SEMI EXPAT IN OZ

A minus point, living all the way 'downunder' in Australia is missing out on big happenings and special celebrations in England with...

Namely, these Kilim Sofas made by George Smith - a long established English furniture company. I have admired and loved from afar for years!...

Yesterday morning my daughter lost her purse photographed above... As you can see, it is a V.S.P. - Very Special Purse. (aka Very Special...

I am really enjoying luxuriating in my new gorgeous book... 'Design in Black and White' - I bought it a while back now but only just...

This is what I was served for dinner... how sweet - 'M' for Ma on my chicken and veggie pie - all homemade - read the post below to ...

Trinny and Susannah are on television here in Australia tonight... I know it may sound a bit 'sad' but I have had the day marked in...

This photograph was sent to me by my sister (the one that got married a couple of months ago - click HERE if you like for the post all ab...

Hello Melbourne ! This welcome above is from a very well known American store opening its first branch in Australia right here in my adopte...

Last week I purchased these ballet shoes above..... They are black suede and the most comfortable shoes I have tried on in a long, long tim...

On Sunday we went out to see the huge bats (or Flying Foxes) roosting in their thousands in trees on the banks of the River Yarra in Melbou...

Something old - well not that old but I have had it since the Summer of 2005 (or was it Summer 2006?) no matter, all I know is that I have...

Well, at last my girl has stopped flitting round the small islands in Indonesia and is about to flit to this large island of Australia and I...

Today Mr SE and I went on a mini road trip. We went south of Melbourne to the lovely Mornington Peninsula area (about 50kms out of the City)...

Just before I came back to Australia a couple of weeks ago I took these photographs to show you... The first is of a white horse chalk carvi...

I was transformed back into the dancing Queen - young and sweet only 17..... Well, it certainly felt that way again even though of course th...

Mr SE returned home last night bearing gifts... Well, a gift of many flowers. He said it was because I have been a good nurse looking afte...

Mr SE and I took the train to the end of the line today...Up to the mountains or, to be precise the Dandenong ranges, near Mount Dandenong. ...

Whilst I have been away in England, Autumn has truly arrived in Australia and this is the view outside our house in Melbourne. Looking up t...