toy car Originally uploaded by cafedave. There’s something incredibly relaxing about trying to get a toy car to move around the remote controls: this one is small enough to get some momentum and turns (sometimes) on a 20c piece!
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30th – the wrap-up
duck with coffee three Originally uploaded by cafedave. Thanks to everyone who made it to my 30th yesterday: it was great to spend time with so many people. Special thanks to those who made it for the entire crawl, from 9am to 11pm: Kel, Jonathan, Chan and Jord, and Paul, who kept extending his stay, …
30th – it begins
If you’re here because you’ve forgotten where the cafe crawl is, then you’ll want to call my mobile to find out… see you on Glebe Point Road! Update: thanks to all who attended: I managed 12 coffees in total (just like the twelve on my t-shirt). More detail soon.
Garden in progress
Garden in progress Originally uploaded by cafedave. Given my track record for gardening – not everyone has managed to have a cactus give up from neglect – I was a bit anxious about the viability of this balcony garden, but it’s certainly coming along well. It wasn’t until after I’d re-potted the plants that I …
turning 30
sunday breakfast Originally uploaded by cafedave. This week I turned 30. A lot of people sent messages (or left voicemails, given my constant drifting in and out of mobile service during the day) which was great. Unusually, it still seems rather old. I’ve watched a lot of my friends turn 30 with little or no …
Birthday present: sacred grounds coffee
Birthday present: sacred grounds coffee Originally uploaded by cafedave. Smooth, easy drinking: not a strong coffee flavour, but more some nuttiness. Thanks Brit!
baby dot thoms
Looks like I have someone to share my birthday with: Lucinda Rose Thoms 4.085Kg (9.0lbs) and measuring 51cm: photos are up.
Small paradise in a world of concrete
Small paradise in a world of concrete Originally uploaded by cafedave. Thanks to the generosity and guidance of friends, my months-long hope of having some plants at home has been realised. I don’t pretend to know anything about raising plants, but I’m hoping to be able to keep these plants alive, and ultimately get some …
30th
If you think you should have received an invitation to my thirtieth birthday cafe-crawl, but haven’t yet… please email me.
Peeps!
Peeps! Originally uploaded by cafedave. I don’t usually eat a lot of strange candy, but when julie sent me some peeps, after our email discussion of the work at the peep research institute I had to try one. They taste like sugar-coated (kind of like jubes, where the sugar is in crystal form) marshmallow, but …