The Week That Was

T'was a busy week! Thought I would share a couple of my favourite shots from a shoot I did for Tinlids Modelling Agency. A very tiring, yet very rewarding shoot to do.

From left to right:

Jake, Ethan, Jake.

Toy car found at Camberwell Market.

House Bound

Sunny afternoons.

Chilly mornings tucked up in bed.

Enjoying the simple things.

If only i didnt have to work all weekend.

this time last year...

... I was on a road-trip through America. Sigh.

Loveless Cafe- Nashville, TN.

Red Door- Savannah, GA.  

That 'ol Chestnut

So here it is, the chestnut-y delight I promised.

Roast Pumpkin, Sage, Chestnut and Bacon Risotto
1 batch of basic Risotto
I butternut Pumkin chopped
5 rashers of Middle Bacon, or Prosciutto.
Handful of fresh Sage leaves
100g Chestnuts (you could use almonds also)
2 Chillies, dried or flakes preferable
Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper

Chop up the pumkin and spread into a roasting tray. Put the chillies, a little salt and pepper and olive oil into a mortar and pestle and bash up well. Pour this over the pumkin and toss around the tray until its well coated. Put in a preheated oven and roast until soft.
Make the Risotto as normal. Towards the end of cooking the risotto, lay your bacon rashers over the roasting pumpkin then sprinkle the chestnuts and sage leaves over this and roast for another 15 or so mins (until slightly crispy and browned).
Just before you add your butter and parmesan to the risotto, take the bacon, chestnuts and sage off the pumpkin, put aside and add the pumpkin to the risotto. Add your butter and parmesan as normal to you risotto and mix. Let sit.
Top with the bacon, sage and chestnuts!

Enjoy x

Brush with Bromley

Monday was a happy day for me. It started with breakfast (my favourite meal) at my favourite cafe on Chapel St, then a visit to "A Day on Earth" (the "fairytale come-to-life" store of Artist David Bromley) where I had a chance meeting, through a dear friend, with the man himself. Those of you that are asking "who is David Bromley" check out this article. I adore his work and struggle to walk out of his store empty handed! He is a huge inspiration and i must pay him credit for the skipping girl image used in my header. His work also inspired me to buy these blocks. X.

revisiting my childhood

Its something I like to do often. And it was the inspiration behind this weekends visit to the Chestnut Festival in the Victorian Dandenongs. The smell of the Chestnuts roasting on a crisp autumn day. Fun was had, lucky jars were bought, lucky jars were bought again, polaroids were taken, polaroids were covered in fairy floss. A wintery Chestnut-ty delight will follow.

It was also the perfect time to start a project I have had in mind for a while now. Inspired by so many of the great blogs out there I felt it was time to contribute a little myself; to share what I love and what I learn, what I find and what I make (and to provide justification to the money spent on my costly op-shopping/marketing/polaroid obsession). So this is it, lets see how long its lasts. Enjoy x