Monday Mural - Scarborough is ok

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.

When we went to Scarborough Beach in January with our daughter Karina, and again for the Brazilian Carnival in February, I saw this huge mural painted on the walls of the Scarborough Surf Life Saving Club -  Scarborough beach is ok! which captures the essence of the northern beach suburb of Scarborough

Painted at the end of September 2022 by ArtbyRow, aka Adam Cicanese, the mural includes a QR code that takes people to a page showcasing what Scarborough has to offer. The mural will probably not be around for more than 3 years, when the council expects further development in the area.

Brazilian food van - Rio 40

Monday Murals - At the Montessori School

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.

On the 5th of February we attended a 3rd birthday party at a park next to the Swan River, near the Burswood Casino, and on the way there I spotted this mural, so of course Jose stopped so I could take photos :)

IT was painted on the 1st of April 2022, on the walls of Perth Montessori School at 150 Burswood Road, Burswood, by Perth artist Melski with "guests" who popped in to help with the finishing touches.

The artist's work reflects cultural and historical elements of the locations in which she paints, celebrating what is quintessentially Australian.

 

"The greatest gift we can give our children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence" - Dr Maria Montessori

Monday Murals - Bali, Ubud 5

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.

Mural seen on the walls of a coffee shop - "Rococo Warung" in Ubud (Jl Raya Ubud nr. 26). It was painted over a gold background.

Can you spot the gecko?

Monday Murals - Bali, Ubud 4

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 surprising find - a Frida Kahlo mural - in the small lane where our guest house was located in Ubud, just before we reached Joglo Organik restaurant where we had lunch one of the days - the murals of the Balinese women are inside the restaurant. 

The mural of the cat that was being painted at the Ubud Yoga House  was also in the same lane.

At Joglo Organik Restaurant

At Ubud Yoga House

Cat mural being painted

Cat mural finished the following day

Monthly Wrap-up - February & Signs

Friday 3rd - We joined a few friends for the first Friday of the month, Codfish dinner at the Portuguese Club.

Codfish and 2 Custard tarts

Saturday 4th - Chinese New Year with dragon dances at Riverton shopping.

Sunday 5th - we attended a 3rd birthday party at Charles Paterson Park by Burswood Casino. It was a lovely morning surrounded by lots of kiddies but also an opportunity to meet a lot of new people. On the way home I found a new mural ✌.

Friday 10th - I hosted a cold soap making workshop at home, for the members of the Community Harvest Group. A nice morning with lots of chats that ended with snacks for lunch.

Two of the ladies still wanted to learn the "Melt and Pour" method, so I did a quick demonstration for them, and I also made washing powder.

Saturday 11th - Meeting of the Committee of the Portuguese Australian Women's Association, to discuss the event we had in January and plan future events, as well as welcoming a new member to the Committee.

We met in the city centre, at a new Cafe - Espresso & Prosecco - a beautiful venue, with lots of delicious cakes.

Found a new mural in one of the city lanes too :)

Tuesday 14th - I worked the whole day and, on the way, home stopped at the supermarket to buy prawn to grill for a a nice "Valentine's Day" dinner with Jose. Instead, when I got home, I was surprised with flowers, chocolates and a dinner at Japanese restaurant - Yuki.  I do have a great husband, who after 42 years can still surprise me 💗.

Japanese food and flowers for Valentine's Day

Friday 17th - A catch up coffee with my French class colleagues Suzanne and Jennifer at the "Dome" Cafe in Mount Pleasant, next to the Canning River.

Saturday 18th - Brazilian Carnival in Scarborough with our friends Wendy &Lido.

We had lunch from one of the Brazilian caravans and sat down in the beach amphitheatre to watch the various dance shows.

Brazilian food and dessert

                         

Signs at the Brazilian Carnival from Live Lighter, one of their sponsors

Saturday 25th - a dinner at home with family and a few friends to celebrate my upcoming birthday (2nd March) as I will be flying to Frankfurt, in the early morning of the 4th, and then onto Lisbon on the 10th to be present at my Dad's 90th birthday lunch on the 11th March.

And we ended the month with another celebration on Sunday 26th - brunch with friends to celebrate a birthday and to inaugurate their new pool. It was a hot day, 38C, so a cool swim was great!

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In our garden, the grapes in our grapevine sadly didn't survive intense heat in the last couple of weeks, so we only ate a bunch or two of grapes, the others burned to a crisp!

But the 16 mangoes on our small mango tree have survived and we have eaten a few of them. They are very fragrant and delicious. The last one I picked off the grass weighed 650gr!! (1,43pounds).

The fig tree as usual has been very generous and I have already made 3 batches of fig jam which I have given to some friends with kids and will take to family overseas, as they all love it!

Mangoes, figs, fig jam

Fig jam with Portuguese goat cheese

Other signs:

The "Ambitious" was quite funny, since it's on a Suzuki Swift, which is a tiny car 😃

Also taking part in Tom's Signs meme - Please check his latest post for other signs from around the globe.