A bit of this and that...

As well as finishing off items for the various swaps that I had signed up for, I've been 'flitting' around as per usual :-)
DH and I tried out a local coffee shop that I've been wanting to try for a while because I love the clever name!

And we weren't disappointed!

A French theme here in suburban Mc Dowall...

These looked rather swish!

 And DH certainly enjoyed his chocolate muffin and mug of flat white; as I did my cappuccino...

Then last week, I made a return visit to Gallery B at Newmarket which has a lovely little coffee shop at the back of the Newmarket Hardware. This time I joined a fellow blogger, Jean for a morning coffee.

Jean with her lovely smile, and in the background, some of the Artworks for sale at Gallery B

Jean and I both admired the beautiful china used by the cafe and we both loved this sugar bowl with its curved spoon...

Then just the other day, DH and I stopped at the coffee shop in our local shopping centre, before we tackled the grocery shopping...

While we were waiting for our coffees, it became obvious that I had left the shopping list at home...shopping without a list can be 'lethal'! So....

While we drank our coffees, I started to rewrite the list from memory...as it turns out I only forgot 1 item...some AA batteries for a toy I had bought our great nephew...so the 'old brain' is still working fairly well even though I forgot to take the list! lol

I missed out on the Sisters of Stitch Christmas party last Wednesday as DH and I had tickets to the matinee show at  QPAC, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

It was a very enjoyable show; everything about it was great. We left the theatre with that uplifted feeling you get when you've seen a fun show with excellent acting, singing, staging and a happy ending!
And I took this photo out of the window near the Door where we were to enter the theatre. It's looking out over the river towards the city.

And one last photo of something completely unrelated...I was stopped at the lights today on Musgrave Rd, Red Hill and was behind this learner driver...in a porsche!

I guess, if it's the only car the family has? And you have to get those logged hours of driving done...?
It just piqued my interest and the incongruity of it. 

Coffee time...

Occasionally DH and I treat ourselves to a coffee in a coffee shop. Today I'm going to post some photos that I took at 2 local 'haunts'.

One day recently, we went to a small shop in the neighbouring suburb of Mitchelton, in particular in Blackwood St. It has the rather interesting name of Geronimo Jerky and it is right next door to where DH and I worked last year on the state election. I didn't take a photo of this cafe though...I took photos of the examples of 'yarn-bombing' in the street.

I noticed this one first...

Then looked down the footpath towards the railway crossing and saw this one...

Close up of the 'nurse'...

This one was outside the building where DH and I had worked... when we worked there, the building had been put up for sale and Ben, the chemist from across the road had said he'd love to buy it as his shop was so cramped...

Ta dah!!

The pharmacy has moved to the old bank building :-)

The week before last we tried out a fairly new cafe that had opened at nearby Gaythorne. 

I'd read a review of this cafe in the Sunday Mail which had been rather flattering.

We chose a table on the footpath...the cafe is on a small service road just off busy Samford Rd...

This new eatery is owned by someone with the surname, Hansell.

Looking towards Samford Rd...

Our coffees came in quaint 70s mugs...

The cafe wasn't far from the railway bridge just after/before Gaythorne Station...I had my phone ready to take a photo when the next train came through...

We parked our car at the back of the block of shops. On the strip of railway land beside the shops, there were lots of morning glory vines in flower...

The next time we visit Hansell and Gretel we might try one of the breakfast dishes...they sure looked good!