Monthly Archive: March 2013

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Scones for John

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...

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Bus Tour on Rottnest Island

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.

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Adventure on Rottnest

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...

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The Ferry To Rottnest

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...

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Perth Bus Tour part 2

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!  

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Perth Bus Tour

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…  

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Waiting for a Bus

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...

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It Rained

Then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Leviticus 26:4 Normally, rain doesn’t excite me, we get enough in Maryland. We make plans and even create rain dates when the plans...

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Birthday Sunset

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.

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The Birthday 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...

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The Birthday Before the Birthday

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...

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John Forrest National Park

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...

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The Collection

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...

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Inch Ants

John needed to have some work done to his car. We drove it to the shop and decided to walk back home through the bush. It was early and not yet too warm for a nice walk in the bush. Soon we came to a discovery of inch ants. I...

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One Year Anniversary

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...

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Caversham Wildlife Park (part 4)

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...

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Caversham Wildlife Park (part 3)

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...

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Caversham Wildlife Park (part 2)

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….

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Caversham Wildlife Park (part 1)

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…