A Walk in the Park

It’s currently 8 weeks until I jet out of Melbourne for the North. My first ever visit to England. The land of Keats, Austin, Bronte and the Beatles and I CAN NOT wait.

I’m counting down the days until the next path of my life begins. While I know from experience that the move will not be a walk in the park, I’ll probably start cursing like a sailor in frustration as I take the wrong turn for the hundreth time or tears will flow for no apparent reason as I sip tea from a real bone china tea cup. But all the trials will be worth it. If only just for the exclamations of surprise as I discover something I hadn’t meant to whilst walking down a street that is older than nothing I have ever known.

It’s going to be an adventure that’s for sure, but it’s the whole reason Im heading on the journey.

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London Calling

I am so excited that I can finally announce this to you all. It’s been some time in the making (21 years to be exact!) But I have decided it’s finally time I move to London.

I remember the day so vividly when I decided that this is what I wanted to do with my life. I was 8 years old and had to put together a report on a city for class. I didn’t know much about another country other than the paternal side of my family came to Australia 40 odd years ago from a country far away called England. From that moment I was entranced. Now my teacher wouldn’t let me do my whole report on England, it had to be a city, so that’s when my love afair with London began.

And it’s been a long and arduous love afair. From the moment I turned 18, that’s all I was going to do, move to London, but then school, boys, holidays to other countries, and moving to another city all took me away from my one true love. But not for much longer. At 29, I have decided that it’s high time that I make the move. High time I did’t let anything else get in the way. So that’s what Im doing. Come 25th July, the adventure starts and the next phase of my life begins.

The Heart

I can feel change in the air. So this quote from a very wise woman is going to act as a reminder to me today to always follow my heart.

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Last Night

Last night, I had the pleasure of attending City & Color’s sold out Melbourne show at the glorious old Palais theatre. Now you could’t ask for a better venue for some folk rock music. No standing up amoungst the teenage girls scrambling to get to the front to be as close as possible to the stange “just in case” the artist notices them and decides that they are the girl of their dreams. No, it was quite civilised and very grown up.

And what a show it was. Of course it does help just a little that Dallas Green is a complete dreamboat, but It’s shows like that where I wish I had kept up with my music, picked up a guitar and hadn’t been afraid of failure.
It seems like lately, I’ve been reminising more than usual about things that could have been, should have been or would have been instead of accepting where I am and what brought me to this place. Maybe its the universe telling me a change is in the air or maybe it’s a sign and that anything I dream up is possible, I just need the courage to try……

Falling

Tonight I walked the 5km home from work, by the park and it was delightful. Melbourne in Autumn is so pretty, the trees lining the roads are loosing their red and gold leaves and they are scattered across the footpath. Yellow streetlamps glow in the dusky night and as I walk over the Flinders Street bridge, I turn to look back at the cityscape and it’s like I’m in another country. The skyscrapers shine and the windows of the historic buildings shine with warmth. It is one of my most favourite times of the year.

The other thing I love about Autumn is the fashion. Especially trench coats, and this one is gorgeous! The added frill on the collar is such a nice little detail that makes it different from every high street design.

Paired with simple jeans and a gorgeous pair of heels, you’re good to go. From the office straight to dinner or drinks. Nice and cosy and warm.

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Magic

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Hot Pink

With the days getting shorter, the mornings and the evenings getting cooler, it’s a sure sign that my favourite season is on its way….Winter. While winter in Australia aren’t as blisteringly cold as our Northern Hemisphere cousins winters, it’s still nice to rug up in a comfy knitted sweater and warm boots.

Winter and autumn isnt the brightest of times, with the majority of Melbournites clothing themselves in regulation black or grey so it will be nice this season to make a statement in hot pink.
Doesn’t the colour brighten your day just by looking at it? Coupled with turquoise, it’t the perfect antidote to those stormy wintery days when all you feel like doing is staying locked in doors and under a blanket.

Image from Atlantic Pacific via Pintrest

Let’s go

Currently my Facebook page is being inundated by photographs my brothers are posting of the last 3 months in Tahoe USA. As much as Im happy for them being away on another adventure, Im exceptionally jealous. See this time last year, I was galavanting around Canada, being knocked off my feet on my snowboard, discovering new cultures, and generally falling in love with minus 30 degree days…. who would have thought, this girl from sunny Perth would become a snow bunny?!? Well it happened and as they say the rest is history, except the fact that I’m no where near snow at the moment (the closest snow in the Southern Hemispehere at this moment is in Mt Hutt, New Zealand caused by a freakishly severe cold front).

There are days when I wish I could jet away on another adventure, but I know my time will come. It just takes a little saving, a little organising and a little (or a lot!) of time saved up in annual leave. For now, I’m going to have to live vicariously through photographs and make snowboard turns in my dreams. maybe oneday soon I’ll be able to go, if only for a few days, on another little adventure of my own.

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Sunlight

Loving this pic of Kate Bosworth in the new Vanessa Bruno print campaign…makes me want to go out and buy more clothes. So I guess it’s done it’s job!
It’s really nice seeing fashion campaigns creating beautiful images, not necessarilly all about the strategically placed shoe or handbag, but images that wouldn’t be out of place in a gorgeous coffee table book.
This is certainly one of my favourites.

Image sourced from the March edition of Elle UK

Pinetrees

It’s days like today where I wish that I could rug up in my wooly winter coat and take a walk along a snowy pathway lined with pinetrees.  The pine scented air that is just icey enough so that when you breathe, bursts of frost come spilling from your mouth.

Just looking at pictures like this makes me feel instantly calmer.

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