SEMI EXPAT IN OZ

I am only going to say this very quietly and only once .... (so listen very carefully) I have actually missed MIL today!!!!!! The house seem...

And maybe I am not being entirely honest if I say there is no coincidence that I am posting this photograph I took yesterday of the BATS ...

Look what I was given by Miss J, (owner of Peony - the shop I took care of whilst she was away) brought all the way back from Paris ....... ...

Last night I attended a dinner hosted by our local newspaper and bookshop at which the author LIZ BYRSKI gave a short talk about her new boo...

Could not possibly miss out this wonderful landmark .............

Sorry, the photographs are a little out of sequence but this was a STUNNING rainbow that we saw on the way BACK to Melbourne from Sydney.......

Wonderful feeling - Friday evening ..... have finished my stint (3 weeks and 1 day) working in Peony and although I have enjoyed every minut...

I think essentially we are either drawn to trousers (or pants as they call them here in Australia and I believe in USA too!) or a dress/ski...

came into the shop today and how I WISH I had had the courage to ask if I could take a photograph of her (only thought of this after she lef...

or so said an article I read at the weekend! Where once we would look forward to our weekly or monthy fashion fix via a magazine or two peop...

So sorry, many apologies - did NOT get round to posting what I wore Friday due to the fact that by the time I thought about taking photograp...

This is the name of a scheme promoted by Connex, the company who run the trains in Melbourne and in many of the carriages there are poems an...

Is the name of a wonderful book that we have in the shop - it has some great photographs and details architecture, hotels and hidden gardens...

Tuesday was my first day back in the shop after the weekend - Monday (my day off) I spent the day around the City of Melbourne with MIL who...

Well this weekend was busy - MIL arrived at the crack of dawn on Friday and we spent the weekend showing her around Melbourne culminating in...

Opposite Peony is the lovely shop Ma Maison Home Couture http://www.ma-maison.com.au/ which is owned and run by the lovely Shelly - she has...

Today was a beautiful day heralding Spring hopefully (!) and so I thought I would let you know about a crisp and fresh fragrance which we ha...

Well today was really busy with quite a few telephone orders which have to be packed up (beautifully of course with scented tissue, ribbons ...

I said earlier that I would write a bit about the title of the Blog and why I term myself as a 'semi-expat...... I am English and live p...

Well, I am back after a very busy first day at the very beautiful shop Peony - proud because I managed to get through on my own and balanced...

Ok... so here I am - I have pondered about doing a blog for a while now and having decided to give myself a go I though I would try with 3 w...