Merri Fete

I think I've mentioned on here before that I love school fetes, until I get to them and remember that they're teeming with overexcited children! These pics are from a school fete about a month ago which was particularly FULL ON with loads of kids. It was a good one though, I got some succulents and they had yummy food for sale.

Then, after making an escape we grabbed coffees at one of my favourite local cafes.

St Andrews

We went on a family excursion to St Andrews Market last weekend. I was expecting more vintage and secondhand stalls, but instead we found a hippies paradise, with tie dye, wizard hats, chai, and tarot readings. I'm not complaining though, it was so beautiful, I'm already fantasising about moving there and living off the land!

These dogs were hanging out with the horses. I watched a lady put the dog on the right on a pony and take him for a ride. Regretfully I didn't get the camera out in time to capture the cutest moment ever.

I came home with some chard and pumpkin.

Baked into a pie it was extra delicious!

Film adventures

I think I mentioned this in an earlier post, but I have had some terrible luck with my film cameras. My Golden Half just upped and stopped working, as did the camera Mr Meet-Cute gave me for Christmas. Sad, but I'm still hoping I can fix them one day. In the meantime, Mr Meet-Cute found me an ace new/old camera in a junk shop in the Yarra Valley, and these are the results from the first test roll - Not bad!

These first photos were all taken at TarraWarra Museum of Art and the TarraWarra Winery. It was such a beautiful day, we really picked a good one for heading out of town.

These are from some wanderings round the neighbourhood.

#dogsofpiedimontes

It even works indoors! So goddamn pleased.

Sydney Weekend!

A while ago I visited one of my best pals in Sydney for the weekend. All my film cameras are broken so I got a disposable camera to document the trip.

Sydney dogs! Being so patient.

This out of focus roast pork roll was amazing.

Sydney view, from a really pretty park.

The really pretty park was also really fancy because it had this pond full of huge carp.

Martin Place in the city. We arrived here mere minutes after a huge protest that had turned into a riot. True story.

We ate some amazing food during the weekend, including my Sydney 'must-have' Gelato Messina.

We'd just given this guy lots of pats, so I don't know what the sad side-eye is about.

Fresh coconut water was a great start to the day.

This was at a cafe called Bird and Bear, which was beautiful and very 'Sydney'.

Camberwell to Balaclava

Some lovely friends are in town so we headed out early yesterday to Camberwell Markets. Mmmmm, donuts for breakfast.

From there we went out to Balaclava, where we stocked up on bakery treats and the best ever bagels. Balaclava has a huge Jewish community, so they know their stuff when it comes to all things 'bagel-y'.

Then it was off to Elwood for a coffee stop by the beach. It was freezing though, so coffees were consumed old-person-style sitting in the car.