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Easter Feaster...

Welcome to Easter...I feel like the weekend is buzzing past fast and it's only Friday!

I have just spent a couple of lovely days with friends wandering around the city...Andy Warhol exhibition, feasting on affo gatto and gorging delicious Indian yum yums for dinner...arghhh...and easter has hardly begun! 

Choc-O-Ice-O-Tummy-Ache-O

Delicious Chai Affo Gatto...woowee..I feel full just looking at this pic.

Ohhhh...and let's not forget this little plate of oh-my-goodness-gracious (with choc dipping sauce).

To top of a couple of nicey days I have been tagged by the lovely Miss Fliss
who challenges me to list 7 things about myself others might find interesting.
Well...

1.  I grew up on a farm on the Darling Downs, throughout my childhood we had (at different stages for production and fun) sheep, pigs, cattle, chickens, ducks, peacocks, doggies and kitties, guinea pigs, and a pet magpie.  We also cared for injured wildlife including a brown hawk, many magpies, a crow, a kookaburra, a rosella, a koala and a joey (named Marloo).

2.  I have been a vegetarian for 13 years (perhaps this had something to do with number 1 hehee).

3.  I have no wisdom teeth or tonsils :)

4.  When I was little I had an allergic reaction to some very delicious berry yoghurt which sent me on a nexciting journey in the ambulance.  My allergy to berries has since vanished, but I still have an allergy to almost all antibiotics, some make my eyes puff and my breath short, others make me extremely depressed.

4.    I have completed a double bachelor in community work and public health with minors in environmental management and indonesian language.

5.  I absolutely love gardening, including all the heavy heaving and pulling to get things started.  In tandem I love scouring plant markets for those funky plants on the cheap.

6.  I can't wait to get a tattoo, I just need to find something I would like permanently on my body.

7.  One of my very best friends is my sister, who is 15 years older than me.

To keep the tagging going I would like to know 7 titbits about Jessie Earth Momma and  Leslie
over at one girl  I love to keep up with their gorgeous blogs.

Finally happy fishy Easter :)
Luv Soul.

Red Measuring Tape 4 Life

Today is a taking photos, going to the dentist kinda day.  Sitting here with a straight view to the mirror makes me realise it should probably also be a haircut day!   Finally it's a ...has anyone invented a long, red tape measure for life kinda day.  It doesn't particularly have to be red, but it does seem appropriate for some hidden reason.  I'd just like to know how I'm going, on this journey that is, but then on the other hand does it really even matter?

P.S
Does anyone have any good ideas for a non-chocolate easter?

Luv Soul.

Coffee.....Woowee

What happens when you love hanging out with your neighbours??

You have a very gorgeous, heart filled weekend!

I spent the weekend at my sister's house and caught up with many neighbourly buddies.  Sunday morning was gorgeous with the group breakfast finale to celebrate THE COFFEE.   Between us and several neighbours there are many coffee trees and quite a few weeks ago we all spent the morning picking coffee beans for our very own blend. 

I pitched in to the picking and peeling many weeks ago, but hadn't seen the bean brigade since, as the beans were left in the capable hands of the dryer/roasters. 

Sunday marked my first coffee tasting and woowee, that's some strong brew.  Very smooth and delicious...I think we could be onto something. 

P.S 
Dear F, will bring this and some others for peeks next time I visit.

Sunday arvo I headed off to a street art exhibition, showcasing some of my funky friends talents.   I was very inspired to get off my butt in this arena and spent this morning working out a suitable version of street art to suit my talents....pics soon to come.

Hope your Monday is swinging into motion by afternoon nap time.
Luv Soul.

Zoro

Some days I wander around in a plain old world, the next everything seems interesting or beautiful.  I'm not sure what changes...maybe I'm just less tired.

This is a tomato skin which never quite made it into the backyard scrap pile.  I found it plastered to the fence (nice shot) and thoroughly baked in the sun.  It made me think about the finer skills of baking things in the sun...how hot should the day be?  What if it just goes off before it bakes?  I'm sure there must be an online tutorial somewhere out there.

I thought it was probably well and truly time to introduce Zoro.  He/she has been with us for quite some time now.  This sexy little mischief maker is a bird of South America known as a Nanday.  He loves boistrous baths on hot days, positioning him/herself in the centre of your back so you can't reach him/her and yelling 'hello cocky' until someone gives her/him a cuddle.

Have a lovely day.
Luv Soul

If you could sit still long enough...

I had a gorgeous day today with a lovely friend who came by with her bubba.  The day included a scrumtious lunch with some fresh basil...yummo.

All in all it felt very peaceful, much like Ubuddah here.  Have you ever wondered if you would grow mould if you could sit still long enough?