I know, when blogging the FNQ holiday I diverged and posted an other news blog and then never got back to the original - I will try this time to return to the Tassie trip - although it is getting to be a long time between drinks...
Just a quick update on life with A (and occasionally B).
That lump in my right wrist that some may have seen, or at least heard of before, has turned out to be a benign ganglion cyst - that is wrapped around my radial artery and trying to squeeze the life out of it - OK not quite, but every time it expands a little, it causes pain, I believe it is also pressing on the nerve running through there which is causing carpal tunnel syndrome - so still not much knitting in my life :( Not to mention riding or anything that involves bending my wrist or using my thumb to grip. I am coming more and more to appreciate the wonders of this opposable thumb mechanism we have! The upshot is there will be an operation likely later this year, after which I will look like I've slit my wrist, but hopefully the pain and weakness will go and I can return to knitting (and other pursuits) in earnest.
Other news:
B has sold his Brisbane unit, still waiting for settlement to go through, but in the meantime we(I) can actually start looking and discussing what we want to buy together. Woo Hoo! Spreadsheets here I come!
With my recovering energy this year I have been able to start reading again. I am currently into Book 4 of "The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan. I have read these before, many years ago, but there were some bad memories associated with it all, so B kindly gave me new copies of 1-9 (and I bought 10 with gift money) for Xmas. You know you're perhaps reading too much though, when you use their swear words, and start wondering what Faile would do in a situation.
Because someone somewhere *had* to go and do it, I did a google and found the quiz:
What Ajah are you?
Other things I've sought out: Visual DNA:
Sunday, April 22, 2007
The Most Amazing Pizza
With the rest day over in Swansea, B rejoined the ride south. I chased up a potential new position back in Melbourne via some *very* dodgy internet connections and then hoofed it down to Triabunna to meet B. We were staying in a caravan park, so I took advantage of the excellent weather and got a load of laundry done and basically wandered around town waiting for B to show up.
3 Hours later and still no B, my mind is now replaying scenes from the first 4 days...
I decided there was nothing constructive I could do - a drive through town looking for him took all of 5 minutes, and thinking it was likely he had gone over to Maria Island, I decided to head down to Orford to check out a gluten-free pizza joint I had heard of.
And glad I was - the pizzas were simply amazing. The base itself was nothing special - quite satisfactory though, but the toppings were devine! The focus seemed to be on specific combinations of one or two items matched with a different cheese. There were blue-vein options, Camembert, cheddar and everything in-between. The base is one size only, small, so they recommend you buy two for a decent meal. Not a problem - meant making the decision on toppings was slightly easier. The pizza place is Scorchers by the River Gallery Café and I highly recommend it! The only really strange thing is that they don't seem to advertise that they do gluten-free pizzas! Although it is completely possible I missed the sign, I did look for one.
After partaking of the amazingly excellent pizzas I returned to the caravan park to find our unit had been broken into! Strangely the only item moved was B's bag, from which his plate and cutlery had been removed. Yes, he had returned late from Maria Island due to a late returning ferry, managed to convince the caravan park owner that he was with me and raced up to get a meal with the bike riders.
The next day was Saturday, and glad I was that I had a car and was less than 2 hours from Hobart. In the morning B set off for Richmond, and I drove south instead aiming for the famous Salamanca Markets!
I did a little sightseeing on my own on the way, taking this panoramic photo of The Thumbs, before arriving at the Salamanca Markets later in the day.
3 Hours later and still no B, my mind is now replaying scenes from the first 4 days...
I decided there was nothing constructive I could do - a drive through town looking for him took all of 5 minutes, and thinking it was likely he had gone over to Maria Island, I decided to head down to Orford to check out a gluten-free pizza joint I had heard of.
And glad I was - the pizzas were simply amazing. The base itself was nothing special - quite satisfactory though, but the toppings were devine! The focus seemed to be on specific combinations of one or two items matched with a different cheese. There were blue-vein options, Camembert, cheddar and everything in-between. The base is one size only, small, so they recommend you buy two for a decent meal. Not a problem - meant making the decision on toppings was slightly easier. The pizza place is Scorchers by the River Gallery Café and I highly recommend it! The only really strange thing is that they don't seem to advertise that they do gluten-free pizzas! Although it is completely possible I missed the sign, I did look for one.
After partaking of the amazingly excellent pizzas I returned to the caravan park to find our unit had been broken into! Strangely the only item moved was B's bag, from which his plate and cutlery had been removed. Yes, he had returned late from Maria Island due to a late returning ferry, managed to convince the caravan park owner that he was with me and raced up to get a meal with the bike riders.
The next day was Saturday, and glad I was that I had a car and was less than 2 hours from Hobart. In the morning B set off for Richmond, and I drove south instead aiming for the famous Salamanca Markets!
I did a little sightseeing on my own on the way, taking this panoramic photo of The Thumbs, before arriving at the Salamanca Markets later in the day.
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