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  • Realised today I haven't shared a lot of my recent photography work, especially one of my favourite shoots for @wildflorastudio and @jonimaflowers of their 'Field to Table' floral workshop and farm tour last month. There was such an abundance of beauty I literally couldn't stop taking photos! Truthfully my job is easy when you have a beautiful backdrop like Jonima farm, masses of incredible blooms, lots of gorgeous & willing subjects and a beautiful lunch set-up under the gum trees, including a very Aussie way to serve up food... on the back of two @johndeere Gators! Have a swipe to see what I'm talking about! 👌🏼#canonaustralia #deeresighting
  • It's an icy, cold Monday here in the #southernhighlandsnsw but my little girl and I are rugged up on the sofa, in front of the fire, watching movies and sipping on hot chocolates, because we're both a bit under the weather today. Unfortunately a 1 year old mini-cyclone of destruction is about to wake up and disrupt our peace & quite! This bedroom scene above is at the beautiful @capekidnappers in #hawkesbay #newzealand... where I wish I could transport myself back to today, san kids, to sleep-in until noon! #capekidnappers #relaischateaux #cottonwoodtravels
  • Sorry for the lack of posts on here lately, friends. Been lots going on (photo shoots, kids, house stuff, events & gatherings etc) and sometimes I just like having a bit of a social media hiatus. A technology holiday, of sorts! We’re now well and truly into winter here (top of 10 degrees today, despite the sunshine outside fooling us!) and the garden is going into hibernation (very last of my roses are on the way out but gee they have just bloomed all spring, summer and autumn! #roseconvert). I’ll share a little of what I’ve been up to the past few weeks on my stories, including some photos shoots I’ve done. Hope you all have a beautiful weekend planned?! Nicki xx #canonaustralia
  • Since I was supposed to be in Denmark this weekend for @christinagreve’s flower styling & photography workshop (insert sigh 😔), I thought I’d commiserate that I couldn’t be there with a bit of #inspiration from #Denmark via the @decor.demon blog and photo by @jonas_lundberg_photography 🌿 This simple, understated and chic entry belongs to a transformed 18th century farmhouse in Odense, Denmark and I just love those beautiful white walls, gorgeous checkerboard floor, touch of greenery and of course, all the light emanating through those beautiful windows and front door! My kind of entry 👌🏼 Hopefully I can make the workshop later in the year Christina!! 🤞🏼 @christinagreve xx
  • I’m still coming down off a massive high from the #royalwedding - everything from magnificent Meghan, handsome Harry, the extraordinary inclusive and personal service, right down to the dress, the guests and of course all the exquisite flowers 😮. I mean, wow! And the fun of having my own little royal wedding party to celebrate it! These flowers above aren’t royal, but they were created by the very, very talented @wildflorastudio at the recent field to table floral workshop @jonimaflowers 🌸 More flowers at their beautiful farm than at the royal wedding, I can assure you! Did you all catch the wedding? Who stayed up too late or got up too early just to watch it? #countryliving #floralarrangement
  • I shared our messy house the other night on my stories (how it is most days) but this is how it looks when we have an open house! Unfortunately the joy lasts about 15 minutes and in fact, during the time it took for me to video this, a certain little munchkin was smooshing peanut butter down the side of the island bench. 😣 My fault for giving him a peanut butter sandwich so I can’t say I don’t deserve it! 🙄😆 It is a gorgeous Autumn day out there though, so that’s something! #home #southernhighlands

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Country Living, Garden

Homegrown bouquet in Autumn

It's been a busy week with Term 2 going back, after having 2 sicks kids over the holidays and juggling work and our house being on the market. So, I cheered myself up this week with this pretty little bouquet that I made with flowers all from our READ MORE

Country Living, Garden

Kitchen Garden – update

Given summer is technically over, I thought I'd share a bit of an update on our sweet little kitchen garden which we planted at the start of spring 2017. We've been having unseasonably warm weather of late so the garden is showing little signs of READ MORE

Entertaining, Recipes

Leftover Chicken & Vegetable Pies

I'm always looking for yummy and nutritious recipes that can make use of leftovers, and these delicious Chicken and Vegetable Pies are the result of some left over roast chook and a handful of veggies floating around in the fridge and some greens READ MORE

Interiors

Our New Exterior Barn Lights

If you follow me on Instagram you'll probably notice I haven't posted many images of our homes exterior, because, until recently, it was the part we left until the end (along with our kitchen garden which you can see here) and even small things like READ MORE

Entertaining, Table Decor

A pre-Christmas Girls Dinner

There's few things I love more than having time out with some of my girl friends and it's always around mid December that we have a good catch up before the "silly season" begins. And last year (gosh that still feels weird to say given it's just days READ MORE

Entertaining, Recipes

Christmas Pudding Ice Cream

If there's one thing that synonymous with Christmas, at least in the food department, it has to be Christmas pudding. Right? But the problem with pudding and being in the Southern Hemisphere, is that more often than not, it's too warm for a steaming READ MORE

Entertaining, Recipes

Spiced Marmalade Nut Glazed Ham

Oh boy, oh boy, do I love a Christmas glazed ham!? In fact, it's one of my absolute favourite things about Christmas and even though every summer I severely overdose on ham, I can't help but get terribly excited at the end of each year knowing that READ MORE

Entertaining, Table Decor

Handmade Christmas Napkin Bon Bons

I know what you might be thinking. It's not "Christmas" unless you have a Christmas cracker/bon bon to pop open with your loved ones & friends. I myself really do love the tradition of it, but truly, there's not much going on inside Christmas READ MORE

Country Living

Our Kitchen Garden

As many of you will be aware, for the past 2 years we've been renovating our current home here in the Southern Highlands, however the one part of the renovation process which we never fully got around to finishing, was our exterior, and our garden. READ MORE

Entertaining, Recipes

Peach & Passionfruit Pav

There are few desserts I have mastered as well as a pavlova (if I do say so myself!), and this sweet and tangy pav is one of the tastiest I've ever eaten. Sugary, crisp meringue paired with tart, tangy passionfruit and fresh, juicy peaches. I mean, READ MORE

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