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Single dad. Cat dad. Plant dad. Bad Asian. Anti racist. Some interests: food, cooking, cats, ceramics, tea, plants, social and climate justice, anti-racism, the beautiful in everyday life. Join your union.
Melbourne, Australia
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Good morning. This Saturday gets a big pot of coffee in bed.
A small round table with a tray beside my bed. A silver metal coffee French press, ceramic cup full of coffee and a small jug are on the tray. Close up of the ceramic cup full of coffee on a tray, with the metal French press and blue milk jug behind it.
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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All dressed up with somewhere to go - going to late lunch with family for my eldest son’s 25th birthday.
A brown-skinned man wearing dark blue jeans, a blue shirt and a light brown corduroy jacket. Train tracks and station platform can be seen in the background
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Don’t worry, France’s best is on the case!
Black and white still of Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau from The Pink Panther movie series. He’s wearing a hat, trench coat and leather gloves and peering around a frame
October 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Went for a walk along Edgars Creek and Coburg Lake with a friend this afternoon. What a beautiful day. Saw four dragonflies.

5 stars.
Looking upwards to gum trees and deep blue and wispy white cloud sky from Coburg Lake area
October 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Three tenors - Maggie and currawong in white tie and tails, butcher bird rocks up in jeans.
The three tenors in formal white tie and tails on stage
October 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Sunday dinner beef and cashew stir fry for The Teen and me.
A bowl of beef stir fry with cashews, sliced asparagus spears, capsicum and onion
October 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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I scrubbed my kitchen this afternoon. So I made a Manhattan as a reward.
A Manhattan cocktail in a glass.
September 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Your periodic reminder that these people knew how to deal with Nazis and Fascists.
Photo of Italian Resistance members at the liberation of Venice
August 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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When Afternoon tea Sunday segues into Negroni Sunday.
A teapot, a milk jug, a small plate with biscuits, and a floral cup of tea A negroni in a glass.
August 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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The rainbow. Over Coburg.
A rainbow and roofs trees, over Coburg
August 16, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Yes. She’s at the foot on my bed.
Mackerel cat lying on a blanket at the foot of my bed, her cat to camera
August 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Snap!
Happy Friday
My hand holding a large cup of coffee, resting on a blanket on my bed. A colourful crocheted throw is behind it.
August 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Earlier this morning.
Late winter morning sunlight.
Flinders Street Station
Flinders Street Station clocktower, city building scape, railway powerlines and bright clear blue sky in the late winter morning sunlight.
August 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Good morning! ☕️
Coffee in a white China cup and saucer, milk jug and French press on a tray on a small round table
August 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Sunday coffee in bed
Before: White china cup and milk jug with a French press on a tray on a small round table After: White china cup with coffee, milk jug and a French press on a tray on a small round table
August 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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My sister is visiting again.
Coffee in the morning light.
Stainless steel French press, yellow milk jug and two handmade ceramic cups
August 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Good morning!!
A stainless steel French press, a yellow milk jug and two handmade ceramic cups. It’s morning coffee time
August 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Took the day off. Went to the NGV with my visiting sister and The Teen. Saw some Impressionists. Including one of my all-time favourite paintings, by Renoir.
Also a painting by Pissarro.
Oil painting of a couple dancing by Impressionist painter Renoir, against a deep maroon wall with gold gilt moulding. Renoir’s couple dancing in in the near distance in a gallery room painted deep red with ornate gold moulding and a crystal chandelier A landscape painting by Pissarro against a burnt orange wall
August 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Baked barramundi with sautéed green vegetables for dinner with my sister who is visiting.
Baked barramundi with sautéed green vegetables
August 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Saturday coffee after my fasting blood test.
A flat white coffee in a ceramic cup with a pattern in the milk and crema
July 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Tea. Green. Hot.
A small ceramic teapot with a small Japanese style ceramic cup with green tea on a counter
July 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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I took this yesterday morning and posted it on my Insta. But forgot to post it here.
A gnarly oak tree’s bare branches against a grey cloudy winter sky. Like a silhouette
July 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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The Teen cooked stir fried chicken and vegetables with noodles for dinner. Delicious!!
stir fried chicken and vegetables with noodles for in a bowl with chopsticks
July 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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The Teen was cooking stir fried chicken and vegetables with noodles for dinner.

So I treated myself to a gimlet - but with homegrown lemon as the lime was dry. It’s delicious.
A gimlet cocktail in a Nick and Nora cocktail on a red floral ceramic coaster
July 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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It was great to cheer you at the finish. What an achievement to finish the half marathon!

Such a great atmosphere at Run Melbourne. And breakfast was fantastic!
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Supporters cheering on runners near the finish for Run Melbourne A big bowl of green vegetables with nuts, a poached egg, and other yummy delights
July 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM