La Mammina

painting it red

We chose to paint the town red by

buying strawberries from the farmers market,

making strawberry jam,

licking the spoon,

enjoying jam on toast the next morning

and going back for a return visit to the State Library for some more story reading and lantern making.

Seen at the State Library...of Queensland

I love free kiddie stuff. Especially when it is good, free kiddie stuff.

Though I'm not fond of "Keep off the Grass" signs.

tip toes

When she stands on her tip toes, she can just reach.

Tilly is really excited about sending post cards to her pals back in Sydney. 

But there seems to be an absence of them in the post offices and newsagents in our area. We had to go on a big walk this afternoon just to find a newsagent that actually stocked them. And even then they only had two. As in two cards. Both with the same picture.

What is going on. Don't people send post cards anymore? 

Though speaking of post cards, this little one arrived in the post today.

Can you recognise the illustration?

Why yes, it is Loobylu! I actually bought this little set as a goodbye gift for one of Tilly's friends in Sydney. I had wanted to get one for Tilly, too, but the shop only had one.

Hence the search for nearly non-existent and daggy newsagent variety.

Unpacking

Unpacking boxes is made just a little easier when your new 9 and 11 year old neighbours leave these on the doorstep accompanied by a little "welcome to our street" card.

Leaving

We took a little ferry over to Dangar Island yesterday to have lunch with some friends. Here is Tilly looking all serious sitting on the ferry. There was a group of 11 year old girls on the ride and Tilly sidled up to them and pretended she was part of the group for the whole trip. It was very endearing.

Dangar Island is very significant to our family as it was where Andrew and I started our relationship. It was a New Years Eve party and I can't say it was particularly romantic (more debauched than anything else) but it was the beginning.

Anyway, this is just a bit of a non-post to say that the big move to Brisbane is taking place next week. And as a result, I might be absent for a bit. Nothing unusual for me, I quite often have long episodes away from the blog, but as I am trying to be a bit more consistent I thought I might announce it.

Oh, and if anyone has been trying to contact me directly on my usual email, it is not working at the moment. I should have it remedied soon and in the meantime I have changed the email linked to this blog.