Oh, what a thing to do and it was all yellow

 A day trip is the perfect way to spend hours driving around, admiring nature and picking some flowers. That's exactly what my mum and I did the last time we visited one of our favourite country towns, Daylesford.


Everywhere we looked we spotted Australia's iconic yellow wattle. It's so stunning and a beautiful contrast to my black, velvet dress that I found in an opshop near my work. I like to visit there and chat to the ladies that work there and find the occassional treasure. This black dress with long, flutter sleeves reminds me of something fabulous that Morticia Addams would wear!




My mum and I were so delighted to spot a field of daffodils on the side of a road. We happily frolicked around despite the slippery mud and picked a few to take home. I love that the yellow flowers coincidentally compliment the sunflowers on my Afghan coat.





Some creative person made these horse and lion sculptures using bits of tree trunks. There are some very creative people in the world. The land was named 'Land for Wild Animals'.


For lunch, we sat at a beautiful lake and enjoyed a lamb souvlaki (me) and trout and chips (mum). We enjoyed drinking some water from the spring waters pump and listening to frogs croak.



I cannot tell you how much I enjoy walking around and picking some flowers. I must be a fairy in disguise!

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  1. Polyester Princess04 November, 2025

    Both the black velvet dress and the sunflower patterned Afghan coat are absolutely fabulous!
    How wonderful to come across that field of daffodils. I would have frolicked around among them as well. In fact, it puts me in mind of the daffodils in the beguinage in Bruges. I'll have to wait for at least five months until I can frolick among them, though :-) xxx

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  2. Sheila06 November, 2025

    That black velvet dress is a stunner, and how lovely to match your wonderful coat to the daffodils and wattle. We have artists here (west coast of Canada) who makes those sculptures out of bits of driftwood - they're quite amazing.

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