Tropical Punch

Although I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, a while back I had strange hankering for a vintage candy-pink cane handbag. This seems very specific, I know. At the time, I also had a desperate desire for a holiday in the tropics (only partially assuaged by a week in Noosa, which is not quite Far North Queensland). Somehow, a candy-pink cane handbag seemed to epitomise all those lovely summertime things: cotton candy, Mai Tais, flamingoes, hibiscus flowers and brilliant sunshine. Miraculously, I struck gold in my first search on Etsy. How often does that happen? Now I just have to book that tropical beach holiday …