The mighty pomelo!

I first discovered this fruit on the streets of Cyrildene (China town in Johannesburg). Their massive size intrigued me, so I bought one even though the man tasked to sell it wouldn't tell me what they were. After describing it to my parents over the phone I have a name! We call it "you zi".

More recently I have seen pomelos (thanks for the name shop signage!) popping up in all my local grocery shops - I like them, though I can only eat about a quarter at one time. It's wonderfully aromatic, a good balance between refreshingly tart and sweet citrus flavours! You can use them in salads and savory dishes too (kind of like your pomegranates, mangoes and peaches - hooray fruit!).

Beard love

Weee I'm baaaaack! I went through some not so great times and temporarily abandoned my blog. But now I'm better and filled with springy positivity! I'm looking forward to early morning runs (without freezing my lungs), refreshing homemade smoothies, seeing sprouting greenery and mulberry season! I also love the longer hours of sunlight, my internal clock is strictly set to diurnal - travelling to and from work in darkness is not cool! My only trepidation with the warmer weather is the increase in the mosquito population - but upon discovering this nifty mosquito trap (http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/homemade-mosquito-trap/) I feel like the odds have tipped in my favor! (I'll let you know how that goes...).

Anyway, I made this beard related comic recently. I'm totally envious of beards, if I could grow one I would rock a fu manchu beard for it's satisfactory stroking length whilst pondering (the primary use of a beard in my opinion).

Boomerang

I spent an hour last weekend throwing a boomerang around (very unsuccessfully). I can't throw. My coordination is so bad that I'm still failing after Alex showed me how to do it multiple times. Um, I guess try, try again? I was never great at sports, but enthusiasm conquers all!

So much for Spring/Sping time...

Urh, yes, recall how I was tooting on about the warmer weather a few days ago...Well, nature has since dealt us a harsh blow! The drama! The tragedy! First it rained... (and I thought, ok, it's making it gloomy and cold, but the plants will enjoy this!) Then it hailed! Massive giant hail balls that I thought might break a window! And of course this happened in the wee hours of the morning so I was in dream land and couldn't save my poor plants...Oh dear...

Trials of everyday life 02

Monday trials! After an early morning of connecting with my higher self at yoga class, I desperately needed a caffiene boost to tackle my day. But after throwing some really gross burnt KCF coffee down the drain and possibly making myself sick obliviously drinking tea made with very questionable milk, I finally missioned across the road to buy milk. On the way back, this is what my crossed my caffiene deprived mind...

It a massacre...

When I made beetroot soup the other night, the resulting pot of soup looked like a horrific blubbing mess of chunky blood gruel...it was quite grim! But that aside, it was delicious! Just one thing - I followed this recipe, and its absolutely crucial to chop finely/grate the beetroot, as it takes forever to cook!

New veggies!

I'm on a mission to incorporate new (and hopefully exciting!) veggies into my recipe arsenal! I very rarely eat beetroot, and have never had parsnip or brussel sprouts before (it's what I'd like to call "white people food" ^_^). I found some recipes online to try - they look delicious! The recipes are as follows: Beetroot, Brussel sprouts, Parsnip).

This drawing also happily coincides with this week's Illustration Friday theme! Man did I fall off that band wagon...But it's ok! I'm participating again!

Trials of every day life...

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Today...

I had this for breakfast!

 And later at work...

This happens ALL THE TIME... (the seeing mistakes thing, I'm not always late for deadlines...)

PB & Jay

I got very happy making peanut butter and jam on toast one morning and this is the result of some early morning musings on an empty stomach.