Blackbutt creek common ant orchids and a baked fish dinner : August 13 2025

By carrinm on 8/14/2025

Was turning into one of those rabbits in the headlights days. Need to go to shops to get fish for dinner. Dinner for a friend. Brain was churning about how to fit in the shopping and a walk. Spent the morning doing investing stuff and IM stuff

Did know I had to shop - made a decision - took the train - a few people like to see train photos - here is one

Fish shop is in a big mall - walked up and down a bit. This pop up shop caught my eye. Selling football shirts for young kids - the names caught my eye. A few new and older soccer heroes. Ronaldo is in the next row across

Did the shopping. Bought a' la carte lunch - ate on the platform waiting for the train home

Did get steps in doing the shopping - but no orchids

Had the urge to get to the bush. Went out for a late walk to check on orchids - spring flowers on the way down to the bush

Trim greenhood - known spot has put out a lot of flowers - pterostylis concinna - note the forked labellum

Cluster of 10 or 15 flowers - 4 in frame

Chiloglottis orchids are budding in quite a few spots

Will I find one open this time? There was one close last week

Bingo - found one open - common ant orchid. Easy to see why it has its English name

Side on - chiloglottis formicifera - light was low for perfect focus

A few more budding - this one has a few days to go

The canny orchid spotter will know - yep it is an orchid getting ready for spring

Chiloglottis budding on the other side of the track - 5 now

Now for dinner - whole snapper with cherry tomatoes and capers and olives. Step one - prepare the base sauce - onions, garlic, celery, white wine, chicken stock, cherry tomatoes. Get that reducing - then add fresh herbs, olives and capers

Then lay on the whole fish - scored with a few cuts to the bone - season with salt and pepper and pop sliced lemon and sone herbs in the cavity

Cook - lid on - for 10 minutes a side. You could bake this in the oven too. I always do it in the big pan - lid on. Last touch is to do last minute or two with shredded basil covered over with spoons of the broth

Served with boiled baby potatoes


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13/08/2025
13711
Daily Activity, House Chores, Photowalking, Shopping
Height
183.0 cm
Weight
90.0 kg
Body Fat
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Waist
cm
Thighs
cm
Chest
cm

Comments (6)

bisolamih's avatar @bisolamih 8/14/2025

Oh my God! Look at that meal. It’s so yummy

djbravo's avatar @djbravo 8/14/2025

Fish is very beneficial for our health and this place is very beautiful and we are seeing here that all of us are lovers of flowers and plants, so wherever we see different types of flowers, we try to make beautiful pictures of them.

tahirmuneer's avatar @tahirmuneer 8/14/2025

Sounds like such a lovely and full day! Mixing everyday chores with a bit of nature and ending it with a tasty baked fish dinner makes it feel both productive and enjoyable. Those blooming ant orchids must have been a beautiful sight.

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