road trip & life drawing

My body is calling for sleep. Soon.

I went on a road trip with Vic today. It was nice to be in a car and to drive around Melbourne and to see different places. We headed towards a gem store some place an hour out of the city.

my view the whole way

Vic always has a lot of interesting thoughts. I told her she should write it down and she said she used to do it... But now she doesn't have a notebook. Maybe I will buy her a notebook. She seems so interested in people and I just love her curiosity.

We arrived. There were so many beautifully coloured and textured stones. There was one that looked like it was a piece of an ocean wave. I think we spent an hour or so browsing and in the end I bought two stones... Some quartz that kind of looked like glass and lapis lazuli.

On the way home we stopped by an op shop and Vic bought a new postcard holder for the shop!
Vic decided that she'd take me to Beatrix (North Melbourne, 688 Queensberry St) to have lunch. I met Nat - the talented and very lovely cafe owner and old friend of Vic. The food was delicious. She also makes awesome awesome cake. One tasted like a banana flavoured cloud.

yum yums - apple, chicken and other goodness

our afternoon tea

It was really good to go on this little adventure. I'm thankful to have Vic who is keen on taking me to these places.

In the evening, Elise and I went to the life drawing class at No Vacancy. It was quite pleasant getting to know her more. She is a very kind person and brings with her a very cheery atmosphere. There were around 60 people at the class. "the biggest turn out we've had!" - said the lady.

We both really enjoyed ourselves. The space was interesting and I liked how there were so many people keen on just chilling and drawing the posing guy. It's been a long while since I've done life drawing and it was actually really stress-free and it felt good. I think we're going to go again in a couple weeks.

Rest.