Jacarandas, German Chit Chat & Small Joys

Say you’re in 🇦🇺🦘🐨 without saying you’re in 🇦🇺…

Jacarandas in full bloom.
A cloudless blue sky.
And Down Under playing in the background 🎶

I love this time of year, when the jacaranda trees quietly steal the show. Streets turn purple, footpaths become petal-strewn, and even the most ordinary errands feel a little bit magical.

These beauties were spotted on what should have been a very practical walk to the chemist — handing over prescriptions I no longer need 🥳🥳
(Still celebrating that small-but-mighty milestone.)

And just when I thought the moment couldn’t get any better…

I walked inside and unexpectedly heard the chemist speaking German.

Cue a spontaneous, slightly rusty, very enthusiastic bit of 🇩🇪🇦🇺 chit chat.

Nothing fancy. Plenty of smiling. A few missing words. But one of those lovely human moments where worlds gently overlap.

Purple blossoms.
Health milestones.
Unexpected language connections.

Sometimes joy really does show up in the in-between moments — on a walk to the chemist, under a jacaranda tree, with a song playing that reminds you exactly where you are.
💜🌸