Cupcakes and kittens

Zoe made this!

Cutest cupcake/kitten combination I've ever seen. Berry is a huge fan because she loooooves kittens and recently had her first-ever cupcake at little C's first birthday party. (I relented because my sister made extra-special-healthy cupcakes... I need to get that recipe.)

So this cupcake brooch was the most delightful farewell present...

Food Art

At my brother's 21st, his girlfriend Zoe said when she first liked him, she'd go eat at the cafe where he worked and leave "food art" for him to find. It was usually things like chips arranged to spell out "Hi Dan" and stuff like that.

The cafe's history, but Zoe still makes the food art. This is what she came up with for Dan the other night.

When people say, "But it makes me sad to eat him!" – then you know you've made a good giant-fruit-lobster.

Pretty at the gallery (II)

This installation is part of The 5th Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art at the Queensland Art Gallery.

This'll make me seem like I have no artistic insight whatsoever, but I'm going to say it anyway: I like this because it reminds me of lollies.

So there.

Pretty at the gallery

Our trip to the Queensland Art Gallery: we saw this amazing light sculpture hanging over the reflecting pond in the Watermall.

(The chandelier was created by Chinese artist Al Weiwei and has more than 300,000 crystals (!) It's part of The 5h Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art.)

Last time I was there – two years ago – the pond was filled with thousands of baseball-sized polished silver balls, and it looked magical.

It makes me wonder what I've missed in between visits.