How does one spend the end of the day on a three-day weekend, find a rock and climb it of course? First to say, the name Yilliminning is of Aboriginal origin, derived from rock, pool, and river of the same name nearby, and was first recorded in 1892. It originally had one...
Got a good reasonFor taking the easy way out From lockdowns, restrictions, not being well, rain, and only being able to go to church if we wore a mask, John and I decided to get out of town, and head to the country. Since it wasn’t really planned, and because...
John and I have been a lot of places within a 3-4 hour drive from Perth in Western Australia. We were looking for somewhere new and some place where it wasn’t raining. With a long list of promise of seeing some birds, we chose Beacon, Western Australia. So, we didn’t...
At this point of John’s vacation, we were resolved that rain was going to be part of it, particularly today. We decided we would hunt for orchids in the rain. Oh the places he takes me… His face just seems to say, “Here I am eating my breakfast very sensible...
Rain was most certainly the word to describe 2016 Perth spring. This day, we had planned to go to Margaret River to the Berry Farm, got there, but had to move on because of rain. Also called Rosenberg’s monitor, I learned something interesting. It lays its eggs in termite mounds...
As I write this, I just heard on the news that this spring has recorded the most rainiest weekends ever in Perth. With John only off work on the weekends, and our time limited to be together, we just can’t stress over it, we have to make plans and contingency...
And so the weather turns, another rainy weekend. Only it wasn’t just going to be rainy. The Australian Weather Bureau were predicting possible storms, hail, and near hurricane force winds. We packed up the truck and went anyway.
Something happened on our way to the beach. We went to another beach. Scarborough Beach (You’re spoiled for choice here in Western Australia)
We’ve been awake awhile and it’s still not time for church, what to do? Go for a walk in Koondoola Bush. I think we enjoyed our time in God’s creation before Sunday worship.
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.
It was time to leave the Convent, and the day promised rain. Perhaps we would go straight home or make stops between showers? It seemed uncertain because of the rain. A girl can dream can’t she? And when I do, I usually dream BIG.
Driving to Dalwallinu John took some time off for my arrival so we could begin Honeymoon 3.0* and start our trek looking for wildflowers. It’s hard to plan these things as wildflowers arrivals depend on the weather such as rain, and according to everyone we met along the way, there...
For our last outing before Alejandra had to leave, I decided on one of my most favorite places on earth, Harpers Ferry. For our trip we ended up having rain, so to protect my camera, photo taking was unfortunately at a minimum. I do have many posted here from other...
Unfortunately, rain seems to be the story in Maryland this summer. This is Maryland, specifically Ellicott City, today: More on the way?
We are at this very minute feeling the affects of Hurricane Irene. Before it began in earnest, Miranda thought to take the children out. So raincoats, hats, umbrellas were donned, and with how soaked our ground has been, many mushroom discoveries were made. Then the rain started to pick up...
We had a rain shower this afternoon. Ferocious winds, and some thunder. What to do with the kids?
With threatening skies and a tornado warning on weather.com, we came home from church, ate a quick lunch and headed out to Gresham Farm to see Chad and Janelle get married. As we drove there, I was really starting to worry that rain was going to come in time for...
Now it isn’t that we don’t want to play the Rack-O game sitting in the table, or even a round of Scrabble, but of late, “fun” in our household has taken a new turn. Like the three times since the baby was born, bailing out the two inches of rain...
John wanted to revisit the Zoo in D.C. Since it was a day when Laura babysits Cameron, we took him and Laura too! It took two tries to get in, but we finally made it. (D.C. itself is a zoo to drive and park in!) It was a chilly, rainy...
Yet another rainy day for John’s holiday in Maryland. Fortunately we had Cameron here to entertain us and us entertain him. Now Mr. Dolphin isn’t a stranger to Cameron, as they talk on the webcam each Wednesday. So in short order, Cam was on John’s lap and looking out the...
Every once in a while I would tell Terragen to make the settings for a wide width horizontal image, and I felt that the panoramic was a pleasant change from the default size in the program.
After an evening at the carnival in the rain, what’s next to do? Go for a swim in the rain! The fellas decided to pose in odd ways before hitting the water in hopes my camera would “capture” them. I did my best, wasn’t easy! Miquel takes the plunge… Kenny...
“The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” We planned our yearly night out to the carnival for Wednesday, and it rained. So…..we went anyway! Having friends there made it all the nicer. Each year Laura tries this bottle game. The carnival man expertly...
The three R’s of my weekend. Reading… I tried to start the weekend out right. I even did something for myself I haven’t done in a long time. I went to the library to get some informative, learning, and even some pleasure reading material. I went as far as to...
