Here are some of the sock creatures I've been making. I think one of my favourites is Alan (currently residing in Whanganui, on guard at my brother's work desk), named after the Alan in Modern Toss. He's the black and blue creature with orange and pink limbs.

The mosaic image of the sock creatures was created using the mosiac tool at Big Huge Labs. You can upload your photos (or fetch them from Flickr or Facebook) and make pretty pictures. There is also a photo cube tool - print it out, fold, and you have a cube of photos! Cool.

Through the Brighton Arts Blog ("where highbrow meets low brow and has a cocktail on the beach") I came across Modern Toss.

OK, so another post about food from me...but this time at least I'm not just thinking about my own belly. You've probably heard / read about the increases in the price of rice - just this weekend there was a story about the shortages in Australia (as a result of years of drought) that is likely to affect New Zealand rice prices.

At least, it is according to the first edition of Cheekbone, online mag by the fans of the Mighty Boosh. I like the knitted pacman and ghosts. If only I could knit - drinking is somehow so much easier....

... if you are a geek called Moss or Roy

Finally the blog is back in action and ... no new posts for the first couple of weeks. Not the best of starts. However, tonight, things change. I have had heaps of things I have wanted to blog about - what to begin with?!- but will start with tonight's dinner: chicken quesadillas, I have become addicted (via Google Reader subscriptions) to a variety of food blogs. Tonight's quesadillas were inspired by a recent Cook Sister! post (cheesy vegetable quesadillas).