This week for Sunday Stills hosted by Terri the challenge is the colour blue. As it happens I took a few blue shots last week at Perth’s Lightscape, an event on at Kings Park. The Park was transformed into an after-dark light spectacular, with all kinds of dazzling light displays.
I met up with four other friends and we started first in a wine bar for some nibbles and wine.
It’s a ticketed event and you need to book a time slot, the walk through takes around an hour.
From the first moment we were all entranced, it’s a spectacular sight to behold. We were lucky that the rain had stopped for our hour, as it was raining before and after that!
As we entered there were many light patterns on the path.
In the trees
Constantly changing colours
On the ground
Finishing up in the Cathedral of Lights
It was a fabulous night out with great friends, always making memories
I thought I would double dip with this challenge, so posting also for Natalie’s Coffee Share and Public Art Challenge.
There goes another year. I feel it has been a long one, maybe because we have travelled a fair bit. When I think this time in 2021 we were travelling back to the UK, it seems an age ago.
January: After receiving bad news about my Dad we decided to go back to the UK for a few months. In the end we stayed ten weeks. I’m happy to say my Dad is still thriving and is the original Iron Man after receiving many iron infusions and blood transfusions. I have to say a big thank you to the NHS for keeping him here.
Arriving in the UK at the height of the pandemic was stressful as was having to wear a mask. Perth was still barricaded against the rest of the world and we were living in our own little bubble.
River Crouch, Essex
February: Still in the UK and both of us caught Covid, even though we had just had our third vaccine. We had time to travel to Devon for a few days to a dear friend’s funeral before this. During this time we also had the pleasure of Storm Eunice.
Hope Cove, South Devon
February was also the start of the horrendous war in the Ukraine which everyone thought would never happen.
March: We headed back to Perth in the middle of this month only for Anthony to get Covid once again, this time with some serious health implications for him. The year hasn’t been wonderful for him health wise but he is definitely much better now. It was strange returning to Perth and having to wear masks after leaving UK who had dropped the masks!
St Katherine’s Dock, London
April: We celebrated Easter during this month and a short visit from Laurence and Maddy, always a happy occasion.
Swan River, Perth
May: We travelled to Melbourne to celebrate Laurence’s birthday, taking Elena and the children with us.
A family day at Melbourne Zoo
June: For our wedding anniversary we took a trip to Penang and Langkawi. Unfortunately Anthony fell very ill with salmonella poisoning and ended up in hospital for an afternoon! We still managed to enjoy most of the trip.
Langkawi Island, Malaysia
July: A mini break down to the South West of WA, Albany and Margaret River.
Coalmine Beach, Walpole, WA
August: Back to Melbourne again to see Laurence and Maddy. Making the most of the borders being open and marvelling at travelling again. I don’t think I’ll ever travel again without having that doubt about flights being cancelled or luggage not turning up.
Torquay, Victoria, Australia
September was spent in Perth playing Bridge, seeing films and going to a concert. Many nights sitting in front of the fire as it was still so chilly here.
From Point Resolution, Nedlands looking across the Swan River to Mosman Park
October: A mini break with dear friends in Dunsborough, WA
Fun at Geographe Bay, Dunsborough, WA
November: Another family vacation, this time back to Bali, our first time in three years. So happy to visit again.
Breakfast by the beach, Bali
December: Finally back to Hong Kong also after three long years. We had a wonderful week despite three days of room service in the hotel, due to a “quarantine measure”.
On the ferry going to Cheng Chau Island
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Christmas was spent in Perth and it was an amazing fun filled day with all the family at ours for the day. There were so many gifts opened, bottles of champagne and wine drank and turkey and ham consumed. My garage now looks like a recycling centre which will take time to clear.
As I look back at my year, I give thanks for my fortunate life. We’ve had ups and downs with health issues and it’s a miracle that my dad is still here. I’m off to the UK again in January, to celebrate my mum’s 90th birthday and hopefully find them both in reasonable health.
I hope to continue to be part of the wonderful WordPress blogging community, I’ve enjoyed many of your posts and made numerous new friends.
To stay near or go far that is the question that Terri from Second Wind Leisure is asking this week for the Sunday Stills Challenge.
For me it will always be to travel far and hopefully on a plane to somewhere exotic. But any kind of travelling is okay, as long as it involves a suitcase and a new destination. I love the planning stage of a trip and normally by the end of it I know the place inside out! Sometimes I’ve completely changed my mind after sifting through reviews and images of the destination I had in mind.
During the two year “lockdown” that Australia had – no-one in and no-one out – only the most extenuating circumstances accepted, we did a few “home” trips. By that I don’t mean staying in the house but actually exploring Western Australia. Western Australia was the most locked in state, we couldn’t even travel to anywhere in Australia.
We did most of this travelling in the South West of Western Australia and tried to go to towns that we had never been before, although one trip was to Kalgoorlie which is 600 km east of Perth.
I have written posts about most of these mini-breaks but here’s a gallery of some of the photos.
2020 was also the last year that my parents would visit us, so Covid was good in the fact that they had to stay for five months and not their normal three! My nephew was also visiting and we had some wonderful days out.
Gidgeganup
Gidgeganup
Shelley Beach
Cottesloe Beach
Baskerville Winery
“A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.”
“A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.” – Zen Shin
Birthday Bouquets
Florist shops from China and Japan
The beautiful Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
A few years ago there were display stalls in our local shopping centre with a device where you could slot your own phone in to take a selfie. Ingenious!
