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All I've got's this sunny afternoon

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  Is there anything more perfect than some time spent at a beach? A little while ago, my family and I spent the afternoon at Williamstown beach. It was a bit cold so I rugged up in my big, fluffy coat, hat and boots. It was so beautiful and relaxing being by the blue wate r. After losing my nonna, it has been a sad time of grief for my family and I, so this peaceful trip was really wonderful. We visited an ice cream shop called Will's Batch Ice Cream . Their ice cream was quite expensive at the price of $8.90 but it's natural and handmade in small batches and also very delicious. My sister and I shared a cherry ice cream, and the second flavour we picked was matcha, with the bright green colour you might see peeking out underneath the cherry ice cream.  We had a lovely stroll and admired the very calm water and beautiful sky. Outfit details: Hat: Sportsgirl. Afghan coat: Tree of Life (Christmas present from my mum) Black dress and vintage bag: Op-shopped. Black, leather boots:
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My beautiful nonna

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  We thought of you with love today, But that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday And days before that, too. We think of you in silence. We often speak your name. Now all we have are memories And your picture in a frame. Your memory is our keepsake With which we’ll never part. God has you in his keeping. We have you in our heart.   - Rose M. De Leon Rest in peace my beautiful nonna. My family and I always knew we had the best mother and grandmother in you. You gave us so many wonderful memories from childhood into adulthood. Every moment spent with you was memorable and special. We were always blessed to love you and be loved by you. For the next few weeks, I won't post any blog posts.  I'll be back and see you at the end of the month. X
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Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, Beauty and the Beast

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  Last Christmas, my sister kindly gifted me a ticket to see the Beauty and the Beast musical, performed at Her Majesty's Theatre in July. She made me the cute postcard above and my mum also gifted me some adorable decorations of Cogsworth, Lumiere and Chip. My sister, mum and I first had lunch at Brunetti in the city, a quick panini and cake before the show started at 1.00pm.  This flakey dessert is one of my favourites at Brunetti. It's filled with zabaglione chantilly cream and topped with an amarena cherry. Naturally we dressed up for the theatre! I wore a velvet dress and my vintage fur coat, whilst y mum wore a denim tiered skirt with a gorgeous Afghan coat. The show was absolutely amazing, by far the best musical performance we have ever seen! The costumes were wonderful, the stage design enchanting, the singing and orchestra gave me goosebumps! The storyline was very true to the Disney film. It really was spectacular. If you love the movie, you'd love this musical
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Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind

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 Once in a while, my mum and I visit a gorgeous and magical place called the Werribee Rose Garden. It's filled with a variety of roses in every colour and scent imaginable. It's the perfect place to wander around, snap photos, stop and actually smell the roses or have a picnic.  In fact, we have done all of these things in the past, which you may remember reading about  here or  here .  In the former post I have fond memories of a picnic on Australia day back in 2020 with my family friends. I remember my aunty Carmel who's in red in the above photos, who has now passed, admiring and smelling almost every rose, saying "Here Jessica, smell this rose....mmm this rose smells nice... did you smell this rose?" only to conclude that "Jessica, these roses are all beautiful but your mum really has the best rose garden, doesn't she?", which made me laugh. She is really missed by her friends and family. In 2021, I wore this cute fringy skirt to visit the rose
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