Dreaming of Vintage Treasures

  Here's my 'Frida Kahlo' dress! It's deep blue and bright red with big roses on it! It reminds me of Frida's home painted in similar colours. I found it at a Vinnies opshop near my workplace last year. There were two handmade dresses in this kaftan style and I gave one of them to my mum. It was perfect to wear on a 22 degree celcius day, when my mum and I decided to drop off some things at an opshop and go to one of our favourite cafes - Poynton's. It is a nursery with a cafe on a hill by the Maribyrnong River.  My mum and I both ordered the same thing and really enjoyed this linguine with prawns and chorizo. I was so excited to buy some fruit trees - a lemonade lemon tree, a pomegranite tree, an olive tree and a mandarin tree. The lemonade lemon is meant to be sweet and you can eat it on its own! My nonna had a wonderful pomegtanite tree in her front yard and I got one in her memory. My fig tree is also very happy and thriving in this big terracotta pot I got ...

 Come with me for a day out shopping! You know I love big, fluffy coats and have amassed a small collection over the years. I developed my love of big, furry coats after watching Almost Famous and seeing gorgeous coats in photos from the 1970s. It's a style that really warms my heart and keeps me warm in winter too! Every year Tree Of Life releases new styles of Afghan coats. Here are a few of the 2025 styles. I'd like to purchase one when they have their end of season sale. I'm thinking I'll get the sunflower coat. I love sunflowers and the black, shiny fake fur on the collar. Which coat is your favourite?  X

 I love visiting Williamstown beach, it's got to be one of my favourite beaches.  I love seeing the black swans, I love the sparkling blue water, I love looking out from the pier to the boats. I giggled at this boat named Popeye and sang  Popeye the sailor maaan , walking down the pier. I took a photo of this park bench, where I remember my sister, mum, nonna and I enjoyed fish and chips by the beach. It was such a hot day and I didn't want to get sunburnt, so I wore my long sleeve, cotton, gingham dress, with my big sunhat, and vintage bag. My mum and I popped into a church built in the 1800s and admired the stain glass windows. For lunch, my mum and I ate at Monzarella. She had steak and I had a margherita pizza.  Then we enjoyed an ice-cream, which promptly melted  as soon as we stepped out the door and into the heat.  I chose 2 flavours - pistachio and cherry which you may see peeking out from the bottom. In the evening, my sister organised for us to go...