Monthly Archive: September 2013
(For Silas and RubÃ) For ages now, I have spoiled my two grandchildren with mints. Even my last trip back from Australia, I was sure to bring back lots of mints as well as left a pile of mints on my desk for them. On the occasion when I got...
I guess as soon as a little girl gets her first dollhouse, she starts to appreciate the world in miniature. So when John suggested we go to the WA Scale Model Expo, I was happy to go. Here are some photos of the event that I took that turned out....
Did you know that each year, Perth witnesses the biggest whale migration on the planet? Every year the whales follow an ancient system of oceans paths that circle the planet called the Humpback Highway. Ever since John took Laura and I to the Southwest Coast and we spotted whales from...
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...
I am starting to really appreciate the Sunday morning before church routine John and I have of going to the markets. Some times we go on a Saturday, like this day.
We took the car in today, and while it was in the shop took a short walk in the Bush. We saw a few spider orchids between wind and rains.
Some interesting maps… First one, considering the world’s population in a concentrated area…if the world lived in one city. And just where are most of the people located? The world has roughly 7 billion people, and each color on this map represents a part of the world where 1 billion...
This year is 50 years that Kings Park Festival has shown off the many varieties of flowers of Western Australia. This is a month long event. I was here with Laura in 2010 and couldn’t wait to come back. People from all over the world come to see this flower...
“In the roar of Your waterfalls, ancient depths surge, calling out to the deep.” Psalm 42:7 Inspired by all the rain and the waterfalls we have already seen, we decided to go to Lesmurdie Falls.
The first Sunday in September is Father’s Day in Australia. After a wonderful Father’s day message at church attached with some Tim Tams for all the dads, we went to Dad and Iris’s house. We showed up just as John’s son’s Jeff and Jamie were also arriving.
One rainy Sunday morning we were invited by Georgie to watch her grandson Travis play his 75th Australian Football game.
Coming back from our visit to Rica Erickson Reserve, we decided to once again, stop at Noble Falls. This time we would try to get another view of the falls, from farther down the bottom. The last time we were here, it was so full of water, there would have...
In an effort to keep looking for wildflowers we went to Rica Erickson Reserve. We had a good day, good weather, it was a perfect day to go. Frederica Lucy “Rica” Erickson (nee Sandilands) is well known and respected in many areas and by many people. Devoted to her family...
New Norcia is the only monastic town in Australia. It was right about here in our walk that I saw a bird. John and I were walking together, and I guess John didn’t see it. The bird came straight at us. Better said, straight at ME! Years of...
Still enjoying our Saturday outing we decided to go to New Norcia before we stopped at the next wildflower spot. Then we saw…the dish. Not THE DISH that put Parkes, Australia on the map, but a dish.
Another weekend, and we went looking for more wildflowers. We had a few stops we planned to take. Not sure this one was planned, but our first stop was Udumung Nature Reserve. There were immediate flowers to see right by the road. It was about this time my husband...