Bellerive today, Evandale yesterday

I walked to the shop to get bread, milk and baklava* but mainly to observe footy fever in Bellerive.  Some team was playing some other team at Bellerive Oval and the streets have been chockers with parked cars.  The game must be over as now there is a traffic jam outside my window!  Similarly exciting, the tide was very high at the beach.

Yesterday I returned from my overnight trip to Evandale in the midlands.  It was like a lightning trip to an English village.

main street Evandale

the reason - a mission to buy a besom from The Village Store

The Stables - my accommodation behind the Village Store

 

first view of my cottage upon entering

There is parking and a huge garden at the back of the cottage.  Just my sort of late winter garden -  violets white and purple, daffodils, winter iris, a hyacinth or two, camellias and japonica in blossom and blackbirds galore.  There is a lane to Pioneer Park, an alternative way to walk to Russell Street, the main drag.

this is the back of the cottage.

Note that it's named Sasha - the reason I chose this particular cottage.

view of the cottage from the back door

It was a splendid place to stay:  furnished in the style I like with heaps of books and magazines.  I only used the telly to listen to ABC Classic and kept it on all night long - an indulgence I've long promised myself.

I took this book but got waylaid by all the magazines.  I finished it today and highly recommend it. Charmian Clift tells stories of her life on the island of Kalymnos in 1954.  She writes so well and so thoughtfully.  It was the perfect read as I emerge from a Tasmanian winter and eat baklava.

* If you search hard enough, you can discover the health benefits of baklava online.