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A volunteer mushroom

Flipping back the lid to my little worm composting setup revealed a mushroom that had grown inside, upside down.

doug plants Leave a comment October 24, 2019October 12, 2024 1 Minute

The discreet charm of technology in Uruguay

A change in our medical insurance involved a one-page form for each of us. The person sitting at the computer printed out the empty forms, then filled them in by hand.

So now I can only guess that someone has to type that information into the computer?

doug Commerce Leave a comment October 21, 2019October 13, 2024 1 Minute

OMG

Someone threw out a perfectly good fax machine.

doug Photography Leave a comment October 20, 2019October 12, 2024 1 Minute

No clue

Atlántida, Uruguay

doug Photography Leave a comment October 20, 2019October 12, 2024 1 Minute

Punta

Punte del Este, Uruguay

doug Travels Leave a comment October 19, 2019October 13, 2024 1 Minute

Avocados (paltas)?

We’ve gone a year with no avocados after having more from our two trees than we knew what to do with. Looks like they’re getting ready to go crazy again?

doug plants Leave a comment October 19, 2019October 12, 2024 1 Minute

Chicken off the old BBQ grill

Not bad for a 12 year old secondhand gas barbecue grill from the US, refitted with bespoke burners because the original sheet metal ones rusted through.

doug Food Leave a comment October 18, 2019October 12, 2024 1 Minute

Lemons!

Big lemons this year.

doug Food Leave a comment October 18, 2019October 12, 2024 1 Minute

Hard over to starboard!

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Tracking the arrival of a friend on a cargo ship. Looks like we might hear about an exciting overland excursion of a 79,000 ton sea vessel?

doug oddities Leave a comment October 17, 2019October 12, 2024 1 Minute

Chop chop

doug Food Leave a comment October 16, 2019October 12, 2024 1 Minute

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