Dreaming of Vintage Treasures

It's so hot in Melbourne as I write this, I'm sweating and clutching my iced water but nevermind that, let me take you back to last month when my mum and I went to the beautiful Lavendula farm near Daylesford. The lavender fragrance filled the air and greeted us as soon as we arrived.     I had gnocchi with cheese, mushrooms and asparagus for lunch and my mum enjoyed her canelloni. We sat under some lovely trees and enjoyed our surroundings.   We walked around the farm and spotted geese, emus and lamas. Boy, did the emus scare me, they look so mean! I spotted a wild berry bush and ate some berries. They were so sweet and delicious, I could hear my nonna's voice in my head saying "they're full of antioxidants!". I love her!       I wore my new-to-me pastel gingham dress that I bought at a secondhand market for $5. Pretty good, don't you think? The only thing is that in photos, the sun bleaches out the colours and the dress looks white. Still, my ret

 Our final two days in Eden...   My family, boyfriend and I had lunch at the Merimbula RSL, a tradition we've been doing for years. I had the beef and black been and we shared a tiramisu. But then we noticed an interesting restaurant hidden around a corner that we've never seen in all our years we've come here. It was an aquarium restaurant. After we wandered around the fishing pier and chatted to an excited man who caught a big fish on the rocks, we decided to return the next day for lunch.       On the drive back, we stopped off at an oyster farm and enjoyed eating them by the water. Back at the cabin, dad, Alex and I went swimming. The beach waves were so rough, my dad flipped over with his feet comically lifted up in the air at least three times! My boyfriend and I spent the afternoon continuing our paint by numbers, we've been loving it.  We returned to the Merimbula the next day to have lunch at the aquarium restaurant. I wore my new white dress and red lipstick,