This evening I made Courgette, Bacon and Brie Gratin for the family.  It was well received.  Yes, it's almost vegetable glut season on the allotment ... I'm wondering what to do with the rest of the slaughtered pig, though ...

 ... and the slaughtered Brie ... 

 

I'm thinking of starting a new social networking site for the drunkenly belligerent, on which you're automatically excused for being offensive ... it'll be called offyourfacebook

And so, farewell Peter Falk ... not so curiously "one more thing that's bothering me" smart now, eh, Columbo?

 

The Wisdom of Evie (aged 5) ...

Noah: Everyone is a mammal.
Evie: Daddy isn't.
Noah: Why not?
Evie: Because he hasn't got any hair.

It was Pirate Day at Evie's school ...

 

This is the playhouse I've just built for the kids ...

The Wisdom of Evie (aged 5) ...

Evie: Hands up who has seen green tomatoes.
(Daddy puts his hand up)
Daddy: Did you know that you can get black tomatoes?
Evie: No, those are just olives.