Adding bacon to leftovers is always a good thing.
This is what was leftover from last night’s pork and beef meatloaf cheese pie.
Sunday night leftover pork and beef meatloaf with added bacon
Hot and spicy Spam with melted smoked cheddar cheese
Today’s lunch was yummy
If you want to see a bigger better version of the cut sandwich click here.
A lap around Lake Ginninderra
A vigorous walk around Lake Ginninderra
It was surprisingly cool in Canberra this morning. When I went out for a walk I should have worn a long sleeve shirt, it was quite nippy.
I had charged the batteries in my Sony α7ii and had my 24–240 mm f/3.5–f/6.3 lens attached.
High dynamic range
I like shooting brackets when I’m out so I can exploit Adobe Lightroom’s HDR capacity. Some people don’t like HDR especially if it’s too ‘crunchy’. I don’t mind it really.
Reflections
It was still this morning with a gentle breeze. The surface of the lake was smooth and offered a little reflection opportunity. Yesterday it was quite overcast and there was a moderate breeze.
Final thoughts
Not a bad lap around the lake really. As much as the Canberra weather is uncomfortable, it does make for some nice photography.
A wet Saturday in February
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I love a wet Saturday any time of year
Canberra started to warm up towards the end of the week with yesterday getting to 35 °C (95 °F). Overnight it remained warm. I slept poorly, not because it was warm, but it seems every Friday night I wake up at about 3 am and just lay awake. It’s so annoying.
At 5 am I got out of bed and ground some beans to make a strong coffee. I got a sense the day would be cooler. This is a good thing because I wanted to make sure I got to walk around Lake Ginninderra to get some exercise.
Breakfast
It’s hard to beat a weekend classic. Streaky bacon and fried eggs.
Grocery shopping
Before the shopping, there must be coffee!
One of the new annoyances in Canberra is the ACT Government imposition on shopping centres to attach locks and chains on shopping trolleys.
This is being done to reduce the number of trolleys abandoned on footpaths, in car parks, in the lake and elsewhere. The problem is instead of trying to develop a nuanced and tailored solution, a cheap inconvenient method has been adopted.
What I’ve noticed around Belconnen and Woden is abandoned trolleys are still there and some of them have been locked together.
#canberra #cbr #nannystate #civildisobedience #chains #iphone
Lake Ginninderra
The relatively cool weather should have meant more people walking around the lake, but it was oddly quiet. The clouds were quite good and with a little extra editing in Adobe Lightroom and Luminar or Aurora HDR I hope these photographs don’t look too crunchy.
I know a lot of people really prefer a more natural look, but for some reason, I like crunchy HDR.
It was good to see the cows back under the trees on the north-east side of Lake Ginninderra.
Lunch in the mall
Despite having done the bulk of my grocery shopping earlier, some things weren’t on the shelves. Given I finished walking around Lake Ginninderra at about noon, I thought I may as well have lunch in the mall. I had no idea what I wanted to eat. I knew I didn’t want a burger or Mexican or Chinese food. In the end, I went with potato gems (also known as tater tots in the USA).
An afternoon of relaxing
I spent the afternoon editing photographs and thinking about what to make for dinner.
Dinner
I’ve blogged on Yummy Lummy about what I had for dinner. It was a pork and beef cheese pie.
Final thoughts
Not a bad Saturday really. I feel quite full. I wonder what I’ll get up to tomorrow.
TGIF hello weekend
Yay, it’s the end of a Friday and the weekend is nearly upon Canberra. It was quite warm today, I think the bureau of meteorology predicted it would get to 35 °C (95 °F).
I was fortunate, I was in a laboratory all day and it was nicely air conditioned.
I’ve already shared a photograph of the hospital but I played around in Adobe Lightroom and enhanced it a little.
Even though I had a Mavi Special breakfast wrap (bacon, hash brown, fried egg, mushrooms, cheese, barbeque sauce) for breakfast with a coffee in a mug, I still ate a reasonable-sized lunch.
The Canberra Hospital has a staff tuck shop and on, Fridays they usually do a seafood ‘basket’. It’s so much of a basket, but a plate!
After a busy afternoon, I wasn’t feeling very hungry so I thought I’d go very simple and go meat-free. I decided to cook some corn using a technique that I’ve described elsewhere and on YouTube. You can see I like adding some corn with my butter 😂😋
Friday is always a good day
I attend The Canberra Hospital on Fridays as an honorary VMO. It’s always good.
I love that the building reminds me of the Royal Darwin Hospital.