Interstate Saturday

More pics from our sitting and snacking ways in Melbourne. From top: Fruit bread & lattes at Il Fornaio St Kilda / turning the pages of the Saturday paper / lunch at The Millswyn / Dinner at Da Noi /tea at The Millswyn.

Coffee Darling

Melbourne, we made it...I boarded the plane sans overnight bag (not that being without clothes would have made a difference as I froze anyway). I packed a tutu and wore shorts and thongs and a summer dress to dinner in windy sub 20 degree weather. I shopped for a tracksuit top and leggings. We sat at the wrong gate on the way back and almost missed our flight and when I unpacked back home I realised I'd left my makeup bag on the basin in the hotel in Melbourne. Gosh we ate well though.

Packing My Pretties

Woo hoo! I'm packing my pretties and heading to Melbourne with my preggers sister for a girly shopping and latte sipping weekend. I can NOT wait!

In Good Company

For a solitude being like me, flowers make the most beautiful company.

Botanical Fanatical

I thought I was clever growing some herbs from seed, but oh no Carolina Herrera Spring 2011 takes botanicals to a whole new level.

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Serene Sunday

Hello there lovelies. What a lovely weekend. A beloved friend got engaged (I brought out the tutu for the occasion) and it was coffee martinis from lunch time til night time (and cheese on toast before bed). These pics are from the morning after, our calm rainy Sunday spent reading mags, drinking tea and eating apricot tart (it didn't last long enough to make it into the photo) with some quiet shopping trying on beautiful dresses and jackets in the deserted wet streets. What's brought you calm lately?

Stunners

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The Little Man in My Life

Greenhouse by Joost offerings, Ozzie & Saturday afternoon tea.

Pancake Aftermath

Larissa & June

Remember this wedding? Well, this is the dress, almost perfect & by Claire Pettibone.

And this little number is by the amazing Sarah Seven.

A Date w/ Oscar

On the weekend we looked after our darling little bird of a nephew Oscar.

We baked marble cake, drank vanilla Earl Grey tea, snuggled in bed and played DS, picked up the laundry, took photos of the stuff on my desk, tore out pages from my much loved Fifi Lapin 'What should I wear today?' book and framed them, went to Manly and to the new Greenhouse by Joost cafe at the Rocks (don't bother the service was so bad we left...and no-one even noticed), the Vanilla Rose cocktail on a bright sunshiny day at lunchtime helped, had gelato (me - coconut & strawberry; him - vanilla & raspberry) and dined out at the local Thai place. What a little poppet.

Carolyn Quartermaine

Still my favourite artist/designer of them all. x

Bouquets of Shells, Butterflies & Balls

I love an original bouquet. My latest love is a beautiful big magnolia in its own leaves as a bouquet. Yum!

p.s. what are those yellow ball flower - I looove them.

images middle and bottom are Martha Stewart and I don't remember where the top one is from- please leave a comment if you do so I can credit it. Thanking you. x

More Apples

My favourite food in the whole wide world ever, is apples. When I moved to London I quickly discovered that fruit in London is nothing like it is here. Take for example, mangoes. In Australia, mangoes are bright orange and smell like heaven and sunshine and their juices drip down your chin and between your fingers. In London they're dull and dry. But apples, apples in London are crisp and cold and crunchy and there are so many varieties. It was there that I discovered Braeburns. Still my favourite followed by Pink Lady, Fuji, Royal Gala then Delicious. I grew up on Red Delicious and I loved them then. I'd have one every night after dinner for as long as I can remember. Now I have one everyday at 4pm, I crave one. In our household (no matter who I'm living with) when it comes to chatting about what to add to the shopping list, I always remember with surprise " Do you know what we need?"

"What?"

"More apples".

White Forest

White Forest Pottery creator Nancy Bauch which are these gorgeous little single stem vessels. Her rose bowl, which is like a Russian doll of porcelain cups is irresistable.

Newspaper Mama

Stationary, ceramics and lots of other goodies at Newspaper Taxi just before Christmas. I have to go back Soon! Yum!!