HUGGIE BEAR

If you ever meet this girl - HUG HER. Seriously. She gives the BEST hugs. Ever.

Jess and I had a little picnic and went to Monty's Chocolates at Paddington a couple of days ago. I had a white chocolate and cactus fruit truffle (in the bottom photo), and it was the most amazing flavour you could imagine. If you can, go get one. Now.

WAKING UP EARLY

The first step is always the hardest. There are a million and one excuses not to take it but, guess what? Once you've taken it, there are less than half a million excuses for the next one, and the next one, and then, before you know it, you are out of bed, dressed warmly and in the car, on the way to chase the morning fog and see the sun rise through it.

Then you may happen to stumble upon a magical land of tiny spiderwebs, tangled up in grass and twigs and cobbler's pegs, like beaded necklaces all covered in the tiniest little dew drops, refracting light rainbows (look closely, you can see them).

RED HAT

LAURA

There are SO many photos of this shoot that I will eventually post, but for now, feast your eyes on just one...

HOT CHOCOLATE

I'm not very picky, it's just that the things I don't like to eat/drink are very "normal". Tomatoes, cheese, butter, milk, coffee, tea, wine, etc. I'm turning a corner though with hot chocolate.

The first time I had a hot chocolate from this particular cafe (Maiala, Mt Glorious) it was served in a mug by a nervous new kid whose shaky hands made a spilled mess of it over the mug and saucer. I didn't care though. The mess made it humble and homey-looking. A mountain of mini-marshmallows, and the thickest, chocolatey-est, frothiest drink.

I went back today for more. It was presented a little bit better this time (although I would have preferred the messy mug for photos :))

So even though hot chocolate is not the most mature drink, I do feel a little a little more grown-up now that when people ask me to go out for coffee, I don't have to order water or juice ;) Next step... coffee! (Yuck!)