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First of all thank you all so much for your Moving Day wishes... So kind. We are in the new place and although not quite organised we are ge...

Today we are moving. Not sure how long we will have the internet for here (the removal men are taking furniture out of the house around ...

I have posted about these little fellows before - see HERE. They are the most gorgeous, soft sheepskin Australian bears - they are one dimen...

11th November - a special day of remembering.... I wore my Poppy to work today (see above photograph). It seems that not as many people wear...

Hooray! I have had this date earmarked in my diary for months.... Nigella Lawson is back on television with a new series 'Nigella's ...

Today was beautiful. A perfect Spring day in Melbourne - the temperature topped 23 degrees and the sun shone most of the day. Just look at t...

Here in Melbourne there is Cup Fever. And, as the advertisements on the billboards around the City say, it's "The Celebration that ...

Last night I had the absolute pleasure of meeting Maggie Alderson (and others, more about that later) where she was at a local bookstore - ...

On Friday evening we rushed back from work and then went out to a very special party. It was the 20th Birthday of the company I am working f...

I have been meaning to show you these for a while, well around 10 days or so now. I bought them the first weekend I got back to Melbourne an...

Sunday evening - supper a deux. Faux Fuschia's Parmiagana. Staving off the Sundayitis too!!

So, no photos of snake eggs to show you this weekend, just this gorgeous French Lavender which is flowering so beautifully in the front gard...

As I said in an earlier post, last weekend was Mr SE's birthday but I also was given gifts from him. Very lucky. If you remember Mr SE ...

Last night I made a basil pesto sauce..... Nice and satisfying and quick too after what seemed like a very LONG first day back at work for m...

Well, I am back again in the beautiful city of Melbourne and the weekend has been quite eventful to say the least. It was Mr SE's birth...

Have to say I have done my fair share recently of going out for lunches, coffees and dinners and meeting friends.... Yesterday I met my frie...