:: Family Stuff. Hobarty Stuff.

I am home!  I did not have much time to trip about in Tasmania. But I did have lots of family time, a quick drive to the beach, a walk about the waterfront and a few more good things…

I read Marieke Hardy’s book (halfway through… up to Dan Kelly!) as a way of keeping in touch with my Melbourne side.  And I bought my sister The Slap so that she could get in touch with her slappy Melbourne side too.  Even though she is a Sydney gal.  I dropped in to Ellison Hawker and signed a few books and had a chat with Richard.  I got told off at the Museum for taking photos even though I asked first and was told I could. Then I got apologised to by the teller offer.  I was not allowed to enter The Reading Room… but I wanted to and the lady who was piling books onto a trolley seemed SUPER CUTE!  I saw Nicole Jenkins but did not recognise her new hair! She is the owner of Circa, don’t you know?!  I walked RIGHT PAST HER.  We were both in Hobart and our Melbourne shops are about 100m apart!  We did not know each other with our fancy hairs! I went to Fullers and bought some note books and had a Chai. I wandered past The Maker and popped in to Love and Clutter (ace!).  I visited The Cat and Fiddle Arcade where I was once photographed as a 5 year old in a Nanna knitted outfit (see below!)  I wandered around Battery Point with Ari mildly late into the night and we saw a rabbit.  I cooked nice food for my sister and her husband.  I played with my cutesicle nephew.  I drank lots of tea and drank a bit of wine.  I went to The Hobart Bookstore (ace!) and to the Machine Laundry Cafe (ace!) and to Jackman and McRoss (ace breakfast claypot!)  I got conjunctivitis (not ace!) and wished I could meet The Gourmet Farmer (ace!)

I took Ari to the State Library, where I used to hang about alone as a child, wandering from my Nan’s place in Battery Point through Salamanca and into town. Ari said I am a bit like Roald Dahl’s Matilda.  Well. That I was like her as a child. Aw.

I did not get to take a cruise, go to MONA, go to Tinderbox or re-visit a whole lot of places I would like to. But that is just because the whole trip was about my NANNA! And I wanted to be sure to hang with her as much as possible.  I will go back again soon.  I do visit semi-regularly, and I reckon that I might do a bit of a tour for you guys, in case you want to visit the secret spots we like down there, too!!

What have you been doing?

xx Pip