India and Nepal 2025 (Travel Perfumes)

Heya Crew, Jin and I are off again this week. I’ll be reading all your comments but might take a moment to reply in spotty Indian WiFi. This year Jin wanted to get back to India to see Ghats and… Continue Reading

Hermès Twilly and an experiment

Well since both Portia and Cinnamon recently wrote about this who am I to break a pattern? Especially since I had some Nordy points and Nordstrom helpfully sells the small bottle. I’ve been hankering for it for a while and… Continue Reading

Whoa, horse-y! Pierre Guillaume Arabian Horse

One of the joys of house-sharing with a fellow perfumista is sampling all sorts of fragrances I haven’t tried and didn’t expect to like (which is often why I hadn’t tried it.) This is a quick post about one of… Continue Reading

Mushrooms

We’re within another storm. Amy. Fair bit of rain, very high winds. Feels soupy outside. Large bits of bark from the eucalyptus tree in the next garden all over my garden. I had a whole other post ready to go… Continue Reading

Twilly dHermes

Hey Hey Posse Peeps. I’m a complete sucker for a Travel Size. There, I’ve said it, and it is a truth. Back in May Cinnamon was talking about Twilly dHermes and it reminded me how much I like it, it’s… Continue Reading

Off Topic: A Wedding Story

Since Portia shared her and Jin’s  wedding photos and story I thought I would (maybe rehash?) write about the wedding that I helped make a cake for. This was probably about 20 years ago when my dear (and now sadly… Continue Reading

Marine Layer

Posse!  ‘Lah-di-dah, ’tis Autumn’.  And this year Autumn happened with a quickness.  After several weeks of 80s-90s a torrential (and VERY COLD) rain plunged down … and suddenly we’re in low 40s and, if we’re lucky, high 60s. This week… Continue Reading