My grandchildren are very special to me, living with them, they sometimes feel like my own. I guess that is how mom felt about Enric as we lived with her when he was little for awhile. Perhaps I am very special to them too, as they wanted to give Nana...
Once again, the holiday air had a difference about it. I think mostly because Mom wasn’t able to handle the whole dinner like in years past. But everyone brought something and contributed.
Our Christmas is always on Christmas Eve. This year, from even the preparations for the holidays, it was looking to be different. Mom wasn’t well with her back, I got very sick, and a lot of the family weren’t well. There was a lot of people helping the other. Miquel...
On what seemed to be the windiest day ever since I had been in Perth, flew in a flock of noisy red tailed black cockatoos. They landed in our silver princess tree, practically clinging to the branches with dear life. In spite of the cold and wind, I ran back...
After Nannup, we took a different road towards home. Not sure if the “magic” is in the mushrooms that grow there.
We had drove through Nannup before, once with Laura, and the other time on our honeymoon we made a short stop here.
Even before my interest in cameras, I loved birds. Listening to them, seeing them, a thrill. The moment I got a camera that had a lens that could practically bring the birds to me, I was hooked. So, it’s really frustrating when they hide from you, or you can hear...
So we had already been to Margaret River Chocolate Factory, so this tine, I thought it might be a good idea to try the Fudge Factory. I like fudge, so why not? We got four different kinds. My verdict? Even though they say it has won awards, I didn’t find...
No one wants to leave a holiday. Our time had come though, and we weren’t going straight home, so, even though we were leaving Siesta Park, we still had a day’s adventures ahead of us. I have a feeling, we will be back.
So we had been to Canal Rocks before, and I loved it, but we hadn’t ever been there at sunset. This time after parking instead of walking to the right, John took my hand to walk over the rocks and find a nice spot to the left. Now I was...
After our time at Eagle’s Heritage, which had so much more than even the show to enjoy, we took off towards Boranup Forest . It was another thing we had done on our honeymoon, so the idea of returning seemed a good one. Now seeing how it was Halloween weekend....
Eagles Heritage was established in 1987 out of a need to provide homes for permanently disabled birds of prey and owls which had been handed in and cared for by volunteers, but which, due to the nature of their injuries, were unable to make a recovery sufficient for their return...
Castlerock. We came here with Laura in 2010, and her enthusiasm for climbing over the rocks gave the place an automatic charm for me. It was later the chosen place for our wedding. So since we were staying so close, it was an absolute must on my list of thing...
We went to Siesta Park my first visit ever to Australia, we went when we got married, and this was our third time there together. 5:00 A.M. Time to get up as you never know, Siesta Park is situated to often get lovely sunrises.
So we decided on a weekend get-a-way. John got off early from work and we traveled south and west from Perth. It’s a beautiful area with rolling vineyards sitting against a backdrop of ocean and forest, pristine beaches, small country towns, and natural wonders. One of the first things we...
In what seemed to go too fast, after church we went for a visit to Perth Zoo. It seemed to be closing time before we knew it. This happens every time we go. Can’t really show you everything, but here are a few photos from our day.
John and I love watching these remarkable birds. It’s fascinating to watch them perched on a tree, move their heads as they watch for the next insect, and then take off suddenly to grab their snack in the air, come back to the tree limb and hit the insect on...
After all day the day before carrying my camera gear on my back and around my neck, I wasn’t in any mood to take it out again. So, for this outing, I relied on my cell phone. We don’t go into the city much. John and I much prefer our...
So I made a blog and video about our visit to Caversham Wildlife Park, but some of the images got left out. The ones taken with my cell phone. 🙂 And John fed this one…
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.
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...
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...
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...
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!
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.
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… ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
We enjoyed last weekend so much, we made another escape back to the country. (Click on images for a larger view)
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...
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”,...
