A month ago we were still enjoying sunshine and weekend adventures with our family. How quickly things have changed to a new kind of normal. Before spending our days cooped up at home we went out on the trail near our home to collect wild blackberries with the kids. I had no plan with what I would do with a full basket of berries but I ended up making some jars of jam. I’m admittedly a hopeless cook and have never made jam before. For some reason I thought it would be difficult but it was ...
Autumn Blackberry Picking
Field of Happiness
For the last weekend of summer we managed a little trip out to Dunnstown for Pick your Own (PYO) Sunflowers. Dunnstown is a short 15 minute drive from Ballarat and a 1hour 20minute drive from Melbourne. I love a PYO event so when I saw the sunflower field advertised I knew we had to visit. I read a quote somewhere once that talked about the kindness of someone who plants a tree for another to sit in its shade. This quote came to mind when I thought of the effort someone has taken to plant an ...
Lavendar Farm
This summer has been much slower for our little family and we haven’t had nearly as many adventures as last year. You may have noticed a lack of activity on the blog and my social media accounts. I’ve been trying to look after myself after repeated mastitis as well as trying to manage Jett and getting her weight up. The heavy smoke haze also kept us inside a lot over summer. In lieu of our lack of adventures I thought I'd post these pictures from last year when I was pregnant and we ...
Rock Ballarat 2020 – Sunday Fashion
Sunday was a great day at Rock Ballarat. The street party was busy with lots of people visiting the Show’n’Shine car competition, the best dressed competition, the workshops in the Mining Exchange and the live music events happening around town. My sister (Finding Femme) and I documented some of the fun and fashion while shopping at the market stalls. If you share any of our images please clearly tag and credit whomever took you photo. We cannot wait for next year to do it all again ...
Saturday at Rock Ballarat 2020
What a day! Rock Ballarat was rocking today and my sister Finding Femme took these snaps while we were out and about. If you share any of her images make sure you clearly tag and credit her (Finding Femme) on your socials. Our day started slow with me spending forever getting all three children dressed so our first stop of the day was Little Bird Cafe. The cafe is a retro style diner running a special menu for the weekend including cheeseburgers, brisket, mac’n’cheese and even root beer float ...
Rock Ballarat Tiki Party 2020
I love a tiki party and what better way for Rock Ballarat to open the weekend than with cocktail hour at the Mining Exchange. The glamorous event was full of fun fashion with high attendance from the pin up competitors and event sponsors. My favourite outfit was Helen who rocked a vintage kimono with matching hair wear and depending on the angle you were either viewing a lobster or orchids. The evening then turned into a live music venue with surf rock band Shell Yeah. There will be ...
