Monday

This morning I caught a tram to Balaclava to go to a cafe for breakfast that I had read about. It is called All things being Equal , a not-for-profit  cafe run to give people with disabilities  opportunities.  Then I caught a tram in the direction of a wool shop in Glen Iris. It was large and I enjoyed pottering, but they didnot have what I was looking for.. After a coffee in a nice Cafe I caught a tram back in the direction of south Yarra, where I am staying, but got off about 5 km before and walked through a large part of Toorak. I was getting a bit tired of nice leafy streets, 2 story big  houses , 6ft high fences almost on the footpath, when I came across a different place. I could see over the fence that there were a lot of colourful bright quirky statues in the front yard.  Most of the houses I  had  passed had a gate in the front wall, with letter box slot , intercom, key pad, notice saying No advertising or similar. The quirky statue house had 2 different signs on the gate next to the letter slot and intercom/keypad. One said "Nevermind the Dog, beware of the owner", the other " Insane asylum, please enter with caution".  I brightened up considerably. 2 streets later the houses were much smaller.