A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. Lao Tsu A while back I went for a trip to foodie mecca, Daylesford, Victoria for a week and I’ve been meaning to share some pics with you. Oddly, I didn’t do much dining out while I was there because I… Continue reading Adventure in Daylesford
This is a repost from lost data a while back. If you haven’t seen it, enjoy. Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet. Katharine Lee Bates View this post on Instagram A bit grand. . . . #peppershotels #travel #southernhighlands #australia #blogger #luxury #vintage #furniture A post shared by Kelly (@whoknewiwasahousewife) on Dec… Continue reading Roses are red, travel is sweet. Plus Teaview: For the Love of Tea – English Rose
“Perfection is everywhere if we only choose to recognise it.” Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea A fellow teastagrammer (ahhhh, internet) recently posed a question: View this post on Instagram The search for perfection (1): Does perfection exist? Is there such a thing as the perfect cup of tea? In our perfection series of… Continue reading The Search for Perfection. Bluebelle and Teaview: Chocolate Treasure and Chai Masala, Green Valley Spices
I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature. Coco Chanel I’d never much been into lacy, frilly things when I was younger. In fact, I was rather repulsed by all things girly. Even when I got married at 23 (wow, 23) I chose a dress that… Continue reading Lacy Blue plus Teaview: High Tea with Harriet’s Sunday breakfast tea and The Brewing Crate subscription
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust Some friends are for the moment and some for longer. Some friendships are fostered through mutual interests, or work, or study, or locality. And then there are some friends who own a piece… Continue reading Red blossoms plus teaview: Perfect South, Shincha First Harvest
There is a kind of beauty in imperfection – Conrad Hall Thriftea. See what I did there? *snort* I stumbled across this quirky trio in an op-shop. What is it even doing? It gabbled several languages in its haphazard green, orange, black and gold paint. I was confused and transfixed. I didn’t quite know what I thought of… Continue reading Thriftea art deco find, jam dots and Teaview: T2 French Earl Grey
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass. Don’t let… Continue reading Oolong through the looking glass: New glass teaware plus teaview – T2 Oolong choc chai
Things and stuff, stuff and things. My life, as always, is a bit of a ramble. Life with two kids, life with MY two kids, has left me a bit dizzied. I can’t remember what I was doing ten minutes ago, much less over the last few weeks. My brain is in a constant state… Continue reading Fanciful oddments
Does anyone remember that ad? Probably noone under thirty at the least (and definitely not outside of Australia). It pre-dates Not Happy Jan, which I’m told is barely within memory. How did I get this old? Anywho, yes, yes, I know. You’ve missed me. And I’ve been buying tea and teaware and not sharing it… Continue reading Got any blacker? Plus Teaview: Japanese Sencha, T2
Some people collect stamps. Shoes. Handbags. Comic books. Ears in a jar. I collect teaware and paper hand fans from Japan. So when a lovely friend of mine took a much-envied trip to Japan recently (Her journey here) I asked if she minded bringing me back a paper hand fan. WELL. She scoured the… Continue reading Canisters, hand fans and teaware! Oh my!
