Tagged: Barb
Magenta Mist
Always fun to add to our garden. This visit to Bunnings, a pimelea flower, similar pimelea of the Castle Rock area where we got married.
Blood Moon and Kangaroos
So between the news and Facebook, I knew that it was going to be a blood moon with a lunar eclipse. So I dragged my poor, hardworking, tired husband as he gets home from work, with barely a cup of tea off to the nearest open sky. We found an...
Perth Royal Show 2014 : The Fireworks
Last year the biggest surprise after Horsepower was the how amazing the fireworks were. This year, on our second attempt of that week, I tried to get some photos and a movie. The video camera battery died on me or something went wrong, so here are the photos, and a...
Perth Royal Show 2014: Horsepower
One of the most fun parts of the Perth Royal show is the fireworks and the show they have before the fireworks, Horsepower. This year, though, before the Horsepower presentation, we got to have a photo shoot of all the riders before the show. The reason for that was because...
Perth Royal Show 2014: Odds and Ends
Perhaps it’s because I am not from around here, or perhaps it’s because I haven’t been to a lot of state fairs. Whatever the reason, there are few things that caught my eye…. And so are seeing their babies!
Perth Royal Show 2014 : The Extreme
Last year at the Perth Royal Show, they had Rocketman for thrills. This year I didn’t see him in the line up and wondered what they would do. Motorcycles and BMX bikes soon filled the arena and I had my answer.
Perth Royal Show 2014: The Cakes
I can’t decide, but I think last year’s cakes were better. The first day we went to the Royal Show I was sure last years were better, but a second time around, and I was no longer so sure. Here are a few decorated cakes that caught my eye… ...
Perth Royal Show 2014: The Dogs
More than 2,000 dogs were judged at this year’s Perth Royal Dog Show. Dogs from all over the country came to show off their best form. Dozens of breeds were on display from adorable poodles to the majestic great dane and each day different groups paraded in front of international...
Perth Royal Show 2014 : Highs and Lows
As an American, put all the best State Fairs together and you’ve got the Perth Royal Show. Now this year, I didn’t want to do to John what I did last year, and that was make him go twice….but as we pulled up to the parking lot, I realized that...
Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner?
Occasionally, I like to invite a hard working Pastor for dinner. The Pastor in the church we’ve been attending here is from the USA originally. I thought it might be nice to have as guests our first Americans, the pastor and his wife. I decided on a Spanish dish for...
Wildflower Festival 2014
Kings Park has a Wildflower Festival each year. Everlasting flowers were so last year I kept telling myself. This year would be about the exotic orchids. One peak of those paper daisies in the wild just made me long to see them again at the Wildflower Festival, as well as...
Black Cockatoo
John gets excited to see black cockatoos, so when one came very close to me as I was taking out the trash, I figured I should get excited too. I was almost fearful, because it IS a very big bird and it was coming so close to me. I nearly...
Double Date in the Country
We went back to look for wildflowers, but this time Jamie and Naomi went with us. We did come across these inch ants… And later we met this little critter, a Bobtail Lizard. There is hardly a way, even in photos to describe how many everlastings there were and their...
Everlasting Love
So titled for the flowers, and the SONG . Last weekend we went again, doing orchid and wildflower hunting. We were hoping that the Everlasting Daisies would be open to photograph. Then we drove a little longer…. It was a shame that it was so late, we were losing light....
Chittering Wildflower Show
So when you take to the country in search of wildflowers and the clouds hide the sun and make the flowers you want to see close up, you make a U-turn and go back to Bindoon to the Chittering Wildflower Show. Or at least that’s what we did for a...
Escape to the Country
We enjoyed last weekend so much, we made another escape back to the country. (Click on images for a larger view)
Road Trip Saturday (Part six)
So last year about this time we crossed a place called Gabby Quoi Quoi Creek. I took a photo of the name, because it was just so different. This time we made a turn and went to the Gabby Quoi Quoi Lookout. Then the ride home began in earnest, in...
Road Trip Saturday (part five)
The next part of the day trip took us to Wongan Hills. “Wongan” is derived from the Indigenous Australian name “wangan-katta”, “wanka” and “woongan”. “Katta” is known to mean “hill”, but the meaning of “wongan” is uncertain. It may be related to “kwongan”, an indigenous word for sandplain, or “whispering”,...
