sunday morning

sunday morning in mt. martha - peter slept in and mun and dad went for a walk around the block. typical victorian schizophrenic weather; pouring rain and then the sun was out. we went to the mornington cemetery to see my great grandparents and my papa and it was so nice to be out of the city and in the fresh air for a while.

saturday night

for as long as i can remember my parents have been having an annual 'tour night' whereupon they have a dinner party at the conclusion of the tour de france where they eat the national cuisine of the winner. this year's winner bradley wiggins is english and that fact coupled with the opening of the london olympics meant that english food was on the menu at my uncle's on saturday night. i haven't inherited their love of cycling (or sport in general) but i love a good theme. the menu consisted of cornish pasties, a ploughman's platter, steak and kidney pie and beef wellington. i made dessert: an eton mess. i think this is the first time i've contributed a plate to a family function - totes grownup.

saturday

wow we filled up saturday pretty well! after walking over to pearl oyster for breakfast (again) we met up with peter's family for nicholas's birthday. peter comes from a massive family so get togethers are always really fun because there are so many people. the weather was incredible - it felt like spring. i blew bubbles with the kids and peter played football with his brothers (in a tshirt no less!). some of my photos didn't turn out so well because the light was so harsh (i think there's a filter for that) so i changed them into high-contrast black and white in post processing. i think it kind of works! after playtime in the park we went back to the coburg football ground to watch the north ballarat roosters thrash the tigers followed by a few beers at the pub.

wednesday night

last night mum, dad and i paid a visit to harriet and alex's new apartment in westgarth. it's a great position; right around the corner from the awesome westgarth cinema. harriet's made the place her own already - she's all over it. we ate fish and chips and i trawled through her travel books looking for places to see when peter and i drive through louisiana, kentucky and virginia later in the year.

peter thinks that harriet in the above photo looks exactly like she does as a little girl. i'm inclined to agree: