It was a special day today. A day in which I got all gussied up in a nice frock, and took myself to town so that I could treat my mother.
We went to the Queen Victoria Building in the centre of Sydney, up to the third floor and the tea room.
Most pleasant I must say!
Definitely a more elegant way to indulge oneself!
And not much left by the time we parted ways two hours later!
So, Sydney and New South Wales in general has been flooding. This was what I walked through on the way to work last Thursday. And by the time I’d gotten to the awning to take this photo it wasn’t as bad as what I’d walked through.
I was completely drenched from the belly button down, and only need to walk a block from the bus! Not long after my bus went through, that bus route was closed due to flooding. YAY for starting work early … or something …
Surprisingly the weather cleared up remarkably well for the weekend!
We had a busy weekend. There was some celebrating at our favourite pub, with some wonderful friends who it had been entirely too long since we’d seen. There was much chatting and catching up, and it felt like old times again. It had its poignant moments.
I have to keep reminding myself that it really is Autumn now, not Spring. We had such a non-event of a Summer, that when I walked down the street and saw this beautiful tree busting with buds and new blooms just waiting to explode, it really felt like Spring …
On Sunday we woke up bright and early and decided that exercise was the order of the day. So we went for a walk down the road to the local pool. We did some laps (and boy did I feel out of shape!), and then I lay in the sun warming up a bit while being amused at Himself jumping off the diving tower with all the kids. We both got a touch of pink to our complexions!
Being that there were kids, and it’s a local pool, I didn’t take any photos. Not worth it. But it is a lovely pool! And I’m looking forward to frequenting it in the next couple of weeks while/if the weather remains warm enough to enjoy it.
With exercise done, I came home and achieved lots of knitting! I’m up to row 16 of chart 3, and only need to reach row 71 before I can begin the edging! Each row is taking approximately an hour. It doesn’t look all that different from the last time I showed you a picture.
That’s about it for this week. More photos in the next exciting episode!
It’s a beautiful day in my neighbourhood!
Oh my! Where have we ended up?!
A patchwork fabric shop you say?
I may have finally realised that I could goggle “patchwork fabric Sydney” and discovered two of the best and most amazing shops are in walking distance of our house. I may have asked Himself if he wanted to go on an adventure. I may have walked away with quite the stash of new and exciting fabrics … But I’ll leave those for another post!
One of the things I love about where we live is the diversity of the street art. This piece has been moving me for quite some time when I see it on my walks, and today I had the time to photograph it and share it with you.
We tried out a new café. One again it was one which I had been wanting to try for some time, and today it was not only open but we managed to walk in at a point where we could have eaten from the breakfast or lunch menus! (handy!)
I ended up with roasted field mushrooms, with sautéed spinach, Persian fetta, dukkah, on toasted olive bread…
And Himself went nuts and had the French Toast, with grilled banana, bacon, and maple syrup!
I can’t walk past the local nursery without going in and having a quick wander and a browse of all the plants that are flowering.
It made me wonder if hanging my plants would protect them from wayward kitties who like to eat my beautiful plants and then barf everywhere! (*looks at Oscar*)
Just so you’re aware, we made it into two more fabric shops before heading home. But I’ll spare you those details and instead share with you one last piece of local street art.
I know they’re fighting each other. But did you notice that they’re watching you?
*grins*
When was the last time you walked around your neighbourhood?
I’m sorry I skipped last week my faithful readers. There just hasn’t been much noteworthy going on to report.
This past weekend was a quiet one. There was some cleaning up done around the house, and I finally catalogued most of my yarn stash on Ravelry.
We had some friends turn up to help us move some furniture which doesn’t really make for interesting blogging or photography.
We did go down to one of our local cafes for breakfast on Sunday though. In our little corner of little Italy, it’s a French café. Who’d have thought?
There were ristretto and orange juice each,
followed by a mushroom and pesto frittata for myself, and a ham and cheese omelette for himself.
All in all a lovely way to spend a few hours soaking up some sunshine and reading. I’d recommend it to anyone! ☺
First there must be the perfect Vinegar.
Then the perfect Olive Oil.
Combine with an Almond Dukkah.
And fresh baked Turkish bread! This is to begin.
In a jug combine red wine, lemonade, sugar, cointreau, an orange, a lemon, an apple, and an unpictured ruby grapefruit. Voila! Sangria! (Should that be Olé?)
All of this,
Some of these,
and chopping …
and then get so involved in conversation with your guests that you don’t manage to get photos of either the finished paella, nor the chocolate coated strawberries that were for desert!
Blogging fail = Dinner Party WIN!
I’ll do better next time!
ghoti industries 