Streaming pomegranates

Ah, the wonders of the internet. Thanks to the BBC’s online radio player and a pair of wireless speakers from Radio Shack, it is now possible for us to drop-off to the dulcet tones of genuine Radio 4 presenters, perfectly enunciating words such as "pomegranate." Of course it feels a little odd nodding-off to John Humphrey’s interrogation of the cabinet on the Today programme and strange to hear The Archers at 6am, but this is more than made up for by the fact that You and Yours comes in a 4am, just at the right time to deal with any nocturnal insomnia. God bless the BBC.

Wine. Did I ever mention it was big around here? This afternoon we're off to some barrel tastings at Willakenzie; it's a tough life. Who'd of thought you could make wine from your very own backyard though? Well, here’s the evidence: a photo form early September of this Summer's harvest from Chateau Leon...



From left to right: Johnny, Jeanne/Flo, Rachel and Leon; foreground: all the grapes I didn’t harvest myself.

I can’t speak for the quality of the wine itself of course, because that would be impolite.

I have also gone back into blog history and added a photo from one our hikes and also evidence of pelicans.

It looks like all is going well on the house front; Green Wall completes on Friday 26th and we’re due to complete on our purchase here the following week. I’m taking the 2nd and 3rd December off work to move in (I have to use up the holiday I’ve earned so far by Christmas or lose it, which is a bit of a bugger when you only get ten days; on the plus-side however next week is a 3-dayer thanks to Thanksgiving).

Oh the good life, full of fun, seems to be the ideal…