~ moments from this week ~

1.  Couldn't stop vignetting even after the comp week had finished - the wattle is so pretty - and luckily none of us get hay fever from it like so many others do

2.  I love the wrapping and the choosing of cards a little too much I think.

3.  Flame trees in South Perth

4 and 5.  I miss seeing all the pelicans on the lakes and waterways - not that I want to get too close - I am definitely not a bird person - they scare me.  

6.  We had a fabulous meal at Nobu - Japanese with a Spanish influence.  Sounds weird but the food was amazing - and the bar lights were pretty cool too.

7.  Our old favourite cafe in West Leederville (cafe 130) has gone - but this is its sister across the road - very groovy and great coffee.

8.  City beach.  The instagram filters are doing this a lot of favours - it was quite grey and overcast and chilly - and you can see how many people were filling the beach.  We had a quick swim - more like a tea-bag dunk than a swim.  I miss that wild ocean more than anything else since we left.


It's been a great week - 4 days in Perth (without kids thanks to my wonderful parents-in-law) and while David was conferencing I shopped, walked, caught up with friends and neighbours and read 3 books (I'm addicted to Louise Penny at the moment - her Inspector Gamache series is fabulous).  It was fascinating to go back (we lived there for 8 years and left almost 9 years ago when Grace was 4 weeks old) - and find everything so familiar and yet, so not.  It was very clearly "not home" either - so glad we made the move when we did.  

We got home for a busy weekend too - soccer presentations, sleep overs, dinner out and a beautifully sunny birthday celebration day today with friends.  I feel very lucky.

♥