March has been a pretty good month with plenty of great things happening for us. It has also been unseasonably warm, yet in the blink of an eye, Mother Nature has turned and suddenly autumn is here! However, my thoughts are turning to warmer climes as our holiday is now just about here! But first, […]
My Friday Five – My wishlist for March 2016
By Sarah in Fashion, Friday Five, Gadgets, General, Photography Tags: My Friday Five, wishlist
Last month, I did my first wishlist for the year…and I can report I ended up getting one of the items on my list…the Netatmo Welcome Camera….review pending! Unfortunately still waiting on the others, including the Jag… Here is what’s on My Friday Five wishlist for March…my usual mix of vintage, tech and fashion! A […]
Fashion Finds – Rockmans Jeans
By Sarah in Fashion 2 Comments Tags: denim, jeans, Rockmans, short jeans
I will admit from the outset that I have never set foot in a Rockmans store before a gift voucher appeared in my post box out of the blue! But as they were kind enough to send it to me, the least I could do was go check their range out. Unfortunately, there is no […]
What I Wore Roundup – Edition 40
By Sarah in Fashion, Op Shopping, Vintage, What I Wore Tags: ootd, op shop fashion, preloved, vintage fashion, What I wore
What a strange week we had weatherwise….a last blast of heat before Autumn sets in. I delved back into my vintage outfits…finding it a bit of a learning curve about what goes with copper hair! So this is what I wore… What I Wore…Monday 7th March – Sunday 13th March Started the week with a […]
The Feeling of Belonging to Someone
By Sarah in General 6 Comments Tags: belonging, marriage, relationship
Over the past few weeks, there has been heaps in the papers and media streams about a high profile sportsman getting caught out having an affair with his best mate’s (another high profile sportsman) estranged wife. I am not going to comment any further on that as quite frankly, it’s none of my business, but […]
The Mystery of the Footpath Curse
By Sarah in General, Melbourne 3 Comments Tags: a curse upon the removal of this slab, Armadale, hidden Melbourne, Melbourne
While wandering through Armadale, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, to visit Mister Zimi, I happened to look down while waiting to cross the lights at the corner of Kooyong Road and High Street. And I saw this just behind the tram stop sign…it threateningly reads that there is “A curse upon the removal of this […]
APCS Box Hill Camera Market
By Sarah in Photography Tags: APCS, Box Hill Camera Market, Box Hill Town Hall, film camera, Gossen Lunasix F, vintage camera
Today we headed to the Box Hill Town Hall, to go to a kind of market that we have never been to before…a camera market. We got there not long after it opened, and the hall was already bustling with camera enthusiasts! I am very new to the film camera world, having only just acquired […]
Laneways of Melbourne – Bank Place
By Sarah in Melbourne Tags: Bank Place, Laneways of Melbourne, Melbourne, Mitre Tavern, The Melbourne Savage Club
One thing we have learned about living in Melbourne is that there is so much to be discovered…the laneway I am featuring today is one we had no idea existed, yet it contains so much of Melbourne’s history! Bank Place runs between Little Collins Street and Collins Street, and features some heritage pre-war buildings dating […]