I know that summer is coming when the mangoes come on sale.  These are lovely eating.
Two batches of kefir are fermenting, one milk the other water.  The milk one tastes like liquid Greek yogurt -yum (John doesn't like it) and the water kefir is delicious after the first process, and even better when fruit ie. strawberries or mango is added in the second fermenting.  Now I have enough kefir to give away or I wonder, is there another use for it?
Its been a quiet week with John doing alot of painting but he was happy to go to work today and maybe for the week.  So I'm off to Mondays at Mosman in a few minutes.

Our walking group went from Circular Quay, across the bridge and around many bays ending at Greenwich Point approx. 13 ks.  It was a great walk and the weather couldn't be better but was weary when I got home.  Some of the views along the bay shores were wonderful and I really appreciate living here and being able to do the walks.
Other than a few movies, the last couple of weeks have been quiet.  The most 'exciting' was a visit to Centerlink inquiring re the pension.  Will know in a few weeks time.

It took 2 hours, 2 buses, 1 train and a ferry ride to get to Lovett Bay which is in Pittwater.  After morning tea, we started the climb to the top of the point and you can see Ann and I with the spectular view in the background.  The climb up was hard but the WORST was the leeches.  I was lucky as I had on my thick bamboo socks and walking boots but they attached to anything, jumpers,trousers etc.  At the top we have everyone removing shoes and rolling up trousers and even the packbacks had to be checked as one got into the actual clip .  The trip back down, we made it in half the time with only a few attached to us.  The ferry took us back to Church Point and then the bus to Narrabeen.  At the Narrabeen lake we had coffee to recover from our adventure and then home.  This is Not a walk I will do again. 

I decided to have a go at cooking too as everyone else is at it.  My first effort was a disaster even though the biscuits looked good, they did not taste good.  The above is a shot of a gluten-free slice and almonds,date and seed friands.  In the slice i used whole sunflower, almond and other mixed seeds but it should have been LSA mix (ground) but it still tasted excellent.  The friands were delicious but they has icing-sugur mixture and it made them sweet.  John loved them but too sweet for me.  I'll try omitting the icing sugar next time.