The view from my "office"

[Flashback]

home made sloe gin - yummo - do you prick the sloes. At the last gin festival I was out they said just put them in the freezer and then you don't have to prick them. Have fun

Correct, they're in the freezer which helps "crack them open"

 

[kookaburra75]

Correct, they're in the freezer which helps "crack them open"

I'll be across in January. Do you need any help with taste testing?

 

[Flashback]

I'll be across in January. Do you need any help with taste testing?

You'll have to fight Mrs FB for it! You would think 2 litres should be enough...

 

[kookaburra75]

You'll have to fight Mrs FB for it! You would think 2 litres should be enough...

What if I bring a few litres of ordinary Gin (Hendricks etc) to be used for converting to Sloe Gin - to replace the sampling that is

 

[Flashback]

What if I bring a few litres of ordinary Gin (Hendricks etc) to be used for converting to Sloe Gin - to replace the sampling that is

Drop me a PM with your dates and sure we can work something out if I'm not back in India!

 

[RooFlyer]

View from my front yard office: ... the neighborhood echidna on patrol:

 

[Daver6]

Current throne office on AY from HEL to LHR using my hour of free internet

 

[Daver6]

Departing Bergen

 

[Flashback]

Have they taken the A350 off the route? Or is this rotation in addition to that?

 

[Daver6]

Have they taken the A350 off the route? Or is this rotation in addition to that?

Not sure. Flight was always scheduled as a A330 since booked in Feb.

 

[Major]

That's an attractive glass

 

[RooFlyer]

That's an attractive glass

Long been a feature of flying with Finnair:

Ultima Thule: Finnair’s iconic glasses turn fifty - Runway Girl

On the banks of a small lake in a tiny Finnish village sits the glass factory where every single one of Finnair’s signature Ultima Thule glasses is handmade by teams of expert craftsmen and craftswomen. The glasses are almost synonymous — and synchronous — with Finnair’s arrival as a force on...

runwaygirlnetwork.com

 

[TonyHancock]

Berkeley Heights, NJ, for a few days. A nice car park view somewhat marred by the view of trees.

 

[OATEK]

The view from our office today of a Red zone. The school around the corner has been closed, and some have already fled to the beach or other safe place. But at this stage there is no actual fire within cooee, so we will watch & wait.

 

[RB]

Very smoky at Port Macquarie. Predictions now for around midnight for southerly change coming through-not sure if that will help or hinder us

Amongst other things Lighthouse Beach is hidden in the background

 

[JohnM]

New shark barrier at PERfect Cottesloe Beach.

 

[drron]

Berkeley Heights, NJ, for a few days. A nice car park view somewhat marred by the view of trees.

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I agree @TonyHancock that pic is not up to your normal standard.Some people would take that photo just for the trees.

 

[OATEK]

The view from our office today of a Red zone. The school around the corner has been closed, and some have already fled to the beach or other safe place. But at this stage there is no actual fire within cooee, so we will watch & wait.
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Got through the worst of the emergency today, only to have a fire flare just as the Southerly hit. Seems to be running beside rather than towards our place, with lots of eyes in the sky.

P.S. Sorry about the poor quality of the shot.

 

[Foreigner]

From my balcony after returning home this evening

 

[drron]

Got through the worst of the emergency today, only to have a fire flare just as the Southerly hit. Seems to be running beside rather than towards our place, with lots of eyes in the sky.

P.S. Sorry about the poor quality of the shot.View attachment 196518

It has been announced that that fire was deliberately lit.
Further south a 9year old boy was warned by police after lighting a grass fire with a blow torch.