James and I took a weekend trip up to visit our new friends Monika and Roderick in Belgrave, a beautiful forest town just an hour outside of Melbourne by train.
James shears
tree cave
YEAH
kora and harp jam session
Us and our new friends, wearing hats! Teehee
Gum trees
this was at a community jam session we got to go to!
Roderick playing his kora, a beautiful african harp type instrument
steam train! a popular tourist attraction.
cute teapots at fancy tea store
Monika in front of her house in the mountains near Belgrave
Beautiful idea 🙂
tiny tea set
beautiful sculptures at William Ricketts Sanctuary
he also teaches african drumming!
Where Is Amber? 
Looks cold ..love the row of hats.. but colorful and so much fun and brand newness!!
Thrilling to see new and exciting places and people every day!!
Time for tea, music, happiness, and art.
And why not?
It is most certainly excruciatingly beautiful… to see all this… wondrous… cultural … newness..