It’s Definitely Summer

APPARENTLY one swallow doesn’t make a summer. I have two here. And we definitely have summer here in Melbourne. It is a sweltering 33°C inside my apartment, and finally with nightfall the temperature has dropped to ‘only’ 36° outside.

These little stud earrings that I bought on eBay remind me of the swallow necklaces that were all the rage when I was quite young. I recall a school friend having a little enamel pendant swinging off a silver chain, although I’ve never seen anything like it in all my vintage trawling since. Probably if I did I would be disappointed – rose coloured glasses, after all, so these will have to suffice … Ice? Who said ice? Did I mention it’s hot out?