When you’re far from the ones you love, sometimes you just do what you have to do to be with them, especially on important occasions. Enric set it up so that we would Skype when they would celebrate Miranda’s actual date of birth, as it seems she already had a...
Continuing from Part 1 of our visit to the Aquarium of Western Australia
So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:21 This is only my second...
We went off to look at what looked like it could be a nice sunset. To the beach in a hurry and we barely arrived in time. It was a lovely sunset and as we were walking towards it, we looked back to the houses that were perched there and...
In 1606, the small Dutch ship Duyfken sailed from the Indonesian island of Banda in search of gold and trade opportunities on the fabled island of Nova Guinea. Under the command of Willem Janszoon, Duyfken and her crew ventured south-east. They sailed beyond Os Papuas (Papua New Guinea)and explored and...
As I wrote in my last blog, Fremantle is a bit of a puzzle to me, so many different things to see and observe in one place. After a visit to the markets, we strolled around the streets of Fremantle, with more than the ususal to see because this time...
Fremantle is a hard place for me to get my head around and to describe to others. It reminds me of Annapolis in that there is a harbor and it’s very historic. There really is more to it than that. It has Aboriginal history, it has this whole Navy and...
Less than a month ago we went to John Forrest National Park, hoping that we could see a waterfall, but there had been no rain to speak of and no waterfall, not one drop! With a holiday weekend ahead and two good rains behind us, we thought we would try...
“Changing my life with the wave of her hand..” The Beatles I’ve been repeatedly accused of changing the house with ‘the wave of my hand.’ Well some changes were needed, but I now really like that Beatles song. 🙂 I had some difficulty convincing my husband that his new bride needed...
If this thing moves closer to our house, I won’t be able to sleep at nights!
Tea is an important item in the house. Having fun things to eat with the tea can be a bonus. So, I made John scones to have with his tea. He was right, they tasted much like my mom’s biscuits. Basic Scones Recipe: Ingredients plain flour, for dusting 3 cups...
After our adventure boat ride, we hopped on a bus for our tour of the Island on dry land. I guess it was too late for some, we were the only two people on the bus.
After taking the ferry ride to Perth, and getting there late, we had no time to waste climbing aboard our next tour, the Adventure Tour around Rottnest Island. Basically this was the excitement I had been waiting for all week! And then we took off. It suddenly became crystal clear...
Last weekend we booked a ferry to Rottnest Island and I have to admit, I was very excited about going. To get to the island, one option is the ferry. We chose to leave from Perth. The ferry ride takes 90 minutes. I don’t know where they are going to...
Carrying on from the bus tour part 1 🙂 Now something happened that we had to go around the city again. It’s ok, the Perth Bus tour tickets are good for two days!
After a fun wait So this was a trip around Perth with the Hop on Hop Off Option… and… More of the bus trip to come…
So Saturday, John and I decided to take a Bus Tour of Perth. It was one of those no roof on the top, Hop On Hop Off buses like we did in New York City with Chris. Now we got the information we needed from the internet and off we...
Any day that looks like it might have an interesting sky for sunset, we usually head out to the beach. It was a nice way to wind down John’s birthday.
This day was John’s actual birthday. He woke up as usual but this time with an excited wife and presents. Of all things, this day was voting day, a state election. We decided to take part in a guided bushwalk and then we would go to vote. As we drove...
I’ve been known to give my children a birthday week, not just a birthday day. Sometimes it’s even felt like a birthday month. I wouldn’t love on my husband any less, and he had a birthday week. All week he had special things prepared for him and such. So, a...
Often when John takes me somewhere, I think of my children, if only they could see this…but today, I REALLY thought of my kids. They love a nice hike and the prospects I saw for Enric to enjoy mountain biking were abundant here in John Forrest National Park. John Forrest...
After some hard work getting ready for the greens collection, we were ready for it to be picked up. Even though it was a holiday for most (Labor Day), the truck with workers arrived. I leaned that in Australia, this is what a rake looks like: A little different from...
We reached the one year mark. We spent the whole day together, which was present enough for me… I guess as a wife I passed the test, and now we have a bank account together 🙂 So that was the first order of business, and the rest of the day...
Carrying on from our trip to the Wildlife Park… This is the most I have seen one MOVE. 🙂 4 posts to show off one visit to Caversham Wildlife Park and even then, I didn’t show hardly any of the 600+ photos I took in a short amount of...
What’s a visit to Caversham without seeing the blue fairy wrens that roam about freely? John got a movie. 🙂 I couldn’t help but wonder if Silas would be fascinated…or upset to see the eagle eat the baby chicken. I loved watching them play, wishing Mom could see… The...
Continuing with our day at Caversham…part one here What do you think? The Kangaroos entertained as always.. John took a movie of one moving. I just love to watch their movements. More coming soon….
I guess this is my third time going to Caversham Wildlife Park. Each time John takes me, it’s a happy event. I love this place, it’s just that special. Two quick movies of the loorikeet: More to come…
Each year it is made available greens verge collection in John’s area. Years ago when I first met John, I didn’t even know what verge meant. Verge = a strip of grass or other vegetation beside a road. I guess we would call it a curbside collection. They are limited...
Over the Christmas Holidays, my mom prepared crescent rolls from a ready made bread from the refrigerator section of the supermarket and they were delicious. When I saw how much John seemed to like them, I dedicated myself to learn how to prepare them from scratch. I looked for a...
The weekend was spent getting up each morning at 5 am to check out sunrises. This day we went to King’s Park. We didn’t just look at the sky, we had an early morning walk around.
After our sunrise at Whiteman Park, John suggested we go to the river. So off we went. I kept seeing something snake looking pop up out of the water and disappear quickly.
