In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields. John McCrae..
'Here you stand on the Darling Scarp at the edge of the Darling Plateau'..
The Darling Scarp is the surface expression of the Darling Fault. The weather was perfect early on Sunday morning for a walk in Lesmurdie National Park. The extensive views here looking out over the foothills, across the Swan Coastal Plain to the city skyline. The grey granodiorite rocks around the falls are 'some of the oldest in the world having formed deep within the earth around 2.6 billion years ago'. It's an amazing feeling standing on the bridge looking out over and down at the waterfall, a bit of a trickle on Sunday after some dry weather, probably much more impressive after the heavy rain we had all day yesterday :) Happy Tuesday, take care and stay safe..
Art pops up in the most unexpected places these days. Now well used to seeing utility boxes beautified by art I spotted the waste bins here while we were walking somewhere alongside the Swan River, also adorned appropriately for their waterside situation. It is a fact that street art has many beneficial effects in the community, the delightful trio here made me happy for a few minutes as I clicked :) Happy Monday, take care and stay safe..
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'The act of twisting or altering something out of it's true, natural or original state, the act of distorting a distortion of the facts'..
The old street mirror here looks like it has been through a tough time.. distorting the high rise, palm tree and streetscape into something slightly unworldly. Almost like an analogy, a reflection of the state of affairs in the world right now.. or it could just be a beat up old mirror :) Happy weekend, take care and stay safe..
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It's a bit hard to hide when you have a bright pink/red wattle hanging down on each side of the head :) The jacaranda trees are beginning to bloom around Perth. The jacaranda is a tree that some people love and others love to hate. I think they are so pretty when in flower, très ordinaire when not, also I don't live on a jacaranda tree lined street so don't have to put up with the mess they cause and apparently every part of the tree is poisonous to humans.. not so to the red wattlebird, one of the larger nectar feeding birds, they were most impolitely gorging themselves, twisting this way and that to suck the nectar with their extra long tongue, the tip a 'brush like structure with over a hundred bristles to soak up the nectar' I did not know that did you :) Happy Friday, take care and stay safe..
Not just to show that the skies in Perth can be other than blue but more to ask a question.. does your city have its rail line with the freeway running back and forth on either side? I read an article HERE that pointed out the cons re the railway line here in Perth, but noticed that it was written in 2012, we've come a long way from then :) The white construction above centre is one of the many railway stations along the line, the crossover giving access to each side, every suburb has a bus service that goes to the nearest station, negating the absolute necessity for a car.. to me it is a brilliant, efficient use of space but I am interested to hear what do you think? Happy Thursday, take care and stay safe..
A bit of dodgy weather over the weekend, it rained steadily all day Saturday and most of Sunday also.. was luvverly :) might cancel a fete or a market, but never a surf activity! The Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club is the venue for an art show two or three times a year and with my birthday money burning a hole in my pocket :) I was eager to have a look.. only to find we were a few weeks too early. No art but lots of beach activity in the 2020 SunSmart WA Endurance Championships. A typical WA weekend beach scene. Happy Wednesday, take care and stay safe..
