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Sometimes comfort food just rules. Tonight i decided to make a good old English meat and potato pie. I also added onions, peas and carrots, a little HP sauce, Worcestershire Sauce, Beef Bisto and a splash of Guinness and wow it was amazing. A couple of tips from the Missus and voila! See for yourself....

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Today was Thanksgiving here in America. We went over to Dusti's parents for the annual feast. I have a lot to be thankful for and spending time with family is one of those things. We had a great meal on a lovely warm afternoon. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

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We spent the weekend in an region outside Aiken, SC called Horsecreek Valley. Dusti's mother's family all came from this area. It is known for all the textile mills that once were thriving but now all lay silent with locked gates. We shot some video and interviewed Uncle Chuck and WooWoo for our family documentary that we are putting together. It is quite an undertaking and will be a long haul but the stories we are capturing from our time spent with Dusti's family are great. Along with the footage and interviews we plan on shooting in the UK this Christmas we think this project is going to be quite special when it's finished.

Below are couple of images. One is the now derelict Vaucluse Mill which is where Dusti's Great Grandad worked. It closed a  while back but the post office is still open!

 Dusti standing with Mama, Steve and Judy outside the little Vaucluse Post Office

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I bought the new iLife suite for my mac this week. We made a quick video of our cats.

Monkey the Garden of Delight from Jonathan Coultas on Vimeo.

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Just a couple of pics of the cats over the weekend. One is of Whitman hanging by our firewood and the other is our little monkey Beckford who lived up to his nickname by taking to the trees. He climbed so high and then ventured out onto a branch. Dusti managed to get the camera in time to get a shot of him falling from about 8 feet up. He had a soft landing on his feet and had Dusti and i rolling with laughter.

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I haven't updated much in the last two weeks as I have been extremely busy. Last night i made Shepherds Pie. The real deal. American's use beef for Shepherds Pie which a big no no. That would be a Cottage Pie. A true Shepherds Pie is made with Lamb, hence the Shepherd! Anyway last nights was one of my best so far. So i took a pic of it!

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Here's a few more shots from the weekend.

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What a terrific weekend. We went to see Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips play in an old church in Augusta, GA. They play the 13 Most Beautiful: Songs For Andy Warhol's Screen Tests followed by a Galaxie 500 set. Simply awesome. Today we drove home through the back roads of SC. Interesting.