Loose stones and spiky trees.....

 I spent the day yesterday getting my garden (read jungle) trimmed back a bit and was completely 'cream crackered' (read exhausted) by the end of the day, so it was a hot shower and into bed with a couple of pain killers ..sore back, sore knee..such fun getting old haha!! Anyhoo today's another day and there will be no physical activity going on except typing..! Although Aimee and I often walk by the coast, we like to do a bit of  bush walking too and as you can see the trails can be really quite tricky with lots of loose stones and uneven track, you really have to keep your eyes peeled for pot holes to avoid a twisted ankle. It's very worth it though, walking through the bush is an enjoyable experience. One of the better known Australian trees is the Banksia with it's flowering spikes and fruiting cones....The flowers produce a lot of nectar so are a vital food supply in the bush, as the spikes age and fall off the cones that are left, usually stimulated by bushfire, eject the seed.....

The other well known Australian bush plant is the Grass Tree (formerly known as the Black Boy, it's now considered politically incorrect to use this name). If you're lucky you might even find the odd bench along the trail, which comes in handy from time to time....Another week begins, Hopefully it'll be a good one.....!

Not really into garden statuary.....!!

I was struggling a little trying to decide what to post today when I remembered a conversation I had with a friend about gardens, and saying that I wasn't really that big a fan of garden statues, then while I was pottering about in the garden late afternoon yesterday,  I looked around and thought.. it could be that I'm in denial about the fact that I actually DO like a few scattered here and there.. The cherub above has been watching over the garden for many years now, the battered old number plate above it is all that is left of  the old car that my Dad used to drive before he passed away, sentimental I know!!

Then there's my favorite Belle.....

Winston I think some of you might already have met.....

And yes I know it's tacky, but there is even a garden gnome, what could I do..it was a birthday pressy haha!!

So there you are, not so many...hmmmm! wonder if I can get to the garden nursery before it closes.....! Hope you have an excellent Sunday.....

Movies, mirrors and reflections.....

Yesterday I went to see 'The Women on the 6th Floor' a new French movie at Cinema Paradiso on James Street in Northbridge. It's such a great place to see alternate and foreign movies. There are four small theatres, they all used to have glamorous movie star names like 'the Sophia Loren Theatre', but now unfortunately they are just 1,2,3 and 4..pourquoi, je ne comprends pas!  It's still a super place, kind of dark and atmospheric, all mirrors, glass and low lighting and now fully licensed, so if you wanted to you could sip a glass of vino while you watch a movie, but contraire to what you might have heard (four glasses of champers at NY quel horreur!), I don't actually drink very often and I know for sure if I drank a glass of wine in the movies I'd be asleep before the title credits finished rolling, heck sometimes I fall asleep even without the vino!! I can absolutely recommend the movie if you're after something light and amusing, I love  French  humor, c'est très drôle.....! I hope you have some good laughs this weekend.....p.s. can you spot my 'pins' in the reflections below?

Marsupial bookends and French movies.....!

The first thing that came into my head when I saw these two up ahead last night was how perfectly aligned in opposite direction they were and what a great pair of bookends they would make. Well after that it was just too hard to resist having a bit of fun... oh come on, you know you would have done the same thing.....!! I'm off to see a French movie with mon ami Marie today..'The Women on the 6th Floor', I've heard that it's a huge hit in Paris, looking forward to it very much. I hope your Friday runs smoothly into the coming weekend.....

Up there Cazaly.........!!

What a buzz to have one of your photographs celebrated in statue form (although if one of my photographs was going to be immortalised, I'd prefer it to be of something 'pretty', not men playing with balls haha!), this is exactly what happened when Maurie Hammond, photographer for The West Australian, took this photo, impressive, who said white men can't jump! It was a 'mark' taken by South Fremantle's John Gerovich over East Fremantle's Ray French in October 1956, which Maurie clicked at possibly the most exciting point. The image was commemorated by local sculptor Robert Hitchcock and sits in front of the gates to the Fremantle Football Club.  If you've ever watched an 'Aussie rules' game, you will have seen that the rules are very different from soccer in the 'mother' country, some say 'vive la difference' others say....eh!! check out this little video Up there Cazaly made in 2010....

It's all in the wrist action.....!!

A few weeks ago when we were crossing over the Narrows bridge I spotted this chap doing a bit of  'fly fishing' off a sandy bank beside the Swan River.. I've seen many fishermen casting off along the beaches and jetty's, but not until watching how he carefully selected and attached the 'fly', the light flicking back and forth wrist action did I appreciate the difference in style. Apparently in early summer, flathead and flounder spread themselves over the shallow sand flats and channels and schools of tailor swim downstream, there's also the chance of small mulloway and black bream for the skilled fly fisherman!  I'm pretty happy with this shot, but oh how I wish I'd got the TIP of the rod in haha!! Still it is watery and it is Wednesday, so it's all good.....!!

Birds in my garden VI.....

There she is again, click, click, click.....!!

Technically speaking these Rainbow Lorikeets are not actually IN my garden, they're in the palm tree next door that hangs over my back garden fence, so they're sort of in my garden and  I'm claiming them for this series.....! The Rainbow Lorikeet isn't native to Western Australia, in the 1960's they  escaped from private averies and are now considered a pest by fruit growers as they fly around in large groups, landing and stripping fruit trees bare. They certainly love the palm fruit, and circle around calling out to each other 'grubs up', land and voraciously start devouring the fruit, it's quite a sight to see, they have dreadful manners and seed flies everywhere. They may be a pest, but they have such beautiful markings and certainly make for a colourful and vibrant image...
If you'd like to learn some 'juicy' facts about me press here to read an interview I did with Jidhu Jose..p.s. they're not really 'juicy' haha! p.p.s. have a good day.....!!

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