Alison

~ Postcard from Perth ~

It’s been a wonderful week here in Perth with the arrival of the newly engaged couple, Laurence and Maddy. We’ve had family lunches and dinners and days out with them. There’s nothing like having all your family around.

My featured photo is the golf course that I live opposite, I have to say though I’ve never been tempted to take up golf. My Dad used to love coming to visit for their annual three months, where he would take up a temporary membership. Just recently I have been walking to Bridge which is the other side of the golf course. I could walk straight across, but I’m not keen on dodging the balls and also don’t think the players would appreciate a random walker suddenly appearing between holes.

Walking around the golf course is like walking through an aviary. There are so many birds flying around now it’s become warmer. I can hear parrots squawking, kookaburras laughing, crows cawing, cockatoos screeching and magpies trilling.

The red Bottlebrush trees are in full bloom along my street. As you can see there are many trees, so not quite sure why our council has seen fit to plant 1,500 more trees along our street and the surrounding suburbs. Maybe to stop the many golfballs that come flying into our driveway. Only last month Anthony’s back windscreen was smashed. The Golf Club do pay for repairs, but it’s the inconvenience of getting it repaired.

Nedlands Golf Course

These birds are all very tame and quite happy to pose and then fly on their way.

I saw a wonderful mural walking back from Zumba the other day and had to stop and take a couple of shots.

“A Single Act of Kindness, Creates Endless Ripples”

I loved the quote to go with it.

Also last week I went to watch my 5yr old grandson during his swimming lessons. I felt a bit sorry for the teacher trying to stop these little guys jumping up and down, they looked like tadpoles, such excitement. It’s amazing what was achieved in two weeks with the majority now water smart and being able to swim. I remember going for swimming lessons but around aged 8 or 9, not as young as 5. I came away being able to doggy paddle.

Now the house is quiet again as the happy couple have left for Melbourne, so we will have to start planning a trip over to see them.

Laurence and Rufus watching the footy

We had one last family BBQ before they left.

Linking up with Natalie’s Weekend Coffee Share

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  4. It’s wonderful to have the whole family together, Ali, and you have a trip to Melbourne to look forward to. I love seeing the birds in your photos and how green your area is. The mural and the quote are beautiful. Thank you for sharing your week.

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  7. How wonderful to have such a nice visit with family! Your neighborhood looks like a wonderful place to walk, and those red bottlebrush trees/shrubs are gorgeous. I would get very little walking done because I would be trying to photograph all of the birds! I hope you have a wonderful week.

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  8. A lovely family reunion for you after your visit to the U.K. I grew up living in a house overlooking a golf course and we often found balls in our garden and had the occasional broken window. Worst of all though was that my poor granny was hit on the head by a stray ball whilst reading her newspaper in the garden. She had to go to hospital to be checked over but was OK apart from a bump on her head. The hazards of living overlooking beautiful views!

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  12. I love watching the grandkids at swimming lessons too Ali, it must be so hard being the teacher trying to get them all working but the waiting around time is hard for little ones to handle. Lovely postcard!

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