katkitt's Friends

jen did cooking and other stuff
yesterday i made a ballotine, a bird in a bird roast, which involves taking a wood pigeon and getting all the bones out, and stuffing it into a guiene fowl, which has also have the middle bones removed. you also cover the birds in parma ham to keep in the mositure. i have never deboned a bird before, so it was a bit of a learning exsperience, but the result was... super-yummy. i will definately do that again, as it was great fun, and i didn't hash up the deboning too badly (though at times the carcass looked akin to roadkill).

i have also been working on my toy customising, which i really enjoy as a hobby. i have been making tiny little warhammer sized figure from scratch, and though they are a nightmare to paint (something i did not concider in the design or scuplt of the details) i think with a bit of practice they coyuld start turning out quite nicely. having small fiddly fingers is useful for the tiny little details, like using a needle point to crave sticthing detail. photos to follow, if my camera can get batteries charged and manage to not take blurry photos (might use a stand, but after getting to use Kat's super-duper camera of joy, i think i will not get the same quality of photo)

i am readying myslf for the festivemass madness, and will be quite glad when it is over. i've never been good with holiday stress, and my co-ordonation has so far had me slip on my ass twice, and facepalm the ground once.

and i managed to resist building a snow-rat, especially as i would have wanted to stay out in the cold guarding it against snowmen smashers.

merry times to all, and see you on the otherside of the year.

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