Peonies and Puddings

Saturday the 27th of November was a really hard day for me, it was the year anniversary of Dim Sim's passing. I had made sure I wasn't working, so I could look after myself in whatever form I needed to. This wasn't just the anniversary of Dim Sim dying, it also marked one year of living without any of my heart cats, my soul mates, the loves of my life. It was rough.

I had organised to go and pick up a couple of very nice things for myself in the morning, because I figured that would give myself a reason to get out of bed, at least for a while.

First up, I had seen on Instagram that Poco Posy, a Brisbane florisy, was having a peony market day. Peonies are my very favourite flower, so I wanted to go and get some. I picked out two bunches, which were just so beautiful and smelled amazing.





The other place I had to go was a dessert tub pop up by The Little Vegan & Co. They used to make the most amazing vegan baked goods that you could order, and they also supplied some cafes for a while as well. But over the last year, they took some time off. But they have popped back up, but having some special pop-up events. They've had one every Saturday for the last week, and I have been to three of them. You need to pre-order and pre-pay, and then you go at the appointed time and pick up you delicious dessert, in an extremely COVID safe manner.



So this first one, on the 27th, I had ordered a Blueberry Custard Lamington Dessert Tub. Let that sink in, because it was every bit as delicious as it sounds.



I couldn't get to the one the following week, but I was back the week after that to pick up my Trifle. This was so good, and look how cute it is. Those little jelly stars! My heart!



The surprised us with a final pop-up this most recent Saturday, and I swung by after work to pick up some adorble Chocolate Lava Cakes. I forgot to take a photo, so here is a screenshot I grabbed from my Instagram stories. These were then heated up in the microwave, and then cut into to reveal a gorgeous molten chocolate centre.



Even though it is a little bit of a drive, I look forward to visiting them many more times next year when they start doing these little weekly pre-orders again. They have been working on some amazing looking things.

Cute Kitty Photo of the Post



I started this talking about Dim Sim, so I will end it talking about Dim Sim. After I got home from that initial trip out, I didn't really know what to do with myself and I was dreading the clock ticking down until 2.30pm (the time she passed), so I just climbed into bed and went to sleep until 4pm, slept right through it. Abby sat on top of me while I slept. Then I got up to watch some Buffy and we ordered delivery. So it was a very gentle day for me. Not so gentle however is the expression on Dim Sim's face when I used to make her be a reindeer. Pretty sure she was plotting my demise.