Thats Lucas, the dog. Named Lucas in remembrance of George Lucas, well, George is still very much alive.

Boiling water the old fashioned way but using modern equipment. During your mother's time, they used boring yellow flames. Now, we're modern, so we added a little colour into it!

And this is just impressive. My window was open at a 45 degree angle, the image of me and the garden reflected in the glass. While the actual subject was Ann and Lucas.