A Photographic Interlude: The Drive

Hey there lovelies,

In my outfit post yesterday I mentioned that The Boyfriend & I went on a long drive to scope out some photography opportunities last weekend. I feel like we've been neglecting some of the amazing things about living in a rural area - like the scenery. It's quite incredible to be able to drive ten minutes out of town, and start encountering scenery like this. You start to feel like the road goes on forever, and if you just follow it long enough you'll reach something magical. And maybe you would.

Until next time, xo.

Welcome To Clermont, Part 3

Hello there lovelies,

Last weekend I took my new 50D out for a walk through town. I hadn't had much of a chance to take it out before last weekend, and I felt like I really needed to get reaccquainted with Clermont. It's been a while since I last wrote about our big move, and I'm still feeling really all over the place about it. Is it strange to feel like I don't have a home anymore? Not home as in a place to live, but a place where I feel like I belong? The small town life lost its' sparkle quite quickly for me, and now I just miss being in the city. The town itself is beautiful, but I don't really feel connected to it. I don't feel like I belong here. At the same time, I feel removed from Brisbane - by more than just distance. I don't know how to regain that feeling of "home", so I guess for now I'll have to be content with thinking that the town I live in is beautiful.

Until next time, xo.

Snapshots of March

Hello there lovelies,

March has been one hell of a ride! We lost The Boyfriend's Nana, and both of us have been battling feeling pretty homesick for Brisbane, having trouble sleeping, getting sick, and feeling generally out of sorts. We also managed to pay off one of our long-standing debts, buy both of us a new camera, got to spend a week alone for the first time in a few months and went on a few nice photograghy outings.

I wore quite a few nice outfits that never quite made it to the blog. This dress I bought from Modcloth before Christmas was one of them. Here's a few that did make it.

We spent lots of time with our beautiful animals this month. Squeak, the little black cat has been harassing us for attention - and as any cat owners will know, when they harass, you listen. Homer, the big black and white dog always loves cuddles, and Bow (the little fluff ball) is a big sook.

Along with buying a Canon 50D for me, I also order a cute package of things from Modcloth, was shocked to discover that I now own three pairs of heels, and bought a few things from Jay Jays that unintentionally turned out to match perfectly.

Along with writing for the blog, I spend my spare time surprising people in my house hold & taking random photographs of them. Yes, this does include myself. How has your March been? Has it treated you well?

Until next time, xo.

P.S. Just in case you missed them, here are my favourite posts from this month: Fat Girls Can, How To Make A Statement Necklace From T-Shirt Scraps, Fictional Style Icon: Blair Waldorf, Hey It's Ok & How To Remix The Same Dress Five Times.

Photographic Interlude: Feeling Like Autumn

Hello there lovelies,

I can't believe it is already the first day of Autumn. It might be my imagination, but it feels like the weather is cooling down already. It also made me realise that I still have tons of slides & negatives that I have never scanned - photographs that I have never even seen except in negative or slide form! This set of photos was actually taken last Autumn, at the Nerima Japanese Gardens in Ipswich. I'm a little sad that I probably won't get to visit Nerima with my camera this Autumn, because it was so pretty.

For those interested, these images were taken with a Canon EOS 3, Velvia 100 film, and a Canon 28-135mm lens. Over the next few months I'm hoping to get much more of my backlog of images scanned, and put up on this little blog. I'm really excited to get to see my photographs properly for the first time!

Until next time, xo.

Holiday Happy Snaps

Hello there lovelies,

I am still exhausted from my whirlwind trip to Sydney last weekend to see Love Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of the Opera (have I ever mentioned what a freak I am for The Phantom of the Opera?). Despite having an apparently quite dismal opening season in London & earning the pseudonym "Paint Never Dries", I absolutely loved it. I may or may not have cried.

Anyway, this means you get subjected to more phone pictures of my holidays! I went to Sydney with my dearest Mum, a few of her friends & one of their daughters, and let me tell you, those ladies know how to cram a lot into a weekend!

We arrived on Friday afternoon, and spotted this amazing typo on the shuttle bus to our hotel from the airport.

This is the beautiful lobby of our hotel building. We stayed at the Season's Harbour Plaza on Sussex Street, which was pretty damn good & nicely within walking distance of everywhere we needed to go.

We went out to dinner in Darling Harbour, had a few wines, then headed over to King's Cross and looked through a few adult shops. In one of them we encountered a very enthusiastic & professional salesperson who offered to show us demonstrations of all the products. We also had men trying to escort us into their strip clubs in King's Cross by telling us that their club was the only one where you saw more than boobs.

On Saturday morning we were up & going by 8am. Lucky I love these ladies, because I am totally not a morning person. We made up for it by getting a great breakfast (& coffee!) in Darling Harbour, and then heading over to the Chinese Gardens. Unfortunately for us, it poured down rain at the Chinese Gardens, but we did get to see some traditional Dragon dancing.


I wore a maxi dress, knotted into a shorter dress over my faithful red jeans & a jacket. I loved the weather in Sydney! If I wore a jacket anytime in Summer in Queensland, I would die of heatstroke.



Afterwards, we headed to Paddy's markets for some shopping. I bought a fairly psychedelic top/dress, and an owl necklace which I inexplicably forgot to photograph.







Of course, we had to go over to the Powerhouse Museum for the Harry Potter Exhibition. The Powerhouse is amazing! I can't wait to go back & have another look through it. The Harry Potter Exhibition was also amazing (although smaller than I imagined). My favourite part was looking at all the costumes - particularly Hermione Granger & Luna Lovegood's gorgeous dresses.

As it turned out, once we got to the Powerhouse all the early sessions for the Harry Potter exhibitions were full, so we ended up wandering back to our hotel to wait for our session. We went back through Chinatown, which was awesome. I liked it better than King's Cross because the shady looking characters were only trying to sell me chinese food, instead of prostitutes.

After our wander through Chinatown, a few plates of nachos, and a costume change, we headed back to the Harry Potter exhibition, and straight onto the Capitol Theatre for the show afterwards.


We had a few drinks afterwards, got told to move along by a security guard, and had big greasy slices of pizza for dinner in the middle of the night. We fell into bed around 1am, and then Mum & I were up again at 8 to race to the airport. All in all, it was a fabulous weekend & I can't wait to get back to Sydney.

Until next time, xo.