Ways to make a Chilli smile

There are some things that make me really happy. Contrary to popular belief, I am really not that hard to please. It is really the simple things that put a smile on my face, though if you would like to overwhelm me with extravagance (I can point you to a 900 euro cashmere cardigan I have been eyeing), I will not stop you. That is testament to just how unfussy I am. I will not stop you from showing me you care. Express it in whichever way you will. Am I an egocentric vanity smurf? Perhaps. But it is just nice to know that people back home in Oz are thinking of me. That they remember that I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, I just moved to Germany.

Here are a few things that arrived in the mail from Oz courtesy of thoughtful friends.

The cover of a beautiful card...


Imagine finding these in a parcel...

It's always nice when there's something in there for the man of the house too...


Now, this did not arrive in a parcel but is nevertheless the cause of much amusement to me. Husband is overdue for a haircut, hence the Charlie's Angelesque bed hair when he gets up in the morning...


* The first picture is of a shadow cast on my living room wall of a miniature bike given to me by my brother. It appeared for a fleeting moment before the sun disappeared behind the clouds.