Monthly Archive: October 2014

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Glimpses of Caversham

  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...

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Dryandra

So for one of our weekend outings, we decided on Dryandra, not far from Perth So we didn’t get to see a numbat straight on, something we were looking for, but I am sure I saw one scampering in the woods as we were in the car. The fauna of...

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Magenta Mist

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.

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Paella with the Olsens

Some time back on an outing with our friends Rodney and Pauline, looking through a window where a photo of Paella was pictured, I promised them I would make for them an authentic Spanish Paella. As I learn how to shop for the seafood and exactly what is available here,...

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Blood Moon and Kangaroos

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...

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Perth Royal Show 2014 : The Fireworks

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...

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Perth Royal Show 2014: Horsepower

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...

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Perth Royal Show 2014: Odds and Ends

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!

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Perth Royal Show 2014 : The Extreme

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.

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Perth Royal Show 2014: The Horses

This is one blog post I could go crazy because we saw a lot of horses, and that means we took a LOT of photos of horses too. There are so many breeds represented at the Royal Show, there is just no way to get them all in one blog:...

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Perth Royal Show 2014: The Cakes

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…  ...

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Perth Royal Show 2014: The Dogs

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...

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Perth Royal Show 2014 : Highs and Lows

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...

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Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner?

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...

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Wildflower Festival 2014

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...