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I'm a little bit obsessed with Instagram. It's the easy fast way of photo blogging right there and then, in the moment, before you've forgotten all the funny bits.

Here's a few of my recent posts...

 

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Hello again.

So I've been very lazy since being back from Australia, but now I've moved into my flat and settled in to my job and done (most) of all the things on my massive to do list, I have no excuse.

Hello again.

Laundry Day

Today was Laundry Day in our household so we trotted down to our local to do a bit of washing. It's called My Beautiful Laundrette. This is a quite a fitting name I think, probably the most beautiful laundrette I've ever been to anyway. They seem to take some pride in their appearance, everything co-ordinated in shades of blue and white and their top-loading machines are called 'Speed Queen'. What more could you want.

Afternoon in the park

So about ten minutes down the road is Melbourne Museum and Carlton Gardens, which as it turns out is a very nice place to spend a sunny afternoon.

Market day

Today we went to the Rose Street Market in Fitzroy. I've been wanting to do this since stumbling upon it whist googling Melbourne things when I was back in the lovely Bethnal Green. It lived up to expectations, quite small but in a good cosy way. It had a nice relaxed atmosphere and all the stalls were of high quality and quite reasonably priced. I could have quite comfortably bought a fair amount of things for myself and others, however I was good and only bought some earrings.

Market day breakfast.

Ingenious floor advertising.

This makes me want to live in Mexico. Don't ask me why it just does.

En route to the market. Big creepy baby on building.

I don't know who Mary is but she has nice colours and I like her poster.

New neighbourhood

My friend Emily (previously seen skulking around Chapel Street Bazaar..) described me yesterday as "A lady with superfluous knowledge..." and I liked it so much I wrote it down. So here it is for you. 

Anyway I've been exploring my new neighbourhood since we moved house last week and so far I like it. It reminds me a bit of London which is always good in my opinion, I think I can go as far to say that Melbourne is my favourite city so far in Australia. Although this may change as I do still have a few to visit... I've got back into taking lots of photos of things that attract my eagle eyes, so here are some to show where I've been poking around recently.

I hope that if I ever lose my glasses (if I ever have to wear them that is..) someone does this for me!

Possibly the most excitingly decorated street corner in the area I'd say.

Trotter door handle. Really good and ever so slightly wrong all at the same time.

I had to stop myself from going in this shop. I feel it would be bad for the saving.

This person has Freddie Mercury in their back window. That is all I need to say.

Incidentally when I was younger our cat was named after him, although it was a girl...

When I get a car I'm going to put him in my back window too.

This combination of colours and font reminded me of a Ed Ruscha painting which is very pleasing especially when in an abandoned Thai restaurant.

I have a bit of a morbid fascination with hair. Those of you who know me will know about this. I think I should work in this shop although I'm not sure my hair fascination is quite what their customers are looking for... unless they want to cut theirs off and give it to me to make into something for their mantlepiece that is.

 

This looks like the beauty salon in Grease. That alone is reason enough for me to go there and have some rollers put in as far as I'm concerned.

Wig Sale

I walked past this yesterday and it made me chuckle, and I was ever so slightly tempted to go and have a browse. I did however, refrain...