Wet day winter works

 This week we have Antarctica cold, coming straight up from the icy south. Lots of rain and snow in the South Island but it's just cold here, like 1-5 degrees overnight, top of 9 in the day. Cold but not fuh fuh fuh freezing.

Time for mushroom soup. This is our third crop from the 4kg bag. It was doing nothing in the bathroom but quite likes getting sprayed in the warmer temps of the main living area by the front door. Pink shitake mushrooms which taste like bacon when crispy. The soup is on the stovetop right now and the first Christmas cake of the year is in the oven.

Meanwhile, Paula is hammering away on the deck, just out of the showers we're getting today. The pyramid stack on the right will replace the triangle of worn deck timbers on the left. Misty Kapiti Island in the distance.