Today's Flowers #78

Blooming marvelous what can grow in sand & no rain.

Mellow Yellow Monday #55

Talking 'bout Books

Finished reading 'Suite Francaise' a couple of days ago. Not as good as I was led to believe. I just couldn't get involved with the story line at all, in fact I found Appendix 1 & 2 much more interesting.
Now it is on to 'Oscar & Lucinda' by Peter Cary, a bookclub choice so I have 'till 23rd February to read 507 pages of my 20cent copy!

Think I could turn this image into a 'WORK of ART', Taken on the edge of the Lagoon this morning. Should have picked out the piece of plastic before taking photo. You all know to click on the picture to make it bigger (I will not use that word from the Simpsons).

Plotting for a Food Garden week 19

The last drop of rain received on the 20th of November last year.


Having pulled up all bitter & twisted greens I decided to scatter some more seed on Wednesday. So mixed lettuce, endive, red giant mustard, mizuna, mustard & cress (that's them below 3 days later)



Today I threw some rocket seed where the tomatoes were. Need to get some seedlings in soon. Come on RAIN. Just a bit- tonight would be good!

Skywatch Season 4 Episode 30

No swimming for me in the last few days, the sky says it all - strong winds = rough sea.


This morning the wind had dropped, the water in the Lagoon was clear, calm & somewhat cool. A boat from the Dept of Planning & Infrastructure actually came into the Lagoon, doing some sort of survey. I couldn't take a photo as I was swimming. Then the boat went outside the reef & I was out of the water. Wonder what 'P&I' are up to now!!!
They better not mess with our Lagoon.



Go to SkyWatch Friday and find skies from all over the world. You can join in. Thanks must go to Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy, Louise and Sylvia for hosting this meme!

True Colours Thursday - PEWTER

It's Thursday again & that means time to search for a colour. Not an easy one but I searched around & found some 'Prinknash' pottery & a tortoise.



& I think there may be some pewter coloured things in this collection..



To play along with this MEME go here.

The Wednesday Whot's It

First - in my letter box today, a package from Andrea & Beanie Mouse at Found Art.


Second - a fine figure of a man.


Third - much wasting of rate payers money over the controversial 'Sky Bridge'.

As it was being erected. "March 19th 2009 Protect the Dunes? By putting what looks like a steel mono rail across them? What a joke!! There was supposed to be a boardwalk (oxford dictionary: 1.a wooden walkway across sands, marsh etc 2. a promenade along a beach) not this monstrosity. Seen at the end of Foreshore Vista in Yanchep. Some vista."

Views from road and boardwalk.

And now a survey to see what people want to do with this structure! Not this, that's for sure. It is illegel, dangerous & visualy a blot on the landscape.
I think what we wanted in the first place was something more like this on the Sunshine Coast.

Today's Flowers #77

Quadruple Rose found in a friends garden.

For a look at many more flowers click here

Mellow Yellow Monday #54

Whee!!!! Flying high while the 'sales' are on.

Lots of yellow things over on Mellow Yellow Monday
go and have a look.

Talking 'bout Books

Curl up with a coffee & read.

Plotting for a Food Garden week 18

This gets more laughable each week. The only things still growing in MY garden is 1 squash, 4 strawberries, seeding basil ('cause I don't know how to keep it), a few scrappy little onions, chives & that's it. Thank goodness for B & B who gave me a pumpkin, onions & chillie so I can make some soup (recipe here).

Happy 15th Birthday Brodie (I won't put a baby photo here).

Rylan Peter Farman

Born 25th January 2010

Skywatch Season 4 Episode 29

The sky on Australia Day brought to you by LOTTO SKYWORKS.

Wonderful blue sky, ocean calm, perfect way to start the day. Unforturnatly spoilt by some selfish people who were casting a line or two into the lagoon. Just after this shot was taken one of the early swimmers got tangled up in their fishing line. They seem to think the Lagoon is for them & their dogs (not allowed in this area of the beach). Shame on you. Have some thought for others.


Lots more amazing skies found here.

True Colours Thursday - PUCE

Not an easy colour to find so this is as close as I can get. The glass vase holds a plant that creeps, not sure of the name. The image behind is 'Regeneration' one of my digital images, printed on canvas.
There are some more PUCES (that doesn't sound right!) on the True Colours page. Click here


Found this on the web:

THE PUCE POEM:

Oh what is the use
of the color named puce?
So often called mauve
But never chartreuse

Overlooked and ignored
Hardly every adored
It sits and it waits
All pointless and bored

Not magenta, not pink
Nor rose I would think
But something between
Not a shade, but a fink

Then a webmaster sage
While programing a page
He types 'CC8899'
To make puce all the rage

"I'm useful, I'm wanted!"
"I don't have to feel haunted!"
"For somebody needs me."
The happy puce flaunted

"What?!" The webmaster spits
"Is my screen having fits?"
"This color is vile, and not what I want"
And so 'delete', he then hits.

The Wednesday What's It

The 7 steps.
Down to Northbridge, up to Perth City.

Australia Day 26 January 2010

Celebrating a birthday & Australia Day

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(taken a few years ago)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

NIC

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Seen on Yanchep beach this morning. Is this what they mean as a "true blue aussie"?

Mellow Yellow Monday #53

Waiting for the train, underneath Perth.

Want to see more Mellow Yellows click here & have a look. Thanks to Drowsy Monkey.

It's a boy!

Arrived 6.30 this morning Monday 25th Jan. The new little Farman, my 4th grandchild.

Talking 'bout Books

After the drama of this morning (didn't get back 'till 10am) I spent the rest of the day mooching around. I'm reading 'Let it Shine' by Josephine Cox, bit of a drag, so naff, think they used to call it 'Pegs Paper'. Having finished 'Coming Home' by Rosamund Pilcher I now have 'Going Home' by Harriet Evans. Also waiting on the desk is 'Suite Francais' by Irene Nemirovsky (on loan from a bookish friend), 'The Cat Who Looked at the Sky' by Thea Welsh and 'The Sound of One Hand Clapping' by Richard Flanagan ( 2nd hand books from the op shop $2 each).

Rescue

There we were, 8.30am, three not very good swimmers, up to our waists in the Lagoon talking about blogging - as one does. Not many people in the water, just two further down & one smaller one by the reef. Next thing we knew was a little voice calling - we thought - "I've found it, I've found it, come quick!" but really calling "I'm drowning, I'm drowning!" The mother, who was ankle deep with a very young child then yelled "Can anybody swim?" We took off at once but the current was strong. The kid was sitting & hanging onto the reef crying "Mummy, help, I'm drowning". By this time we could see the other two were in trouble. Not many people on the beach but thank goodness two strong men were swimming out to the two in trouble. We were struggling to reach the little one when another guy swam up with a blow up kick board, got him off the reef & back to shore. A bit of a crowd was gathering further down on the beach, an ambulance had arrived, then the life guards. Apparently the two others, father & son, were exhausted & the father was throwing up so he was taken to hospital. The family had never been to Yanchep Lagoon before. People don't realise how strong that current can get, it all looks so calm. Luckily there was no tragedy today.