Post Birthday shout outs - Two

To Denise! For being as beautiful as you always have been and still are. It was such a relaxing afternoon and what a great relocation for afternoon tea! Hope you had as much a ball as I did!

And it's out in the public!! hehe..

Check out the 3 tier hand-crafted tea leaves. Ultra cool!

Post Birthdays shout outs - One

To Kate! You are soooo at your glowing radiant stage girl! I know it's almost a month now (I'm such a slacker) but here are the pictures.... and might I add, with you looking fabulous in your beautiful pregnant self. And me looking really freakily bright-eyed.

House intrusion

I was out and about and feeling really happy it's finally Friday when the husband rang to tell me 2 of our neighbours apartment got broken into in the afternoon.

That immediately freaked me out and as I changed course to head on home to check if mine had fell prey too, I couldn't help but worry about my new camera the husband bought for me last Xmas. Our lab top with ALL our holiday photos we haven't thought to back up. And Salem, who never quite liked strangers.

Dad was already there when I got home so thank God we were spared.

How scary.....

The holis pictures.. finally!

Fish and chips by the foreshore.... with watchful pelicans by our sides.

A stone throw away from home.












On the road again...........









Busselton jetty.













Bunker Bay







I would lurve to have one of these in my balcony!! Look at the juicy big olives.










Voyager Estate is one of our favourites. And to name a few more others Vasse Felix (lurrve their restaurant), Leeuwin Estate, Sandalford, and many many more.

Vasse Felix basement gallery.

Dear old Sparkle finally decided to join us all at the table for breakie.

Rekindling my love for open blue skies

We are both back in buzzing Sydney after a glorious week (2 for the husband) in Perth. The trip was fab and we had a ball.

The day I arrived was the day Mrs Weather decided to be extremely generous. The sun was beaming. The clouds were hiding. And I very quickly rekindled my love for the open blue sky once again. The family gatherings were warm and oozing with love. We laughed lots and finally got ourselves a radiant bronzy tan. And I cannot believe how much we ate!

The husband had finished most of his catching up with his maties when I arrived so we had the week all to ourselves and the family. It was great seeing everyone again. Marian, Will, Gen, Mic (who are dispersed over Auz and London) and of course the folkies. It was great having all 6 of us camping in the pad again. Just like old times. With a fridge packed bursting with all sorts of goodies and fresh fruits. Lots of funny banters wrapped up in a cocoon of love. It was great fun and definitely a reunion to remember and savor.

Besides the many dinners, lunches, branches and catch ups. We managed to tear ourselves away enough to make a quiet trip down to Margaret River for 3 days. We ate at award winning restaurants. Sampled Gold starred wines. Admired art galleries. Ate lots of cheese and drooled over piles of chocolate at the famous Margaret River chocolate factory.





It was sublimely perfect as we journeyed down memory lane of pass trips, laughing over silly memories of illegal yabbie hunting which usually were futile ventures. Fishing by the break-waters only to be almost swept away by sudden huge waves. Getting absolutely soaked and staggering back to the car with the rain pouring down on us with not a tail in sight. Laughing so hard we could barely walk!

Back in Perth. We visited my favorite beach Cottosole and ate breakie by the sand. Got trashed in bowling by the sibs. Shopped for fabulous WA designer pieces. And had piping hot fresh fish and chips by the foreshore. Need I say more.

So here we are now back home in crazy Sydney. Though with sore necks and minor scratches (courtesy from a little accident we had in our taxi… just 5 mins from leaving the terminals!!). Having rested a gutful of awesome food with lingering warm and fuzzy insides. And home coming to a grateful and purring cat. What could be a better ending to a wonderful short holiday than that.

And since this blog is already way too long. I’ll save posting more of the holiday pictures in my next post.

Hope you had a great past weeks too!....

Ta ta…

Breaking the silence

HaaAalllOOoooo EveRyBodY!

It has been a while since I've last posted. Life has very quickly paced back to normality and craziness for us since our short holiday. And it has sadly also kept me from blogging for the past couple of weeks. It's really strange how once you tear yourself away from it, and allow time to wash through, the need to write gets lessen as well.

But not to fear. I'll be back with a vengeance soon with snippets of my trip and what I had been up to past weeks. There will also be lots of pictures to share! WeeEEeeee!!

Stay tuned.... and man.. it's good to be back!