Holidays in Lavender

These are old-ish snaps are from our Christmas holiday to South Australia ~ taken in various locations.  The tumble-down Victorian mansion is just outside of Rutherglen, Victoria, and the amazing pink hydrangeas are in a garden in the bottom of a sink hole in Mt Gambier, South Australia. 

I wore this lovely lavender 1940’s maternity dress quite a bit while we were away, but unfortunately the stitches keep breaking in the seams, so I have to keep on mending it.  That’s one of the problems with vintage wear, although I must say I haven’t had as much trouble with my other vintage pieces as I have with this one.   : /  

Of course, then I don’t want to wear it as much, even though I do love the colour!  That’s one of the challenges of wearing vintage while having small children, but I’ll keep pegging away at it.   It makes me even more keen to sew my own vintage clothes, because then I don’t have to worry about them being ruined. 

Speaking of…. 

That will be my next update ~ I’m finally able to show you the dress I made before we went away.  Yay!  There’s a bit of a story as to why it’s taking me so long to post about it, but I’ll keep that for later.

xox,

bonita 

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Lavender Lace 1940’s Dress  ~  Etsy   Painted Floral Broach  ~   Thrifted   Dot Flats  ~  Way too old!

Jaunting Around Australia

We made it home!  It was a busy trip, and like I suspected the internet connection was pretty much non-existent, so here’s a brief photo diary of our trip through Victoria to South Australia.  ^ – ^

   
~ *  We stop at Gundagai and visit with The Dog on the Tucker Box: Sitting up the top of Mackey’s Peak in the Grampians.  Still can’t believe I made it up there!  * ~

~ *  A panoramic view of the Grampian Mountain Range.  * ~ 

   
~ *  In front of the old Mt Gambier Post Office, South Australia:  At the Cave Gardens, it’s a big sinkhole in the middle of the town!  * ~


~ *  One of the roads in South Australia.  * ~

   
~ *  Playing around with some photos I took.  * ~

   
~ *  Blueberry macaroon, which tasted like cake ~ weird huh?:  Sunset in Rutherglen, Victoria.  * ~

   
~ *  Peach flip-flops, bought for this trip: A new purse!  ^ U ^  Yay for pink plaid!  * ~

   
~ *  At Olive Hill Estate, Rutherglen:  Some gorgeous park in Ararat, Victoria.  * ~

Last, but not least ~ have a Happy New Year everyone!  I can’t wait to see what 2013 will bring.  ♥ ♥ ♥ 

xox,

bonita

Wordless Wednesday ~ 2nd September Ed.

    

    

xox,

bonita

Hourly Instagrams ~ A Coastal Road Trip

We went to the coast for my youngest sister’s birthday this Saturday, so I thought I’d do a picture diary of the day.  ᵔᴗᵔ 

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Our outfits for the day and a sneak peek at my outfit that I am posting about later. ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Rolly~polly baby and of course, the never~ending~baby~blanket~of~doomed makes another appearance!  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  We stop at Braidwood Park to feed the baby; I took the photo while Theodore is nursing, and then driving down the Clyde.  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Crossing the bridge into Bateman’s Bay and first sight of the sea!  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Sour gummy worms galore; yummy! and feeding Theodore.  Again.  His little toy Scruff came with us.  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Husband building sandcastles with a friend and my sandy toes.  ~ * ♥ * ~

   
~ * ♥ * ~  Lunch was at 3 o’clock, late but good, with ginger beer, chips, potato scallops and a tandoori chicken wrap.  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  The shore’s sentinel {a beach pine} and a view of Surf beach.  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Saying goodbye to the sun, surf and sand as we cross the river and pretty sunset on our way home.  ~ * ♥ * ~

It was Theodore’s first ever trip to the beach, but I don’t think he was that impressed as it was rather windy!  > o <  Still the sun was nice, and it was a lovely spring day.  A fun way to start the summer season don’t you think?  
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xox,

bonita

S is for Snow!

Time for the photo diary of our day at Mount Perisher last Saturday.  Okay, I might have taken more than one picture an hour…  Instagram is so much fun and I seriously had to resist overloading this post with a billion photos of Theodore!  But just as much fun as taking photos ~ snowboarding again for the first time since last year.  Wow.  It was great…..  But let me get on with the pictures before I bore you all to death with recounts of my runs!

 

6:00am ~ We get up before the sun and say hello to Mr. Moon.  Early mornings are not my thing, but I do appreciate a beautiful sunrise. 

 

7:00am ~ Artistic photos while Husband and his brother do the boring stuff like load the car with an insane amount of gear!   We almost didn’t fit in the dog; but once I put my nifty packing skills into play we were able to drop her off at my parent’s place so they could dog sit.

 

8:00am ~ *sings* “On the road again; it’s good to be on the road again…”

 

9:00am  ~ Fellow adventurers to the snow; we were just in more of a hurry to see…. The snow!  I know you can hardly see it in the picture, but I promise that it is there. 

 

10:00am  ~  Hiring snow boards and feeding the baby at base camp {i.e. Jindabyne}.  Theodore with his fuzzy babyhawk is all “Whooo!  Rock on!!”

 

11:00am  ~  Up the mountain; I only wish we could stay at that motel!  Husband graciously lets me ride first whilst he keeps an eye on Theodore, so here I am on the Triple chair lift at Smiggens.

 

12:00pm  ~  Maybe one of these days I’ll try to take a shot while I am moving on my board, but for the moment here’s a snap that I took while “resting”….  Okay, so I fell on my butt a few times.  Hello!  Just had a baby!   So Feather {my snowboard} and I take a well earned break.

 

1:00pm  ~  Theodore’s Talkies:  “Zzzzzz”  Translation:  Happy Mommy!! : D  I look after the bubba, then Husband and I go for a ride.  Look!  He’s on top of the world!  Waiting for me again… 

 

2:00pm to 5:00pm  ~  Things get a little hectic at the end of the day; I pack up baby after finishing some runs with Husband and drive to my friends house.  We warm up in front of the fire while I feed and change Theodore{again}, while also fitting in a month or so of catch up chat into one hour.  Then I leave pick up Husband and his brother but end up running late.  Whoops! 

   

6:00pm  ~  We say goodbye to daylight, and to the snow, and by this stage I am too tired to be bothered taking any more pictures….   Really our day didn’t end until 10:30ish, but like I said, no more snaps! 

I may have been knackered at the end of the day, but it was sooo worth it.  I had a blast and as always, cannot wait to go again!

xox,

bonita