Looking for owls...

Owls have to be one of the hardest birds to spot, they blend so well with their habitat. Relying on a tip-off from a local who informed me that Boobook owls could often be found in a particular spot around 'you are here', below, on Riverside Drive. Arriving just after sun-up although we failed with the owl spotting, sitting on a bench looking out across the Swan River taking in the early morning sounds, looking to the left the city...

 ... and to the right under the Narrows Bridge to the old Swan Brewery bathed in very early morning sunlight, it didn't in any way feel like a wasted trip. Watching the start of a brand new day is always an enlightening experience, I really should do it more often :) Happy Friday, take care and stay safe... 

 

Firemen.. 'indispensable foot soldiers'.

 The funny thing about firemen is,

night and day they are always firemen.. Gregory Widen.

  

Is there a rule in the fireman's handbook that apart from being brave and dedicated they must also be fit and good looking.. you might remember my last encounter with a fireman in the city, hot stuff! Much more seriously, seeing the horrific scenes of the fire in a residential tower in London yesterday highlights the ferocious danger men and women firefighters around the world put their lives in every day. In the words of Maya Angelou 'how important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes'! Happy Thursday, take care and stay safe..

Unforgettable..

They really are! I did try to walk past them.. they look delicate, fragile, not in the plan for my new robust, easy care Aussie weather garden, but I couldn't do it! The moment I imagined looking at them in the garden outside my window while writing the blog the struggle was over :) It's not often I get so excited about a new plant but just look at the variegated colour, even the leaves, above, are gorgeous. Looking at the care instructions for 'calla lilies' here I think I may have planted at the wrong time seeing as we're into winter now.. but it's all relative, it was 23C today, perhaps they will survive after all, will show you when they have multiplied into many.. positive thinking :) Happy Wednesday, take care and stay safe.. P.s. you might know them as California lilies!

The Blue Flamingo.. 'good times and cold liquor.'.

Spotted in the inner city suburb of Leederville adorning the walls of the tres cool Blue Flamingo a mural by Perth artist Paul Deej, remember 'Octogirl'.. incroyable talent! It's no wonder that Perth has made its way onto the list of top eight cities to find the best street art.. sssweet! Happy Tuesday, take care and stay safe..

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The black sheep!

After spending most of the weekend in bed with a migraine it was good to get out and about in the fresh air for a while yesterday. Who doesn't enjoy coming across a creatively dressed store window when they least expect it! The window of menswear store Rodd and Gunn on Hay Street in the city is a delight, I mean who doesn't at some time in their life feel like the black sheep of the family :) Hope you had or are still having a good weekend, take care and stay safe..

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Four men on a bench and one of them said..

Four men on a bench and one of them said, 

Move over, move over :)

It does look a little squishy but the four men here had found the perfect spot to sit in the winter sun gazing out to the lake in Neil Hawkins Park to contemplate and mull over world issues! Meanwhile on a similar bench a distance away four ladies sat.. possibly with all the answers :) If only I had taken a shot of them too! Hope you have a wonderful weekend, take care and stay safe...

Kookaburra stink eye!

Hopefully you enjoy seeing the delightfully expressive tree kingfishers as much as I enjoy taking photos of them. While walking through Neil Hawkins Park yesterday I spotted the female Kookaburra here high up in a tree and surprise, surprise I actually had my long lens with me, although this tiny carnivore was not well pleased with me aiming my camera in her direction, I think she had spotted something delectable on the ground, you can see in the last shot her appetite won over her apprehension, I get that.. mine usually does also :) Happy Friday, take care and stay safe...P.s. definition stink eye!