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Found in Footscray, Melbourne... Linking with Monday Mural

If you are visiting Melbourne today you'd be impressed with our Aussie winter. It is the most perfect spring-like day out there   with summer about to burst forth! We have been enjoying the sunshine and brunch at Acorn Nursery  admiring the garden and plants for sale. Here are some of my favourites: Protea This protea is called Possum Magic Proteas do well in Melbourne being a hardy, dry tolerant plant requiring little food  or water once established. Camellia I liked this camellia because it was called "Volunteer." Since having kids I have spent the past twenty years  volunteering . I thought it was a clever name and would be a perfect gift  for one of my volunteers! Magnolia I have chosen this Magnolia Vulcan because it shows the earlier hail damage and a reminder  that not long ago we thought our Melbourne winter  would never end! I like the way the lavender is just peeping  through the missing petal. Cyc

Shhh Let's get Wordless!

How do you celebrate a friend's big birthday? With French champagne of course! One for every decade... Mix with some of the best weather that Victoria  has been able to muster in the last few weeks... Woo Hoo hello sunshine. Which had us reaching for our sunnies,  and sun block - yippee! And created some lovely sunsets... Add in some great company, with the sort of really good friends  that you can dredge up  those embarrassing memories  from times long gone. Remember when .... Enjoy some wonderful over indulgence  on the fine dining front  with many good meals together... A birthday cake with sparklers and ice cream... An exotic location  out of Melbourne Where even the flowers look happy and relaxed... Where the famous Aussie Eucalyptus gumnuts  are the best I've ever seen... Gumnuts for Today's Flowers Wow - what a great time we had. Thanks for a brilliant weekend! Here's to the next 50 years.

  Mum’s Youth Hostel is open again Never a dull moment! This week we've had two teachers from China  move in for a couple of weeks. They arrive bearing a wonderful gift of Chinese tea. I can already tell we’re going to have a great time… For a start they are fluent English speakers  which always makes things easier  for a good natter. I love exchanging information about our lives. With our previous students I often have to resort to  my not-so-fine acting skills... Secondly these ladies are here with  sixteen of their hospitality students, not staying in our house, in case you were wondering. There is a limit to my hospitality! But before we know it  they are offering to help left, right and centre. This is a massive bingo moment,  I do not expect our Home Stay guests to help in any way, but I sure appreciate the offer. They tell me they teach hotel management  Holy Moly !  Do you think they will notice  that I didn’t ir

I have loved living in many places,  but for the moment we call Melbourne home!   Somewhere along the journey of life  I morphed from a country lass  growing up in the UK, into an Aussie city girl. I imagined that moving to Australia  would involve spacious living with huge gardens. Wrong!  Well maybe for some people, but not for us... A typical house in our neighbourhood Instead I live squashed in,  in prime real estate  in the leafy suburbs. Our area is one of weatherboard houses and cottage gardens. I'm not complaining. Melbourne's reputation as one of the  world's most liveable city  is well deserved. I love the convenience of city living. Most things I need are within a ten minute drive school - kids sports - yoga - writing class My son's school sports fields Somethings are on my doorstep shops - post office - parks.  A decent coffee  is always just around the corner. Melbourne's cafe culture  is part of the f