SEMI EXPAT IN OZ

I have had a wonderful day in the shop and have come home to upload the photographs I have taken showing some outfits as well as some lovely...

that it will be an interesting post tomorrow as I have been asked to look after a lovely boutique in Marlborough for the day... (Marlboroug...

Today I had the pleasure of meeting SUCH a nice person..... the very lovely Susie ..... we met for coffee at MIPO (see previous posts) and h...

Please excuse the fact that I am very late posting today.... I was asked at the last minute if I could work and of course I said yes as I do...

Here are a couple of photographs of the sitting room showing the colour of the walls - am not too keen on the white radiator showing in one ...

This is my purchase from The Inner Yard last week - the lovely antiquey/gift shop that I wrote about (19th October) ...... Needless to say ...

I have been sent some totally beautiful flowers from Mr SE and they were such a lovely surprise - I feel a very lucky person..... As well as...

We have just returned from our ghost walk at Avebury. The photograph above shows Avebury during the daytime and it is quite an interesting p...

I will post later on this evening as I am in a rush as actually have a day's (paid!) work today back at the company I used to work for b...

As the season of 'mists and mellow fruitfulness' is in full swing (well at least here in the Northern Hemisphere!) DDD and I made o...

Last week I mentioned (Oct 9th post) that I had been to my favourite local cafe/gift shop and after a request from Struggler of the wonderf...

I have just arranged these white roses and put them out in one of my favourite vases. Wishing you all a very happy weekend.........

Many apologies. I did not post yesterday as I went to a funeral in Norfolk.... For those of you who do not know the general lay out of the c...

I think that maybe geese are given less credit than they are due as this one lives in the farm just around the corner from my cottage in UK...

Looking around the house I seem to have more spots than I was aware of (of the Leopard variety of course!!) - and when I come to think of i...

Firstly sorry I have been rather lacking in posts this week - a combination of jet lag and trying to organise myself back in UK again after...

There is just no two ways getting over this - and I know that its a simple fact BUT its SUCH a long flight from Australia to England .... I ...

The gorgeous coffee that you get in Melbourne - this lovely one from my local coffee shop The Maling Room....

Tomorrow I leave Australia to wing my way back to UK for a month and a half and this is where the 'Semi' part of my 'Semi-Expat...

Last night I went to a wonderful presentation at a shop which is 5 minutes walk from my house (yes, this is rather lethal at times especiall...

Some time back last month I promised to give you the recipe for the Banana, Date and Orange loaf/cake thingy I made whilst (well in fact for...

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...