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Before Christmas Tish Jett wrote about these little beauties in her great blog A femme d'un certain age ... The very next day I hot-foot...

On December 22nd I was invited to a girls' dinner party at Wildflower restaurant. Such a treat to go here in itself - the food was abso...

my favourite cashmere company goes on sale in UK today! Much excitement.... When I lived in UK my friend Jo and I would telephone each othe...

Firstly, I apologise that at the moment this drink is not going to seem all that refreshing to those in Northern Hemisphere experiencing min...

At the end of last week I was fortunate enough to receive the same award (depicted above) twice within 24 hours from two of my favourite blo...

I have always loved the designs of Lulu Guinness and each Summer I fish out my straw LG bag (photo above). This year has been no exception ...

I have to admit to feeling a little down today..... My niece flew off onto New Zealand to continue her travels in the antipodes yesterday -...

Did not get around to a post yesterday- many apologies ...... We were preparing a farewell barbeque for BN before she goes off for a look ar...

Just how many colours do I have in my makeup bag which are a variation on the above ? Answer. Too many, just far too many...... Yes, I know ...

Aaahhhh.... Sunday. Sunday usually begins with a question. Are we going to eat out for breakfast or not? And if we are - where to go? Today ...

Yesterday BN and I did a little window shopping and lots of trying on of all kinds of gorgeous shoes as above and below...... Such fun to ...

Yet another amazing bonus about living in Melbourne - we would NEVER have been given this 'gift' in England...... It was very well r...

This is where we are off to tonight to see the New Year in... A great local haunt a short distance from our home - very useful!! We had orig...

From the coast of Australia !!- Phillip Island to be exact.... We had a great day today - it was boiling hot and we watched Beautiful Niece ...

Love this!! Saw a delivery lorry today off loading what we all couldn't do without!! But it did make me laugh too ..... There is actuall...

Do hope that everyone had at least some of their hearts' desires fulfilled over Christmas with gorgeous goodies in their Christmas stock...

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and a fantastic and happy time with family and friends alike. I couldn't resist this picture of ...

How about this for a chandelier- talk about larger than life ! This one is in a Deli/Cafe near Mr SE's new offices in Melbourne... and a...

Well, today was the last weekend trading day before Christmas .... Sunday was brisk and busy at Peony - we had Christmas carols playing as ...

Well, to be techincally correct it is acutally a tree but the flowers of the Jacaranda tree are so beautiful with their amazing blue lilac c...

Thought I would let you know about two of the many gorgeous books that are stocked in the shop (Peony) where I am helping out during the fe...

This festive cookie recipe from Donna Hay, Australia's best-selling cookbook author, is really very easy to whip up for Christmas - it l...

I have a dear friend who has for most of her life (well, since I have known her since we were both 14 years old) yearned for, wished for and...

Just returned from a very hot and sultry Brisbane (up there for only 24hours) to a much cooler and more pleasant feeling Melbourne... Whils...