Arabian nights

Tonight my parents are coming for dinner, so while I made the icecream for dessert (chocolate ginger) Graham took Louka for a walk. He took her to the chinese supermarket and introduced her to the smells there. I'm glad for her to have some links to her chinese heritage; yesterday I bought her a book called Liu and the Bird, which shows the chinese calligraphic characters for many of the words in the story ― and has lovely illustrations too.

The rain cleared and the sun came out, so we went for a walk to Crows Nest for lunch, and chose the Vineyard Café again. This time we sat in their back room, with pink and purple drapes on the ceiling, low carved tables and seats, and lots of Arabian-nights-style cushions.