Mong Kok Afternoon.

These are from an afternoon wander around Mong Kok after we slept in late. We decided to head to Goldfish Street (Tung Choi Street), it's honestly like nowhere else, they would never have animals for sale in the same way they do here, I'm not saying it's good but it's very Hong Kong, and wild, and interesting, and photogenic.

My mum has since said she doesn't get how they can have so many fish surviving in such small bags, my mum's a goldfish fan so it's certainly not something she would condone but even she is fascinated by it.




Terrapins are available for as little as £1.50, they're great for feng shui and people often put them in the ponds in local parks.

Lavender Fields Forever.

Last weekend my sister came over to visit (probably for the last time before she's off to study in Hong Kong *sad*) so I drove us down the Alton for Hampshire Lavender's open day. I figured that given I'd been trying to persuade Moon to come with me to Hampshire Lavender Fields' open days for some time and it seemed less and less likely as time went on, having a guest was a pretty good excuse to head over.



My sister was probably overall as impressed as I would have expected Moon to have been but I think she appreciated the rows of lavender and the different varieties, plus the gift shop was pretty neat. It was a nice place to take photographs too, I'm a little gutted that I allowed for a fingerprint on my camera lens resulting in a few weird hazey bits in these pictures.


As well as lavender there was the most impressive selection of controlled wild flowers. So many colours! ♥



We didn't quite make the most of the £3 admission fee and didn't even have a go on the 'field tour' but we did spend a good hour there enjoying the hum of the bees.


When we went to the Wealden Times Midsummer Fair, my sister came away with a whole camera roll filled with flowers from their beautiful garden. I was probably just as bad but she was determined to not do the same this time, not sure how she got on with it but I'm assuming not well ;)


Tote: Alphabet Bags




Sister wanted y'all to know that she took this, she might not have, but I think it was this one.









You can visit the on-site Lavender Fields Shop between Tuesday and Saturday and there are even (really intense sounding) tours you can do of the fields when the open days aren't on. Now let me tell you something for nothing, nobody, but nobody, likes lavender more than the people who supply products to the Lavender Fields shop.








Wash yourself with lavender, then wash your mouth out with it too!



I think this day out really make me realise that while I like lavender, I'm not into going to a site specifically for it... I'm pleased that I got to go though and I'm happy with the nice lavender-related products I got, including a candle, tasty biscuits and incense - the candle is the best! It wasn't quite a place to while away the afternoon but it was nice, I just enjoyed running my hands through the lavender ever few steps.

Me, Myself and the cat.

It is pretty great to do things at your own pace sometimes without having to think about anyone else, yeah, I'm one for being a little selfish every now and then now. Here are some pictures from the weekend:


Such a dork, and always so helpful. Thanks for helping put the guest bed sheets away, Doll.


A little bit in love with the Flaming Katie our friends Tom and Matt bought us when they came to visit looks like it's really grown since we got it too, so exciting!


Feels like we're actually successfully growing flowers in the garden now, we have two of these badboys now. All we need to do next is sort out all the weeds and the garden will be just right.



Eating dinner at 9pm because I feel like it.



I picked up a couple of new plants for the house and potted them in new pots. I will definitely have to pop back to Wilko for some more, they'll be great for seeing that my money plants continue to grow.


Using spices in my spice rack that I've never used or thought about using before.


Home-made mango salsa (the colours!) ♥


For Moon's home-coming I made salmon tacos adapted from Design Love Fest's recipe, and boy were they a hit. I can't believe how well they worked and it's something I'd actually really like to share with our friends and family - a pretty big deal for seeing as I don't really like cooking for anyone other than Moon and I.


My beloved S3 has been sent to temporary Phones4U heaven for a little while, fingers crossed it will home safe in a couple of weeks. In the mean time I have nothing to 'instasnap' on, so I've gone back to just my camera, which I actually like a whole lot more because under it all and my instaddiction, I hate that most people's cameras are their phones now - the smallest of pet peeves but it still niggles at me occasionally, like that dumb advert where that girl is just strolling about with her 'digital scrapbook', get a real camera, you dick.

I guess only good can come from not constantly scrolling through social networks on the go, but then there's still my tablet and my laptop. Telephone call-wise though, it's back to the dark ages of the landline, call me?