Friday 3rd - We joined a few friends for the first Friday of the month, Codfish dinner at the Portuguese Club.
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| 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 💗.
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| 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.
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| Brazilian food and dessert |
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| 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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| Mangoes, figs, fig jam |
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| Fig jam with Portuguese goat cheese |
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.
...once again, you packed a lot into a month! "Sit less and dance more" is good advise. Thanks Sami fpr stopping by, enjoy your trip.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good sign, as I love dancing :) Thanks Tom
DeleteBeautiful and all the food. I love your food and I had some of each dish. Delicious.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day and rest of the week, Sami. ♥
Thanks Sandee :)
DeleteYour photo diary reveals such a great life!
ReplyDeleteThank Roentare. Your comment had gone to Spam.
DeleteHappy early Birthday!
ReplyDeleteThank you, it's today :)
DeleteYou were very busy.
ReplyDeleteThank you William. Once again your comment went to spam.
DeleteE eu que não sou fã de bacalhau??
ReplyDeleteO comentário tinha ido parar ao spam! Não é muito normal um Português não gostar de bacalhau Pedro, mas claro nem todos gostamos da mesma coisa.
DeleteMuitos parabéns!
ReplyDeleteQue mês extraordinário.
:)
Obrigada Catarina :)
DeleteToday is your birthday and I hope it is a very happy one.
ReplyDeleteLots of interesting photos. Perhaps the Suzuki driver is ambitious that they will get the car up to 100 km/h.
I am just curious to know if you feel a connection with Brazilians?
Thank you Andrew. The connection is the shared language, even though spoken with a different accent, sometimes even difficult to understand, lol. The Brazilians are probably more relaxed, more party-going, and more demonstrative than the Portuguese who are more reserved. I do have some Brazilian friends and even distant family in Brazil, as when my maternal grandfather went from Portugal to Mozambique, his 5 sisters went to Brazil, so their descendants are all there, and we are still in touch.
DeleteHappy Birthday, Sami. I had NO idea today was your birthday.
ReplyDeleteI always leave your monthly posts hungry. You always eat so well.
I've never made Melt and Pour soap, always the lye and oil kind. Yours turned out very pretty. Those are gorgeous flowers.
It's amazing you celebrated Chinese New Year and Carnival so close together.
Great signs, dear. Have a great trip and a lovely birthday.
Thank you Elizabeth. I usually make the Melt and Pour as it's quicker and I can use my imagination with colours, shapes, etc.
DeleteWell, that food looks so delicious I could hardly even look at the signs! I should never read blogs like this around dinner time!
ReplyDeleteI always seem to show a lot of food. Thanks Jeanie, bon appetit :)
DeleteChinese New Year - such fun. I really wonder why it´s not celebrated here - we have so many Chinese students!
ReplyDeleteI need to google "cold soap making"! I still was not able to use yours. Too precious.
To your Hubby!
Oh, if my Brazilian to-be-Teamleader wasn´t in Franfurt I would ask him to cook for me, looks very yummy!
Great sign! If only I could really dance!
Oh, you have so much to celebrate, it´s wonderful! Thank you for sharing!
We still have a weeeee bit of your fig-jam :-)
Fun number plates, too, no such luck here.
To happy travels!
Thanks Iris. I'm already in Bruhl (Cologne, arrived last night).
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