oh my, why hasnt it been the longest time...?!
how i HAVE missed you!
but , i am back in melbourne...
and i have had the quite the busy couple of weeks, so now i have sat down with a cup of mandarin hinted green tea and my new audial obsession The 6's & 7's ... (i highly recommend both!) to write to you... i hope you have fingers wrapped around a cup of popcorn as this is going to be quite the slideshow...
of course, the number 1 item on the to do list was catch up with my gentleman friend, winston...
so i to celebrate our first day of spring visiting, i baked a devils chocolate cake, and as my heart was bursting with rainbows of excitement, there was no question in my mind - frosting drenched with 100's & 1000's were a must...
and a fresh pot of tea...
delightful.
and, well, between us, i may have sneaked a second slice... ;)
on my way home, i discovered that the most amazingly abundant cherry tree...
the blossom was incredible...
marie - we still have to take you a new profile pic in front of it before it snows...
the next morning marie and a decided to explore our breakfast options, and decided to dine at pope joan on lygon street in east brunswick - much to my amusement they played the beatles the whole time - and they even played my lady's song...
and FINALLY! i got to try Green eggs...
to my slight dissapointment, they were in fact still , well egg-yellow inside...
but oh my, still a tasty breakfast made with heart...
and also made with an indulgent bananabread and raspberry cream breakfasty-dessert...
i have been enjoying my adventures through edinburgh gardens of late...
beautiful at anytime of the year, but i love it when it is still a bit moody -broody...
one day on a walk with winston along merri creek, who should we bump into but archie and maxwell, just after their trip back from the usa...
yesterday, i helped trudy (by helping, i mean basically sat around talking nonsense and taking photos) set up for her exhibition this weekend...
loved her work...
shame i will not be in town for the exhibition - lucky i got a preview and met some of her delightful uni chums...
and after that, we feasted in my new favourite place, MANKOUSHE!
if you are after a tasty treat that is not only fresh, delicious; but also super affordable then look no further!
and then today we visited with marie again!
spoilt for company...
we wandered around her two week neighborhood yesterday and had a cheeky wine at prudence
then today went for another edin walk... then decided to wander down the road to the gorman sale...
oh it made me full of sorrow when i realised that we were getting to the end if the camelia season as i came across a carpet of rotting petals..but still rather pretty i must say...i tried my best to chamaele-dog myself... but that is okay as the magnolias are going nutts...
and on our travels down the road marie's eyes were prospecting for bottles of BUTTER, and we accidently found ourself in bathroom bliss - klein's perfumery...
the look of concern on my face comes from being overwhelmed by choice at all the fragrances and not enough time to sniff sniff them all and which to choose lions tigers and bears oh my !
more fun to be had...
i hope you are all well,
lots o love, lola xx
