Brunch and Beaches

Good day lovely friends, hope you're all enjoying your weekends. It's beautiful sunny here in Sydney, such a splendid thing considering how chilly and grey it's been of late. 

I thought I'd share a few shots from a couple of weekends back. Ellen and I had brunch at a sweet little restaurant at Bondi Beach called Blue Orange. It has such wholesome, fresh, tasty food. Below is my delicious meal of sourdough toast with caramelised onions, roasted pumpkin and chunks of goats cheese, and the most amazing balsamic roast tomatoes. Absolute heaven!

One of my favourite dresses, I refer to it as 

my forest dress. It's from ModCloth, a website

I find very hard to resist. In fact, I recently bought 

incredible dress from there, photos will be up once it

arrives in the mail.

Insane windy weather, utterly freezing too, but at least 

the sun was shining for us.

The glorious Bondi Beach in it's pastel resplendence. 

I can't get over the colours of the ocean, they're just so

inviting and soft. Bondi can go from a deep, almost

black, blue, to a vibrant turquoise. Truly beautiful.

Bronte beach appearing on the horizon.

I'll be back in a week or two with another post. Ta ta for now.

Petunia x

A little photo splurge

Hello my few lovely followers, god it's bee ages since I was on here. I had almost forgotten this blog existed. I figure it's time to share some of my life's most beautiful and inspiring moments with you. Generally for me that means sunsets and trees. I have a fascination with both, and when I get the chance to photograph them I feel happier and more hopeful. I hope you like what I've photographed.

The following are my favourite recent sunset shots:

And the next bunch are nature shots:

This is a photo I am actually quite proud of.

Beautiful Bondi Beach, it's no wonder this 

beach is such a tourist attraction. I did the 

Bondi to Bronte walk, it was a stunningly 

clear day but freezing cold!

I posted this photo on my instagram account, and it is

my most popular photo with 110 likes so far :)

Now that I have flooded you with photos I will try my best to update more regularly. I say that often, but I really do mean it. I take sunset/nature photos a few times a week, and I have been crafting quite a bit lately, so there are a fair few posts I can make. Expect a post once a week my loves. 

Petunia x

Corlette Adventures

I had the most amazing time this weekend. Port Stephen's is as relaxing and beautiful as i remember it. And i got to hang out with friends i haven't seen in such a long time. The only downside is that my car is still sitting an hour out of Sydney in mechanic shop, waiting to be fixed. But never mind that, here are some snaps of the weekend and my goofy friends.

I really love this photo, we all look so cute and happy.

This picture is hilarious. Alice innocently walking through the 

vineyard while Steve happily strangles Sam.

My gorgeous Ali, don't we make a lovely couple :P

Cutest couple.

 

The family, sadly missing Steve. 

Petunia x

Sunset in the Park

I have always found sunsets incredibly awe-inspiring. I think they are one of the most beautiful aspects of the world. No matter how often i see them, i still adore them.

The past few nights i have taken the kids i nanny down to the park by their house. It's huge, lush and a great place to kick a ball or go for a swing. I make sure our park visit coincides with the sunset so that i can not only play with the kiddlets, but i can also photograph the sunset. Here are some snaps of tonight expedition.

This is Ben, he was explaining to me how to draw a skeleton,

typical boy.

And this is Bella, attempting to pull the basketball out of a prickly bush.

The sunset was just beginning in this photo. It's my

favorite picture of the night.

Reminds me of caramel oozing from chocolate. 

Just delightful.

I just adore the colours in this one. 

Pinks and purple and yellows and blues. 

The clouds look like fairy floss.

The moon looked like a shooting star because of a strange 

cloud. Quite beautiful, the kids loved it.

Petunia x

Kambala outing

Hi lovely friends! This post is about a week late, but at least it's here. I've been so busy getting back to uni, but i a definitely going to try and make more time to blog.

A week or so ago i attended the Kambala 125th Anniversary Soiree. It was held in the newly renovated year 12 common room. I had a really wonderful time seeing some old faces, chatting with my principal and exploring the school. A lot has changed in 5 years. We have an incredible new music centre which i unfortunately have no photos of. What i do have photos of is some of my goofy friends and my awesome ModCloth dress hehe.

Goofing around on the year 12 balcony. Poor little rich kids, must be hard having a view of Sydney harbour and the bridge.

The hall. The place of assembly's, theatre performances, theatre sports, music performances and year 12 farewells. 

So proud of my fish and anemone, i can still remember making it. 

I told these photos from the lovely girl above, Mel, because she was intelligent and brought a camera with. 

My outfit consisted of a gorgeous green forest dress from ModCloth, sexy brown heels from Senso, brown belt from Cue and a little yellow cardigan to top it off. 

I'll be back soon, enjoy the rest of your weekends friends. 

Petunia x

A perfect weekend

Another beautiful Sydney weekend. Golden sunshine, a mild breeze and some friends with whom to enjoy it. First an evening walk along Bondi with Ellen. Then Saturday at the shops buying pretties. Saturday night with uni friends, eating ham and drinking sparkling wine. And Sunday spend swimming laps, lazing in a spa and cooking in the steam room, followed by sushi. Oh and i dare not forget the amazing beef and Guinness pie my brother and i made for dinner tonight. Good weekend no?

Stay tuned for a delicious recipe for beef and Guinness pie with a side of minted mushy peas and mashed sweet potato. 

Petunia x

Steel Bar and Grill!!!

All i can say is YUM! Steel Bar and Grill is such a great restaurant. The food, the drinks, the dessert *drifts into a drooling dreamy daze*. I think its delicious menu has been calling to Ellen and i for a while, and we finally gave in to its pull.

My outfit comprised of a lovely Alannah Hill dress, cute little wedges from Truworths, and a belt from Cue. And to add a bit of bling and glamour, a lovely seed pearl and emerald ring from Dresden Dollz, a scarab bracelet from Nouveau Motley, and a diamond ring from Tresors.

Now onto the food!!!!!

Totally amazing cocktails. I had one called an Aztec iced tea, and Ellen enjoyed a Mrs K.

Very nice share plate. Squid stuffed with an array of herbs and spices and some kind of wholewheat cous cous type ingredient. Yum,

The main courses were incredible. They certainly know how to cook meat at this place, and with a name like theirs you'd hope they would. I had pork wrapped in pancetta with spinach and potato gratin. Ellen had lamb with eggplant, olive and capsicum. 

Mmmm desserts. Vanilla creme brule with pistachio biscoti and strawberries....oh my god, can't even describe how good it was. Ellen's was pretty amazing too, dark chocolate mousse cake with burnt orange ice cream and honeycomb bits. 

Needless to say, we were both in heaven. Can't wait to go back hehe.

Petunia x