…while it’s business as usual for some creatures here on the canal, I am tucked up in bed inside le petit bateau, hot totty and piles of tissues by my side. The view outside my window has been a wonderful source of entertainment on this very chilly morning.
Sometime between writing yesterday’s post and having some loempia for afternoon tea at Cafe Koosje, my body gave way to a rather ugly flu. I spent the rest of the afternoon on the couch, sipping a hot totty, barely able to move a muscle without causing extreme agony. Thankfully Alfred was around to fluff my pillows and feed me, and put me to bed.
It’s my birthday and this is not exactly how I imagined celebrating. On a more upbeat note, Happy Australia Day my fellow Aussies!! I hope you’ve had a wonderful day, full of snags and booze.
It is also the start of Chinese New Year today and I just happen to be reading Helen Tse’s beautifully written Sweet Mandarin which I found on my bedside table back in Sydney – sweet synchronicity.
So while I’m tucked up on the couch with a pile of vitamins by my side reading about Helen’s incredible family story, would you guys celebrate my birthday for me? I would be so happy if someone could enjoy this day for me.
xx
After a walk through town, and lunch and afternoon tea with two of my beautiful friends who both seemed very happy to have me back, I’m regaining my happy composure, even with the rain tumbling down and the clouds heavy and grey. Thanks girls!
I’ve also had a chance to catch up on some of my favourite blogs and now I see how much I’ve been missing out!! You guys have some awesome posts and new projects happening, I can barely keep up. I hope to get back into my blog favourites posts by next week. In the meantime, i give you this image above. I snapped it at Jardin Des Plantes in Paris last year. And yes, its poladroided. I’m so pleased to see so many of you having fun with poladroids! and I’m even more thrilled to hear that polaROID may be saved! that is cause for big celebrations, and amanda has announced the 18th of january to be polaroid day. yay!
xx
and now I just need to take a little rest. these clouds look like the perfect place to rest my weary body.
