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Monday 31 January 2022

Monday Mural - Springtime in Bayswater

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.  Thanks, Sami.

Painted in April 2021 by the very talented Graeme Miles Richards, it can be found in a little laneway off Whatley Crescent next to the Australian Post in the suburb of Bayswater.

Graeme was born in Nelson, New Zealand, but moved to Perth over 30 years ago and set up his business Art Fresco Design.

He is also the artist of the East West Design (Furniture and Homewares Warehouse) mural - which I have shown here on the blog.

I have never shown you the other side of the mural at East West Design, which I will show next week.

Post office - Over there







Wednesday 26 January 2022

Signs - Hot, hot, hot

For other signs from around the world please check Tom's blog.

Happy Australia Day!


This Perth sign with flags can be found at Yagan Square. The flags represent the 78 different nationalities that call Perth home.






Perth has had a record breaking 5 days in a row of scorching heat, with temperatures peaking above 40°C (104F), temperatures not seen since 1897

Luckily since this Monday, the temperatures have dropped slightly, with a weak "cold front" sweeping the State, and temperatures dropping to the low 30'sC (89,6F), although they are set to rise again after the 28th January for a couple more days.



Of course the UV can be quite high... so SLIP, SLOP, SLAP 🌞



Monday 24 January 2022

Monday Mural - Barramundi

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.  Thanks, Sami.

Painted in 2020 by Shaun Lee (aka Hafleg) (the blue side), and Trent Lee, (the orange side).

Both artists are Darwin born and raised Larrakia, Wardaman and Karajarri men.

 The mural can be found at Nutall Place, Darwin. Sadly it had a huge container in front of it, but I thought the mural was nice enough to be featured.

Hafleg is also the same artist that painted the turtle.

Barramundi - an Aboriginal name for the Asian Sea Bass/Australian Sea Bass, a  very popular fish in Australian as well as Asian cuisines.




Photo from the net without the container


Wednesday 19 January 2022

Signs - Vintage Adverts

For other signs from around the world, please check Tom's blog.

And these are the last signs from the Edith Falls Cafe, where we stopped on the way to Katherine in the Northern Territory, on my trip to Darwin in Sept 2021.


Who likes vegemite? I don't!  I remember Marmite and Bovril in South Africa, but was never a fan of them either.


             




For the other 3 posts with signs from Edith Falls Cafe please check these:

https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2021/11/signs-australia-place-to-be.html

https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2021/12/signs-wives-and-teenagers.html

https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2021/12/signs-to-err-is-human.html



Monday 17 January 2022

Monday Mural - Aboriginal Seasons

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.  Thanks, Sami.

This bright mural was painted by Darwin born artist Jason Lee, a Larrakia, Wardaman and Karajarri man, and it depicts the seven main seasons of the indigenous calendar. It was painted in 2018 for the Darwin Street Art Festival, at the entrance to a car park in West Lane, Darwin.

The seven seasons make far more sense in Australia than the western four seasons, by taking notice of what happens seasonally with our native plants, animals and weather.

The seven seasons are:  • Balnba (rainy season) - November to December - long bums, black plum and bush potatoes. • Dalay (monsoon season) - January to March - crocodile laying eggs and big red apple fruiting. • Mayilema - March to April - dragonflies and bush cherry. • Damibila (Barramundi and bush fruit time) - April to June - black cockatoo and bush peanut. • Dinidjanggama (heavy dew time) - June to August - dugong and water Lillie’s. • Gurrulwa (big wind time) - July to September - stingray and yellow kapok. • Dalirrgang (build-up) - September to October - flying fox, cocky apple and cycad nuts.



(photo from the net)



Wednesday 12 January 2022

Signs - Happy 2022

 For other signs from around the world please check Tom's blog:

I saw this first sign yesterday and thought it was quite appropriate for this time of the year.

Give wings to your dreams and let them come true in 2022


Take care of your body, it's the only place you have to live in

This time it's polite to stare - The Coffee Club






Monday 10 January 2022

Monday Mural - A different view

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.  Thanks, Sami.

A collaboration by street artists Vans the Omega (from Sydney) and Beastmen (from Adelaide), this mega mural at 140 Wellington Street, on the side wall  of The Globe heritage building was painted in July in 2014 for Public 2014 Art in the City.

This Christmas as part of the "Blue trail" one of the 2 Christmas lights trail in Perth, this mural was illuminated with festive patterns and pops of colour.







Across the road at Yagan Square the 45mt (147ft) high digital tower with a circular screen and 14 columns inspired by the bulrushes found at the lakes that once occupied this site, and representing the 14 Noongar language groups is used to transmit live-streamed events, visual artworks, abstract graphics, adverts...   

It also responds to movement in the space using interactive weather, pedestrian and train movement sensors. (Perth's main train station is right next to it).

