Its stout season again

Yup, its getting into the long harsh perth winter here again ;) so it was time to break out the old stout recepies, here are the two currently on offer Formula X and Brand Z, both similar recepies appart from one key ingredient.

Pepsi challenge....

Last friday we got two pizza's, one from Stones and one from Hero's and did a pizza challenge. Stones is a gourmet pizza place in north perth run by a serious chef and has all sorts of international awards and Hero's is a place where if you show up with your underwear on the outside you get a free pizza, so two pretty different sides of the spectrum. Have to say it was pretty close but Hero's came out on top this time,

Symmetrical canine snoozery

Hovawart in action

Fionn's breed is a hovawart, german hova = house, wart or ward = guard, so houseguard, and you can see it in everything he does. Here he is checking for anything suspicious out the back door.

Happy birthday Atticus

Atti was one year old last week so we had a wee birthday party, here is Finn blowing out the candle on Atti's behalf

The stout is back

Interesting places I have left my bike at gigs part 1

part 2

Delivery Express Service

Finns bike got outfitted with a basket last night, here he is delivering guinness to the table

Greatest hits.....

Here are all the stouts I have made over the last few years, most have been repeated many many times. At the moment the uisce dubh and the icbing (i cant believe its not guinness) are bubbling away downstairs, should be ready by april.

Finncomm

Check out Finn's onboard bike communication system.

Beer burps

It is prime brewing temperature at the moment, I took this video about 30 mins after sealing the fermenters, fired up almost instantly. Two stouts (its gonna be stout season soon) and a kicker of a lager, my best recipe.

Novelty supper

Sushi with Finn

Finn likes using these chopsticks, with the elastic they work like training chopsticks

St. Pats Shenannigans

We had our usual slew of giggery yesterday on the 17th, some quotes of the day from punters:

"Any chance of whisky in the jar", right after we played whisky in the jar.

"Excuse me, can you play some more of that Rod Stewart music"..............eh..............

"Do you guys play any irish music"? To be fair that lady had just walked in at the end of a set whilst we played mustang sally, a song adopted by irish bands on account of the Roddy Doyle move the Commitments, but that movie is 20 years old now so the link is not as relevant, when I said "What, we have been playing irish music for the last 8 hours", I think she was even more baffled than I was"

Finns room gets decorated

Finn's new bed

Finn is staying with us for a while so it was time for his own bed.here he is with his snooze buddies

Cinema bunk

What 4 year olds bunk is complete without a pico-projector gorilla podd'd to the rails.

Cinema bunkpod, no flash

Bunk builder Finn

Finally, my name in lights....well sort of....

I got myself a gig out of town for the next few weeks, through an agency, and never specified the name of the band, so I was greeted with this sign last sunday when I got to the venue. The guitar player was amused, but not as much so as by the spelling of the friday arvo band.

Dog cam....

Here is a recent shot of the dogs outside in the back garden, they love sitting in formation.

Fionn in his digging hole.

New dartboard shelf

Rollermania

Memo-drum

I was doing a gig in a bar last weekend and the resident kit had notes on it, set list, who owes who cash etc. Very funny.

First ever computer game

Here:Play Jet Pac At FOG.com is the link to the first ever computer game I ever played, waaaay back in 83, couldnt get enough of loading that rocket full of fuel, I played it for hours and hours one day and got all the way through to the end of the game, guess what, it went right back to the beginning...and I still played it!

More skating shenanigannary

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

What-the.....

We have a few fruit trees in our new back garden, mulberry, fig, locuts, lemons, olives and what we thought was a lime tree is now a grapefruit tree!


Playing darts yesterday I decided to have a beer, no homebrew on tap at the mo so had a corona, and thought a wedge of lime would be a nice fruit treat, imagine my suprise when I cut it in half and came up with this pink interior. They are not quite ripe yet, as soon as the skin goes yellow they are good to go.

Skatorama

Mick came skating with us last night, we have been getting really into it. Aparrantly its the same exercise as jogging but with zero impact on the knees, unless you are Mick and are sporting a nice shiny bruse on your left leg today....

Perth sunsets

Cycling home from work the other night and saw this. Camera doesn't really do it justice, amazing colours.

Appropriate usage of a music stand

Tristen demonstrates appropriate usage of a music stand post-gig.

Rielly after a big walk

The latest skating recruit

Oliver came skating the other evening, he was very good. We are getting right into this skating lark, I still haven't figured out how to steer properly or stop without falling yet though.

the cantina tune

Check out this arrangement of the Star Wars Cantina Theme I did for a friend a few months ago. Pay particular attention to the expresion indications....

Atticus the beast

Here is the world biggest baby Atticus downing a few at the local rollerdisco

Swingtime with aunty jane

Guitar lessons from Finn

Toasty marshmallows

Here is Finn enjoying a few marshmallows from last week.

Uncle charlie, baby magnet

I was on the way out to a gig yesterday and these two dudes wrestled me to the ground. Atticus is nearly 1 and can just about walk and Finn is 4 and going to school now too.

Minicinema

The two lads were in the lap of luxury the other night with their outdoor cinema complete with popcorn maker.

Hammock afternoons

Perth's finest pastime