, blue skies and a 'mill pond' bay.

It started off quite cool but has warmed up a lot. I got a few chores done at last including repairing the damaged trellis that encloses the area under the deck.

I hammered in a few extra nails on the  other pieces of trellis as well just in case we get another cyclone.

Not much of interest has been happening on the other blogs. Richard babbled about his violin and bass practice. The highlight of his latest post was this:

"Yesterday's gig went well, but some of my newer 'habits' still need work. I'll push on with them today. The older 'habits' worked out fine. In my mind, the most important things are tone and intonation but, as Rob says, expression is very important too. The other things are just icing on the cake."

        Richard of RBB 

Richard's old and new habits

Robert found an old friend and going by the look of him he might have found him in someone's garden.

"It might be good luck Robert but don't touch me OK?"

These ornaments usually have fishing poles in their hands and are placed beside ornamental ponds - or sitting on stone mushrooms.

Robert also found a pouwhenua and couldn't stop molesting it.

"Watch that hand buddy"

Oh well, better than molesting statues of the Virgin Mary in church I suppose.

"Thank Saint Faustina for small mercies"

I somehow hurt my back from playing golf yesterday so will take it easy this afternoon.

My sister and brother-in-law played golf with me and later came around for dinner (lamb loin fillets, venison sausages and roast vegetables-yummy). She brought around some Basque cheesecakes for dessert that they'd freshly baked. I got the recipe off them and will have a go at making a couple when I visit The Old Girl in Christchurch in a couple of weeks.

Here's the recipe:

My sister also brought along some damson gin that she'd made by steeping damsons in London gin for months. It was delicious and I might try some more later.