I have compared to losing a Dad as something like losing your own backbone. You don’t think about it much until it’s gone. It’s been there supporting you in every way, and then suddenly it’s not there anymore. How do you even function? Thankfully, he was very memorable and in...
If Ezra could write the blog, what would he say? I might take a guess… Nana loves you too, little guy. You are a sweet little boy.
It’s no secret that I LOVE music and am a collector of music. What a few people likely didn’t know, is that I haven’t had new music in a long time. This year for Christmas and my birthday, several people gave me gift cards from Amazon. What a great gift....
So I wanted to see more of the new part of Perth, the Elizabeth Quay, the walking bridge and anything else new in the area. So we made plans to see a few sights, do some shopping, and hang around for sunset. As we walked around, there was a new...
John has experience, but this was my FIRST time on a real 4×4 dirt track. I learned when the guide book says, “Engage four wheel drive low range.” that in 4×4 talk, this actually means “Don’t go down that track, there will be ruts deep enough to fit small children!”...
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. ~ John 3:16 Sometimes on the weekends, John and I will take drives to the country. I really enjoy it. Our little “escapes” sometimes leads us...
Something happened on our way to the beach. We went to another beach. Scarborough Beach (You’re spoiled for choice here in Western Australia)
The last visit we made on our wedding anniversary was a visit, or should I say, re-visit to Castle Rock beach. We first went to Castle Rock with Laura in 2010, and because she loved it so much there, it quickly became a favorite place of mine. We thought about...
Still our anniversary, moving on from Busselton, Reptiles, and ice cream, we went to Cowaramup. We had passed through this ‘cow town’ before, so it felt a little “deja moo.” Cowaramup. The name is believed to be derived from Aboriginal word Cowara, meaning Purple-crowned Lorikeet. Locals from the region often...
Miller’s Ice Cream to be exact. The day we got married, 4 years ago, later that afternoon, we went out for ice cream. We went to the typical place to go for ice cream in that area, Simmos. This day we learned there was a new place in town, and...
Continuing on with our anniversary celebration, it was a day for spiders and snakes. Now I know my husband is familiar with Jim Stafford’s song, Spiders and Snakes, and he should know that wedding anniversaries should be filled with romance, but he took me to a reptile house anyway. Later...
Last year, for our 3 year wedding anniversary, we were far apart. This made our 4 year anniversary extra special. So much so, that we packed a lot into the one day, and I will blog about it over the next few blogs instead of just one. We decided to...
This was going to be my first Sculptures by the Sea. I don’t know why we hadn’t gone any of the summers I had been here before. This year, we went twice. (Something that just seems to happen, that we have to go to the same event twice). Given that...
Georgie, John’s sister, gave him his 50th Birthday party, so when she suggested she do the 60th, it seemed right. Initially I had thought to have John’s birthday at the Perth Zoo, but the expense of renting a place was just too much, so Georgie and I went with a...
George Müller was a native German (a Prussian). He was born in Kroppenstaedt on September 27, 1805 and lived almost the entire nineteenth century. George Müller died March 10, 1898 at the age of 92. He saw the great awakening of 1859 which he said “led to the conversion of...
Another Perth Sculpture, also a fountain. This blog post is continuing about Perth Sculptures, but is better described as a fountain. I’d say it is a good mix of both. This fountain stands in the center of a small lake (Citizen of the Year Lake) in the “Burswood Park Heritage...
Two more sculptures in Perth worth noting are the Willem de Vlamingh and the Swan that is next to it, both created by Joan Walsh-Smith and Charles Smith. Continuing with the tour of sculptures in Perth, I found them interesting because I do love the black swans in Perth, and...
One of the most captivating sculptures we saw in our outing was the one of Mary Durack. It shows an older version of a writer with her younger self as a child. The inspiration for this sculpture is Dame Mary Durack, renowned Australian author, engaged in a dialogue with her...
Continuing on from a previous post about sculptures found in Perth, here is another one from The Burswood Park Heritage Trail, ‘Keeping the Flame Alight” a commemorative Olympic Torch Relay Sculpture. From the Smith Sculptors Website: This sculpture identifies and specifically celebrates the most important and key element in...
As I write this, 4 years ago tomorrow John and I got married. Last year we missed our own wedding anniversary, we weren’t together as I was caring for my very sick mom. Not that she liked it that way. Had it been up to her she would have sent...
Perth is a city that loves its sculptures, maybe even the whole of Western Australia. I have been in some remote places and one can still find a sculpture even there. How interesting in this outing to discover one dedicated to a beloved old game of my childhood, Hopscotch. At...
So Valentine’s Day came upon us, our 4th as husband and wife. We went to Perth’s Laser show. Deciding what we were going to do was another thing. We had missed last Valentines together. We couldn’t let this one just go by without some sort of celebration. We decided to...
So we’re having a heatwave here in Perth, so might as well update my website. This explains why I would choose NOW to update the website. The odd thing is, just a few days before this, it was quite chilly. So Perth is as bi-polar in its weather as Baltimore....
We drove through York once in 2010, but we had never gone back. Since it’s Historic, we thought it might be a nice Sunday afternoon outing. We went to church, we ate our lunch, and then we were off. York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia, situated 97...
We missed last year’s Australia Day. This year, we decided to go South of the river and meet up with The Olsens.For our photos this year, we thought it might be interesting to have the City of Perth to look at with the fireworks. At last it was time for...
Today, John and I went somewhere different. We actually made a few stops down the coast. One that was rather beautiful was Point Peron. From the video, you can tell how windy it was today.
John and I had been to Roadside America once before together, yet I wanted to go again, this time with the children. Roadside America is a model railroad miniature village. It’s located in Pennsylvania. It’s made with a lot of attention to detail. It was kind of interesting to see...
So we had a unusually warm holiday season between Thanksgiving and Christmas, but it was on a chilly night Enric invited us around the fire. Not a holiday decorated fireplace in the house, no, the firepit in our cold back yard.
With the grandchildren. Which is the part that made it an adventure. I am not sure why, but I didn’t think we were ever going to get Silas out of the Bass Pro Shop. This post makes it look easy, but they kept us hopping, but it was so worth...
Oh how we love pumpkin season. You did know this gourd-ish squash has its own season, right? Winter, Spring, Summer, Pumpkin…. We anxiously anticipate it every year. ~Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer, October 2010 I love pumpkin season, so happy to be here for part of it. “And God said, “Let...
So, leaving on a jet plane, again. That song even came on the car radio. (The John Denver version). So Perth to Baltimore Soon again Baltimore to Perth. I will always be returning. Ya soc aqui!
Perhaps Christmas at Georgie’s will be an annual event, as this is now year two that we have it. Since Georgie and I both believe that Christmas is a season, not one day, and we’d be crazy to do all the work and expense of it for JUST one day,...
As lakes go, Lake Gwelup is a very nice place to go. We’ve been before and have always enjoyed going. This time we went to see the rainbow bee eaters, but we saw a few more kinds of birds than that.
When do you travel 4 hours out of your way for lunch? When it’s the Berry Farm Café and the blue ferry wrens eat with you!
The fun I have on Ancestry.com doesn’t stop at learning about my own heritage, I have also included John’s side. The Dolphin family history has been more challenging. Information in England is a lot different. Maiden names aren’t included in much of the records is just one challenge. When I...
For our third walk of the day, (not bad for a recovering sprained ankle?), we went on the Tuart Walk. The highlight of this walk are the majestic tuart trees which grow up to 40 metres high and occur in the 420 kilometre strip between Busselton in the south to...
