Culture, heritage and home sweet home

Romeo and Juliet may have disappointed me

but Van Diemen's Band at St Davids Cathedral was paradise enow.

The second Tuesday in November saw me at The Shoreline for a Melbourne Cup Lunch with the Bunna Babes.   Caz (in the middle) boldly got into the spirit and came third in the Ladies Best Dressed.

The following Friday saw me at the St Mark's Church market, delighted by the remaining flowers.

This rose is borrowed landscape from the garden next door.   I had been tempted to use it as part of my Melbourne Cup regalia.

my nasturtiums catching the morning sun

Saturday brought a feast of opportunities with the Architecture Open Day Tasmania.  I couldn't make much use of the day without a car but I did catch the bus into Hobart to explore the controversial 'Red Awnings' in Murray Street.  Formerly a bank, it is  now in private hands and scandalised many when the red canopies were installed.

I was very excited to learn the sandstone came from Kangaroo Point aka Bellerive

I love the red blinds

Now, I lived in an old bank but not like this!

through the front door

I had thought it would be nice to have a piano...

we did have a vault to store wine

a ceiling feature is always nice

as is a good library

and my kitchen was also much admired, perhaps not on quite this scale

Sated, I strolled through Salamanca Market,

Cary Lewincamp playing

caught the ferry to Bellerive,

unknown couple on ferry

and visited our old home in Queen Street, now part of the Cottage School.

the space under the house has been converted to classrooms

and I am very proud to say that the silver birches I planted remain

A walk along the beach to Alexandra Paradiso and through my new front gate,

past the onions that are doing exactly what I want them to.  A most satisfactory day.