'Jumping the Shark'!

We drove to the inner city suburb of Victoria Park yesterday to find a new mural by Fieldey.. painted at the end of March as part of Form's PUBLIC 2015. On the side wall of The Good Store on Albany Highway this is another Fieldey spectacular, remember this one. The artist's  inspiration for this piece came from the phrase 'jumping the shark' originally used in an episode of Happy Days. Definitely not craft:)

An unexpected and highly delightful bonus, as I moved around to take a different angle shot there it was on the back wall of the same building.. another James Giddy treasure, you saw him here last Monday, I was more than just a little happy with my double whammy! Also part of Public 2015 and painted at the same time, I imagine these two talented artists caused quite a stir on the streets of Vic. Park :) Happy Tuesday, take care and stay safe.. p.s. only two more sleeps till I'm off to Sydney, yay.. and eek!

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Flying carpets, magical trees and princesses!

If I had a magic carpet

That could travel anywhere

I’d probably be quite selfish

And wouldn’t want to share... Delilah

Where big brother goes, little sister follows and of course cousin just won't be left behind :) As they disappeared into the tree I couldn't help thinking of Picnic at Hanging Rock and waited with bated breath until they came out through the other side.. only kidding :) Did you guess who the princess would be!

Easter wouldn't be Easter without rolling the eggs (painted boiled eggs) down the hill and a kick around of the footy.. family times. That was my Easter Sunday, how was yours? Happy Monday, take care and stay safe...

 

St. Alban's Highgate.. Happy Easter.

I've been to Highgate and neighbouring Mt. Lawley many times, best mural hunting grounds in Perth :) I can't imagine why I've never spotted St. Alban's Anglican Church on the corner of St. Alban's and Beaufort St. before. Built in 1889 in the Victorian Romanesque style it was the first religious building designed by John Talbot Hobbs, see the original building here. I must admit I was rather taken with it, it looks so pretty surrounded by tall trees and shrubs and from the description of the stained glass windows here, I think it will be as delightful inside as it is out. I'm going back! How are you celebrating the Easter weekend? Fun family picnic times pour moi today, hoping it doesn't pick today to rain for the first time in ages, but if it does tomorrow you'll see a picture here of my mad famille dancing in the rain :) Happy Sunday, take care and stay safe...

'If there's no chocolate in heaven, I'm not going'. Jane Seabrook..

'How do you like the chocolate factory Charlie?'

 'I think it's the most wonderful place in the whole world'

'I'm very pleased to hear you say that, because I'm giving it to you'..

Marina reflections in the window of San Churro at Hillarys Boat Harbour.. a little like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.  As a confirmed chocoholic it was my plan this Easter to refrain from the start.. up to date this has been a huge fail as I've already eaten all the eggs I bought for the youngsters in the family, it was a ridiculous idea to buy early :) Good thing the shops are open tomorrow! Happy Saturday, take care and stay safe...

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Chinese Lanterns.. thirteen dollar beauties!

Aside from the birds I don't often show photos from my own back garden but I'm so thrilled with these two beauties that I had to share :) It all started when I was searching for two standard plants for the patio. All of the established standards I saw were horribly expensive plus I couldn't find anything visually appealing. About a month ago while in Bunnings which is basically a huge hardware store with a nursery section attached, spotting the Chinese Lantern shrubs I had the brilliant idea of creating my own standards. Selecting plants that had at least one strong central stem which I taped to a strong stake, I clipped off the bottom branches leaving just the top section, and there you go.. they haven't stopped flowering profusely since and look so perfect they were mistaken for fake plants :) If you can find them in your nursery I would highly recommend them, they are gorgeous and flower like this for most of the year.. result!

It's almost as if the Plumbago hedge below knows it's living on a prayer :) it's a pretty messy plant but each time I think of removing it, it spontaneously bursts into bloom like this and survives for another year! Happy Good Friday, take care and most of all stay safe...

Things that caught my eye in Fremantle..

A few things that caught my eye on our visit to the port city of Fremantle on Tuesday.. walking along the South Mole the view above of the WA Maritime Museum.. with HMAS Ovens resting on the historic WW11 submarine slipway at the side. If I wasn't so claustrophobic I would love to take one of the guided tours through the submarine.. can't imagine what it must have been like for long periods. Had a bit of a play with settings on my Olympus for the shot above.Meanwhile when we arrived to park and pay.. this is the first time I've seen meters where you have to key in your car registration number.. so much info just to park, do you have these in your city?

Below the bathing belles of the Bathers Beach House check out the link to see the gorgeous Art Deco style building..

Moi cosying up to an Italian fisherman in the boat harbour below, my favourite fishing vessels in the background..

School excursion Aussie style.. the Maritime Museum to the left, artists studios centre and the Round House, built in 1830 and the oldest building still standing in WA to the right..

Many school bands were busking around Freo on Tuesday, here a group warming up beside The Monk on South Terrace..

I have to stop sometime, so I'll end with a view down South Terrace aka the cappuccino strip.. if you pull in the poster on the lampost you'll see that not much has changed. Fremantle definitely values it's heritage buildings so much more than Perth city, which is a shame. As you can see it was cloudy and grey, they've been predicting rain for days now.. still waiting! Happy Thursday, take care and stay safe... p.s. how much fun was it to see everyone's 'shy self-portrait' yesterday :)

CDP Theme day.. 'My camera-shy self portrait'..

Well I'm not making it easy for you, you'll have to search for moi :) When we were in Fremantle yesterday, as always I take the opportunity to call in at Wendy Binks gallery on South Terrace. As luck would have it Wendy was in the gallery at the time (you can see her to the left) and as a fellow photophobe (?) she was happy to chat while P snapped a few shots from outside in, it's quite clear really! Below the shot I was originally going to use, taken reflected in one of sculptures on Cottesloe Beach a few weeks ago, not quite so hard :) Looking forward to seeing you all today! Happy Wednesday, take care and stay safe. p.s. slight amendment to second shot, thanks Jack, hilarious :)

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