Somewhere new

I love discovering somewhere new.  I picked up this flyer for little leaf co in the fabric shop, of all places, but immediately thought that it was worth a visit and I was not disappointed.  Tucked away in a little warehouse it was full of beautiful indoor plants and gorgeous pots, all displayed with great creativity.

I thought these hanging jelly mould pots were so pretty but I will need to think of a place to hang one if it is going to live with me.

A jelly mould pot may not have come home with me but it was impossible to leave empty-handed and here is my purchase.

I hope I can keep it looking so healthy.

A find in Freo

It is amazing what can happen in your own city that you have no idea about. Yesterday we had gone in search of a highly recommended Italian butcher in Fremantle (affectionately known here as Freo).



We found the butcher, but we also stumbled across something completely unexpected.




At first we thought we had found a farmers' market, but then to our delight and amazement we discovered that the Italian grocery next door to the sought after butcher was having a party to celebrate the "cutting of the cheese". Every 18 months a huge cheese is imported from Italy and a big party is held to celebrate the first cut. The cheese was enormous and had to be raised with heavy chains, a large pulley and a very large man.



There was free coffee, chocolates, antipasto, Italian delicacies and, no party is complete without it, music.



We had such a great time soaking up the atmosphere and for a little while, imagined we were in Italy.



On the opposite side of the street, overlooking all the merriment were three of the most colourful little cottages I have seen.





We finished off our morning with a touch of spring. Yes, on the third last day of autumn these were on display.



I was lucky enough to be given a little pot of tiny daffs.



Altogether, a very satisfactory morning. By the way, the butcher was fantastic and we will be making regular visits to both establishments.

Celebrate and commiserate

I don't think I can remember a busier start to a year. It began with a second birthday to celebrate. Then we celebrated the arrival of our beautiful boy (the new littlest one). Now we have celebrated mum's 90th birthday. Wow, all these celebrations and hardly a stitch sewn on the sewing machine. It's time to drag out all those works in progress (of which there are many) and get to work.

Before getting down to work, I have spent a wonderful hour browsing on the website of my favourite US shop - Anthropologie.



In the past they have not shipped to Australia so I was very excited when I learnt that they will now do this. I filled up my shopping cart, but discovered that the celebrations were over when I got to the checkout and saw what they were charging for postage. Oh well, I will continue to browse and dream. Even if I don't buy anything, the website is gorgeous to look at.