Day: Dec 15, 2025

#1364 theoldmortuary ponders.

On By theoldmortuary.designIn Australia1 Comment

Hard to reconcile the news, that as I wandered the very quiet streets of Windsor in search of another coffee after a boisterous and turbulent 14 hour flight. Something dreadful was occurring in Sydney, a place I have only just returned from. A place that found a place in my heart and mind instantly.

A place that introduced me to Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere. Gorgeous, camp and oversized. Twinkling brightly, defiantly competing with the brilliance of the sun. Now overlooking a landscape of grief and sorrow.

An unimaginable horror in paradise

#1363 theoldmortuary ponders.

On By theoldmortuary.designIn Coffee Hunters, Serendipity1 Comment

Holidays, like all good things must come to an end. It is a bummer.

This bum was in our last coffee shop stop in Hong Kong. Kaktus Koffee in Sheung Wang.

The last coffee of our holiday and the last in Hong Kong it may have been, but I had my first taste of a cloud coffee.

My photo opportunities.

And of course I also took a photo of the beautiful floor.

My normal coffee of choice is a simple two shot, short black. However travel is a great way to open the mind. Giddiness in all things is permitted beyond the confines of the day to day.

Coffee giddiness went to some crazy places. Lemon Coffee. Burnt and Salted popcorn coffee, Cloud coffee. My coffee infidelity was rampant. There are others that have currently slipped my mind. Probably because it has become so delightfully open.

December and our travels in Asia and Australia have been punctuated by coffee stops. My winter blogs will be peppered with holiday anecdotes and sunshine photos during January, but the rest of December will be all about Christmas trees in sunny places.

Normal blogging but with a sunshine twist. X