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!”...
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...
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...
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...
In Australia, they refer to the first day of September as the first day of spring. Kinda hard to get my head around, but I just think they’re being over optimistic sometimes. 🙂 But perhaps spring was indeed in the air as we’ve been quiet around here for days and...
When I started this post, I was going to share a good many of the photos taken at Caversham Wildlife Park. Then I realized it would take a long time to process all of those photos. So I decided on a slide show / movie instead. This also ended...
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...
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!
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...
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...
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.
Rubi is just so fascinating to watch. Her hands, her gestures, she is so expressive. Here, she is putting me ‘in charge of the wind.” Later I figured out she wanted me to tell her when the wind was going to blow next.
We went to Lake Ninan before, when it was spring and there was water inside of it. This time as we decided to stop there again or not, we were both pretty sure it wouldn’t have water. It didn’t. Lake Ninan on video: Keep on seeing our road...
My little girl is sliding out of the teen years today and turning 20. She has always amazed me, from the moment she was born and announced she was a “10” and all through her life, and even now, escaping death in a car accident. I know she is a...
John takes me to Caversham Wildlife Park almost each time I am in Perth. I never get tired of going there. This time there were some new displays. So I grabbed my cell phone and got a movie of it: We were told they are very communicative and that...
So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Â ~Genesis 1:21 I feel like, in Australia, I guess because so many animals...
In the night, we knew there would be fireworks, but John kept warning me not to expect much. (I was so impressed by the fireworks on Australia Day). The evening’s activities were so much fun, Oz Rocketman and Horsepower, that it didn’t matter to me if the fireworks were good...
Like any state fair, or any carnival, or any trip to Ocean City, the Perth Royal Show had rides. They label this section of the show, “Sideshow Alley.” Now it’s well known that I don’t DO rides, I get dizzy, nauseous, and am basically no fun at all at an...
Another weekend, another flower show visit. Any why not? The variety of flowers seen here is not to be believed. So many representing all over Western Australia, which really should be another wonder of the world. (Someone needs to get on board with that). Today’s visit we also took in...
The day arrived Chris and I took the girls to New York City. It was HOT and the buses weren’t cooperative. The Megabus at least kept us informed of the changes, but Chris and I decided that we will never take the Green tour bus ever again! See the slide...
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...
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...
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…
I lived a short while in Sabadell, and even though many people who are from there, don’t like it, I always did. I went to school there in this center area. I enjoyed it. How adorable to see it again, even if it’s only You Tube. I didn’t see anyone...
We now live in a nation where big gulps are banned, and the move to legalize marijuana is gaining strength. The belief is that the drug is relatively harmless. But there are many tests that say different. This video says different, by a doctor, and lets a user unknowingly give...
Did your parents listen to Paul Harvey? Mine always did… Paul Harvey Aurandt (1918 – 2009), better known as Paul Harvey, was America’s National Commentator. His listening audience was estimated, at its highest, to be around 24 million people a week. “Paul Harvey News was carried on 1,200 radio stations,...
Parents went away, so Nana took the kids outside after dinner for ice cream cones! I couldn’t stop laughing because if they had concentrated on the ice cream as much as they did everything else, more might have actually made it into their mouths! But it was fun for all,...
Growing up, Christmas music, Christmas plays, Nativity Scenes, and Christmas Cantatas at Church were a part of the season. My sister, mom, and I participated in more than a few Christmas Cantatas. Often times the music would play in my head as we practiced for the special night or day...
Rubi gives the best kisses and I couldn’t resist to make a movie! She sure loves her Nana!
I had no idea what had happened, I was engulfed by fire… So there I was in World of Warcraft, minding my own business, doing my quests like a good little Beastmaster Hunter, when all of the sudden, the sky went dark and red, and fire rained down on me...
Unfortunately, rain seems to be the story in Maryland this summer. This is Maryland, specifically Ellicott City, today: More on the way?
So far, I am still enjoying my free demo account at World of Warcraft. I am not enjoying as much as I would have if I had the proper graphics card, but all things in good time. Besides the actual game, I enjoy the scenery and the music so much,...
(and Silas too) But this time we had the camera focused mainly on RubÃ. It wasn’t easy trying to take a movie with my cell phone while strolling a child, but here is what I got. 🙂
I am sometimes slow to download content from my phone to my computer, so recently, 2 months AFTER John was here, I downloaded and watched this video of Rubà on John’s lap. She was quite fascinated with his whiskers. (John was very much on vacation). Oh, RubÃ, I like them...
Well even though Enric and Miranda moved into their own place upstairs a few months ago, we are still putting the house back together here on the main floor. One of the last things I put back to its place was my keyboard. Silas was most excited about it. Here...
