Sony PSP - Web browser

...in action over my home WiFi...very cool indeed, and yes, it works in the bathroom... ;)

Canada Geese at twilight - Earlswood

I could cry...it's so easy to work with, a perfect picture at *twilight*...this camera *ROCKS*!

Shopping Chaos...

...today, the car park at the Crawley retail park as so full people were parking all along the roadways, all over the muddy banks and even all the way around the bins at the back of the stores - all the way to the dump!

I had to guard the car after a fellow shopper warned us that the clampers were on the prowl - I said "Surely, not at Christmas?" and he replied "Those bastards don't have a soul mate, don't chance it"...

(I admit, I ran...)

Boxing day...

...was largely spent in pleasant company at Flyingpops' grandparents place in the misty countryside near Dorking...

A light dusting of snow...

...greeted me *this* morning...

Christmas day...

...continued after pressies at Flyingpops' folks where we had an awesome turkey dinner (much entertaned by tiny Emily) and watched Disney's "Beauty and the Beast"...

Christmas Morning...

...when it *finally* arrived! And look at the pressies under the tree!! Woo Hoo! :)

Midnight Mass...

...(took this shot hand-held after the service in the pitch black, so amazing it isn't a bit more blurry!)...

Rabbit and bacon - Christmas Eve

Ate rabbit for the first time ever on Christmas eve! Tasted and smelt very much like the dark meat on roast turkey, so we ate it with (the much under-used) Cranberry sauce, and it was quite delicious!

Nativity

Right, that's Christmas done (apart from the post celebration gluttony and the New Year to come)! Time for some of the pics...Christmas Eve began at my folks...this is their wonderful carved wooden nativity... ;)

Sony Mavica MVC-CD500

...I *love* this camera...!! :0

VW Beetle Tree Bauble

I'm afraid that you will probably have to put up with a lot of little pictures for a while (it's that "new camera" feeling bedding in... ;)

This is one our our tree baubles, made of glass, bought in the Christmas shop in the Blumenmarkt in Amsterdam (I seem to remember)...

(Mmmm...love that Macro feeling... :)

Gammon joint - cooked!

Slurp! Looking good (two hours and 40 minutes in the oven)... :)

Rose Blossom honey and clove studded prime smoked gammon joint...

Amazingly no hangover to report this morning, we ate curry, played poker (I won, as is right on your birthday) took far too many photos, drank lots of beer and Cava and I stayed up until a silly time in the morning playing with the new DivX DVD separate that my folks got me (and yes, it plays absolutely everything I managed to throw at it)!

Got loads of other amazing gifts including the River Cottage cookbook (YES!), Sin City DVD (YES!) and a 2006 subscription to Viz comic (YES!)...jeje!...best birthday ever I think! :) :)

Now it's time to roast the Christmas bacon joint that I am taking to Flyingpops' folks...I'm going for a simple recipe, I've studded it with cloves and marinated it in organic rose blossom natural honey...should be "mmm!" :P

Update - Joint cooked, the smell was incredible, see here...

Birthday Curry Night...

Birthday Curry Night
Originally uploaded by finkangel.

...okay, the table is laid, I have made three raita (red onion, fresh shredded coriander & cucumber and fresh shredded mint & cracked black pepper) and a salad (diced white onion, sliced red onion, coriander leaf, diced tomato and diced cucumber) plus picked up some indian cornflake mix and hot & spicy balti mix. I'm frying up some popadoms (plain, garlic and cracked black pepper varieties) and cooking some onion bhajis and samosas...the rest is going to come from "Mango" up the road in Earlswood... ;)

Oh, this is officially the first picture (that I have posted) from the Mavica! Learned loads of new tricks already just mucking around, but more on that later! :)

Happy Birthday to me...!

Lalala! Off to see King Kong in a minute at the cinema (incidentally my *fourth* Kong movie of the week!) so just a quick note that I got a beautiful Sony MVC-CD500 hybrid SLR camera as a pressie from Flyingpops, and tonight everyone is over for curry and beer! Woo hoo!

Winter Soltice...

...today, so officially the shortest day of the year (daylight-wise) and also officially "midwinter" (which was an excellent game back in the day btw)...but no sign of any snow IRL (yet)...

What's going on in here then?

What's going on in here then?
Originally uploaded by finkangel.

Heheh.... ;)

KING KONG (1933)

Woo Hoo! It's great being off work at Christmas, I haven't even got dressed yet, been sitting on my bean bag in the middle of the living room floor playing SNES9X on my Xbox since about 0730hrs munching on cold chicken tikka slices and (joy of joys!) got the original 1933 version of King Kong to look forward to at 1325hrs on BBC2! Just got to try and finish Super Castlevania IV before then, so if you'll excuse me, I must get back to thrashing the unquiet dead with my steel whip...! ;)

Decorations Managed...

Decorations Managed...
Originally uploaded by finkangel.

...Okay, just a quick pic, we did do the decorations earlier in the week and here is the proof...long exposure with tripod... :)