This is what is was transmitting on New Year's Eve - the time counting down to the 9pm mini fireworks, then works of art... Presumably just before the midnight fireworks it would show the countdown clock again.




Wednesday 5 January 2022

December Wrap-Up

And we've reached the end of 2021! 

On one of our after dinner walks around our neighbourhood we saw these Christmas decorated houses near us.





Sunday 5th, we joined the yearly Christmas get-together with Portuguese friends at Point Walter Reserve.

The early birds got a great spot under a gigantic tree, which provided some coolness, even though it was a hot day.

Drove past the suburb of Applecross and the jacaranda trees were still in bloom. They are usually at their best in September. 

Friday 10th I met up with Grace at Ikea. We had a lovely chat over coffee/hot chocolate and cake, and then we walked through the shop and I found new lampshades to replace my old bedside ones, and a new one to replace my kitchen lights, which has yet to be installed. 


Sat 11th and Sunday 12th was a cool weekend, and Jose and I prepared and painted the badly peeling and ugly looking cement area next to the wooden patio. I was actually a quicker job than I had thought and will hopefully last a few years.


Monday 13th
we were invited to dinner at the house of the President of the Codfish Academy to discuss possible events for 2022.

Thursday 16th - my last day at work, took 2 weeks leave until 4th January. Hurray!!

Sunday 19th - Coffee at Coffee Club with 2 of my colleagues - even on holidays I can't get away from them lol, then had dinner with some of the ladies of the "Buy nothing group" that I've become friends with at nearby pub - Last Local Canning Vale.

On my return we called our daughter to congratulate her and husband on their 3rd Wedding anniversary. A short while later the whole family  joined a Whatsapp call  to chat about our various Christmas plans. 

My daughter, me, my middle sister, my niece, other niece, my middle sister and parents were together

Friday 24th - Ever since moving to Australia I've organized Christmas Eve dinner at our place, and we've had from 30 people down to just 8 this Christmas!

I had planned on setting the table outdoors in the patio, but it was a very hot day  39C (102.2F) and the prediction was that it would still be 31C (87.8F) at 7pm, so I set the table indoors. 

For Christmas eve dinner I served Codfish with cream (Bacalhau com natas), roast meat, salad, potato salad, Chocolate mousse, rice pudding, Portuguese French toast with Port wine sauce (rabanadas), fruit salad and fruit cake. Two of the friends that attended brought the potato salad, salad and fruit salad.

Christmas decor at home


Christmas day, Saturday 25th -  we had a young couple and their 1 year old join us for lunch. Once again we didn't set foot outdoors as we had a 42C (107.6) day!!

Tuesday 28th - lunch at our friends W and L's house. With a 40C (104F) day, it was great that they have a pool, so we had an enjoyable afternoon just sitting in the pool and chatting.

During the Christmas period, we had a few days of scorching temperatures in Perth, last recorded 53 years ago! A lot of people went to the beach, but I couldn't face going out at all, so we watched lots of movies under the aircon.  Sadly the heat also "roasted" our tiny mangoes, and we were left with just 3 which were a bit bigger.

On Friday 31st, we opted to go to the city. Forest Place was full of food trucks, and we bought Korean and Malaysian food. Just before 9pm we walked to Yagan Square to watch the "baby" fireworks.

At 11pm we drove home and watched a replay of the last hour of the Sydney New Year's Eve concert with the famous fireworks display at midnight.





      After the fireworks we walked the Christmas lights trail, which I love.

St George's Cathedral light show















In Northbridge (just north of the city) there was a lot of street entertainment mainly aimed at the kids.




With the heat we started getting a visit from a Willie wagtail, who has taken up residence inside our covered patio sleeping on one of the wires of the patio lights. Clever guy! I wonder if he was part of the family that had a nest in our garden a few months ago...


With very few infections and only 9 deaths since the start of the pandemic in 2020, Western Australia has so far managed to avoid the outcome of most other countries and even the rest of Australia, but from the 24th December, Perth residents were requested to wear masks in public places, public transport, etc, until the 4th, which has now been extended for a few more days. Sadly a backpacker that came in from Queensland just before our border was again closed with them, because of their rising cases, was infected with the Delta variant.

He had been infectious in the community for a few days before he started feeling sick, and infections now stand at 21 people. An unrelated case of a quarantine hotel security guard has come up today (5th Jan) and he's infected with the Omicron variant. So far close contacts have tested negative, but there are still a few people to be tested...

There goes our carefree life ðŸ˜” It was bound to happen from the 5th of February, when we reach 90% double vaccination rate and our borders with the rest of Australia and the world are due to open then. I suppose it's time to learn how to live with it.

Wishing you all a wonderful, healthy and happy 2022!