Dreaming of Vintage Treasures

Hello! We've had some glorious winter sunshine recently. I've been enjoying my first few days of my work holidays and am glad to already be feeling very calm and relaxed. I attribute my recent peace of mind to spending some time in the sun, having a picnic in the garden, going for walks and catching a sunset, which I was inspired to do after reading The Outsiders .  I really ought to do that more often.  Vegetable pasta for lunch. With lots of cheese. I do LOVE cheese. I also filled these cute cans with flowers from the garden. They're too cute to throw in the recycle bin, so I thought I'd reuse them. This was my outfit to an op-shop on Saturday.  My mum's been having some health scares lately and on the way to a medical appointment we noticed an op-shop  nearby  that  was empty so we had a look around. I found some vintage sunglasses, a green jug and a photo album. I'm so glad shops have hand  sanitizer...

Bright turquoise tights? What was I thinking?! I bought these pair of tights recently on eBay and since they arrived, I've been stumped on how to style them. Yesterday I had a brainwave! I wanted to wear my new cord miniskirt with my matching emerald turtleneck but I decided it needed a pop of colour - blue legs! It was a day of firsts, I also wore these new-to-me green snakeprint boots and the blue scarf pulled the look all together. I thought it was only right to dress up to go to an opshop! It's the first time I've been in MONTHS! Well, that's not entirely true. I went to a small opshop last week before eating banh-mi at a cafe and it was a bad experience. I felt so uncomfortable being in such a small public space and there were people blocking both isles that led to the exit. I hardly looked at anything because I couldn't wait to get out of there. I wasn't completely comfortable eating at a cafe either and tried to avoid touching shared surf...

Hello! I've been on a cooking spree lately - feast your eyes! On Sunday, I made this delicious vegetable soup which is perfect in winter. I also made my own lavash crackers and threw in so many herbs and spices - tumeric, thyme, basil, chilli, oregano, pepper, salt - and they turned out fantastic! I've been eating them everyday at work with some cheese and apples/grapes - delicious! After looking back at my birthday photos , I decided to make some Macedonian tulumbi (doughnuts with syrup) again! On Monday, (a public holiday for the Queen's birthday) I even brought some over to my dedo's house, thinking he'd be all proud of me but with all that syrup, he's way too health conscious to eat them! Nevermind, dad and I still enjoyed pottering around in the backyard with him. I wore this big fluffy leopard coat and my thigh high boots- two items that I reserve for very cold days. And under the coat was...   More leopard! Altho...

Hi everyone!  What a year it has been! First the horror of being amongst the Australian bushfires at the start of 2020, then the unexpected corona virus sweeping across the world and now the Black Lives Matter movement is taking place. What a time in history we are part of! I hope everything changes for the better. Source I have refrained from posting on Instagram for a while, out of respect for the Black Lives Matter movement. To tell you the truth, I am absolutely horrified that there is so much police violence and brutality towards black people. Learning of the murder of George Floyd and other people across the world by police has left many people feeling a range of emotions: anger, fear, hurt. I am left feeling incredibly sad by this, I can't watch the news without tearing up. I guess I have been ignorant in not realising that such ferocious racism has been happening around the world including against Australia's first people - the Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

May is the month of birthdays in my home, with my mum's last week and mine this week. My family and I went to Daylesford for a stroll through the countryside. I love this lily pad behind me. It looks marvellous in summer. There were very few people about as it was cold and wet. Even my sturdy cowboy boots didn't stop me from slipping several times on the slippery moss.  A peacock decided it wanted to be best friends with my umbrella and menacingly followed my mum and I around, much to her delight and my terror! We had some souvlakis, chicken burgers and hot chips for lunch. My favourite vintage mills market was closed so we entertained ourselves by walking around Lake Daylesford and laughing over one joke or another. There were more people out and about so we all remained socially distanced.  This outfit kept me warm! Coat ($4) and vintage bag ($7): Op-shopped. Earrings and turtleneck: retail. Boots ($10) and cord pants ($5)...

Hello! What a week it's been! George Harrison said it best, all things must pass . Although I've gotten into the routine of working from home, yesterday was my last day of doing so.  I'll have to return back to school on Monday. Of course I'm a bit nervous about it although I'm trying not to be as I know the school is taking so many safety precautions. Plus I know my grade 1 students are eager to get back to school. They have expressed that this stay-at-home period has left them feeling worried, angry, scared - gosh children are really perceptive about what is going on around them. The principal asked the teachers and children to take a photo of their learning space to document this unique time in history. Here I am working on my trusty school laptop... In preparation to returning back to work, we teachers have been offered a voluntary coronavirus test, which I did on Wednesday. For two days I was absolutely dreading it as I'd seen pictures of the metho...