Road Trip Saturday (Part two)
One of the most wonderful thing about Australia is the amount of public toilets there are. Unlike any other place I have ever been; each town, or non town, no matter how big or how small, have public toilets. They might not look like much on the outside, but they...
Road Trip Saturday (part one)
The weather predicted for the whole week was for rain. We decided to take the day and hunt for wild flowers anyway. So we packed the car and we were off to the Western Australian Wheat-belt.
Lookout and Sunset
After our walk around Lightning Swamp, instead of going home as planned, John decided we had time to get to the beach for what might be a good sunset. As we got close to the beach, we were a little early, so John looked for a lookout which gave us...
Lightning Swamp
My husband sure knows how to show a girl a good time. After our outing to Brookton Highway Nature Reserve, the next day we went to Lightning Swamp Bushland. It was a sweet day, and I was delighted to have a romp in the swamp.
Red Wattlebird
The red wattlebird is a large (up to 35Â cm) grey-brown honeyeater with red eyes, distinctive red wattles either side of the neck and white streaks on the chest and belly, which reveals a bright yellow patch towards the tail. Now I LOVE Australian birds. A visit to our yard...
A Zoo Quickie
Still very tired from my trip, and a birthday party to go to at the zoo, we took advantage of being there to take a quick trip around the zoo.
Sunrise, Sunset
Often when I am in Perth, John takes me to see the sunset. We usually go on days when the sky looks like it has potential for a dramatic sunset. There was potential on this particular evening. So my first week back, staying awake and staying asleep BOTH have...
Winter in Perth
My first day back to Perth I couldn’t wait to stretch my legs after all those hours in the plane, and suggested a walk in the bush. Now I left summer and it’s winter here in Perth… A big contrast to our winters in Maryland!
If My Cell Phone Told the Story: Traveling to Perth
This trip to Perth was a little different. It was the first time I had a smart phone (like the rest of the world seemed to have on my past trips), and in a way it helped me feel more connected with my family for as long as I could....
Nana Day with Silas
Miranda was trying to think of ways to encourage Silas to continue reading during summer vacation. She had a great idea to have Silas pick some things he’d like to do, and after a certain amount of reading completed, he would get a coupon for those selected activities he wanted...
A Visit to the Horses and Pool Time
We live down the road from a house that has two horses and some smaller horses. Often the smaller horses are away from the road but the two horses they own can come close to the road. When they see us, usually they stop what they are doing and come...
Ice Cream Means Love
Rubi: You know something? Bring them an ice cream. it’s kinda showing them that they love the person. ….and flowers!
Westminster Hall and Burying Ground
My mom had a terrible falling accident and it sent her to Shock Trauma in University of Maryland Medical Center. I spent a lot of time there visiting and staying with her. On one occasion Laura took me in and we parked near a spot we had been wanting to...
Nappy Birthday Miranda
John rejoined Facebook and on her birthday, told Miranda, “Nappy Birthday.” Not sure if that was a typo or a comment that she is having her birthday shortly after giving birth to Ezra.
The Long Trip Home
PERTH It was the day I was dreading since I arrived. The day that I have experienced a few times now since John and I got married. It’s like an out of body experience. you’re watching yourself pack and leave your husband. It doesn’t seem real, and each time, it...
Different Strokes
Every time John and I go shopping to decorate the house, we usually come back with….nothing. It seems we don’t share the same tastes. This time around we were definitely going to purchase dishes that we both picked out. We still haven’t. So this evening I walked in on John...
Paramodel Paramodelic – Graffiti
So our friend Pauline came up with this idea for something fun to do: With vivid imagination and meticulous design skills, Paramodel create wondrously immersive environments out of mass produced toys and brilliant blue plastic train tracks. Entire rooms become fantastical landscapes. Since 2001 artists Yasuhiko Hayashi and Yusuke Nakano...
City Beach Sunset
Don’t you hate it when you set off for King’s Park in Perth and get side tracked to City Beach? John and I were on our way to King’s Park and then we changed our mind and went to City Beach. There was supposed to be a sandcastle making competition...
