Another year older…
I have had such a lovely day!
From not being able to venture far from my door these last few years, to rambling round the second hand book and charity shops of suburban Brisbane! 🙂
Bit tired now, though.
We started out in Paddington, in a charity shop I’ve been to before.
A nice, leafy part of the suburb.
One of the things I like about this place is that they have a big section outside with free books – yay!
The CDs were from inside, so, not free (but just $1 each), and the C.S.Lewis trilogy at the top was from Koorong – marked down drastically to $10 because of the “tear” on the front cover. Yes – that tiny flap on the top right… All the others were free, and included books from three series that I collect 😀
From there we went to check out The Cupboard Under The Stage, which is inside an antiques shop, presumably in a building that used to be a theatre.
It was very blue.
…and theatrical.
No books for me, but I was glad to have seen it.
From there, we wandered across to West End.
Looked around, didn’t buy anything.
Saw a mural, hidden round the back of a shop, and peeling a bit.
We had morning tea at Hope Street Cafe.
Pretty 🙂
I only had a taste, though.
I had a hot chocolate with cardamom and rosewater syrup.
It was…interesting. A bit coconut-y, for some reason. But nice.
The greenery made lovely shadows on the wall.
I enjoyed being out and about.
I also enjoyed coming home and having a cup of tea!
Apart from my books, I picked up some lovely things, and my Mum gave me some more.
The perfume bottle has dragonflies around it.
The jingly lavender-scented bird is guarding some of my books.
As is the happy little mermaid.
And the tiny unicorn (with the broken horn 😦 ) has made its home at the end of a rainbow.
❤
All of this, and a beautiful bouquet from church 🙂
This getting older’s not so bad!
1000 Fields of Roses 