Two rats in a hammock - Part II

Simon makes an excellent pillow for Beans.

Doesn't that look so warm and cosy? I swear Simon is the plushest creature ever. It is impossible to resist picking him up and rubbing your face in his flagrantly fluffy fur. Mmmmh!

I wish he was my pillow!

Oh well. Off to bed now.

Two rats in a hammock

Hanging out with your mate.

The best way to spend your holidays!

(P.S. I have so much free time! It's incredible!)

Milo in his house

Milo sitting on his comfy facecloth rug, looking out of his cardboard house.

I love making houses that rats like to hang out in. So satisfying in that deep warm fuzzy happy way. Like baking cherry pie. Hmmmh.

Not at all like the self-flagellating prickly drudging falutin that is academia. Some of the time anyway. I'm just sayin'!

We made ravioli

From scratch! >_<

Ravioli filling was roasted butternut squash, garlic and pine nuts, and the pasta was made with organic eggs and 35% durum wheat flour for extra bite.

We ate it with sage butter, goats cheese and sage flowers.

It felt like an enormous success, since the previous (and first) time we made ravioli it turned out a flat wet floppy mess, so this attempt was pretty astounding, on a personal as well as tasty level.

(Quietly elated.)

:D