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Monday 24 June 2024

Monday Murals - Prince

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 while walking around Margaret River during our long weekend away in May 2024. 

Located at the Mosaic Cafe, behind "The Margaret River Bakery", at 89 Bussell Highway, I spotted a mural of the singer "Prince" and next to it some quirky creatures which I couldn't figure out their meaning - another "Prince riding a bull"?

And not sure why, but I didn't get a full on photo of the face on the pink mural next to Prince...





Wednesday 19 June 2024

Monthly Wrap-up - May & Signs

Thursday, 2nd - The medical clinic I work for is getting Accreditation later this year (happens every 3rd year), and we all -Doctors, Nurses and Receptionists had to attend a First Aid course, administered in the premises by someone from St John's Ambulance.  Afterwards we enjoyed some snacks the boss brought.


Friday 3rd - I celebrated my Italian friend/neighbour Maria and her twin brother's 65th birthday party at the Attfield Bar. The party was held in one of the function rooms, where Maria had displayed some decorations and the birthday cake. The guests bought their food and sat at one of the tables. After dinner we moved to the karaoke room and some of us had a go at a song.  I sang "Money, Money, Money" by Abba. It was fun night!

The pub fridges had these funny signs written in chalk.


Saturday 4th - A few of the members of our "Harvest group" went olive picking from some trees offered by a neighbour through the "Buy Nothing group". Others picked near their residential areas. In total we picked 122kg, which we had processed into olive oil in a boutique processor in Jarrahdale.

Thursday 9th - the actual date of Maria's birthday and she had invited a few friends to go and have coffee and cake at her place in the afternoon. I had baked her something I knew she would love "Chocolate salami" a very traditional Portuguese dessert, specially loved by kids.

Monday 13th - Every 2nd week I attend my occupational therapy for my Tenosynovitis (inflammation of the fluid filled synovium within the tendon sheath) in the middle finger of my right hand. It's getting better, finger not as swollen, can bend finger a little bit and no longer wearing the splint, just a "tightening glove"

It was my parents "Blue Sapphire" wedding anniversary (65 years)!


Tuesday 14th - after work I joined 2 other ladies from our "Harvest group" to pick more olives in our neighbourhood again. A few days later it was again processed into olive oil. 177kg

Friday 17th - Met up with Grace at Ikea for coffee and a chat. Didn't have much time to wander around as my dental appointment had been brought forward from 4pm to 2,30 for my tooth implant.

Saturday and Sunday 18th and 19th - the good warm weather continues, and Jose and I worked in the front garden. We are revamping a small area next to the driveway, which I'll take photos of when it's finished.

Tuesday 21st - after work went to a tyre place to get my front tyres replaced. Expensive work! Had to return the next day, as their alignment machine wasn't working.

Saturday 25th - Rainy weekend, so no gardening. At night we met up with friends at "Lima Cantina" Restaurant, a Peruvian restaurant in the inner-city suburb of Leederville. Fabulous food and they had a beautiful mural inside, which I photographed at the end as we were almost, the last to leave.

Sunday 26th - We were invited to a pig on a spit bbq at a friend's house. 

After lunch all the 4 invited couples plus kids went to the nearby park with the dogs.

This is Cody, the pup I looked after for a week in December. At the end of June, he'll be back for another week.


Friday 31st- Olive brining workshop at the Community Harvest workshop at the Canning Agricultural, Horticultural, and Recreational Society (CAHRS) - hosted by our group leader Maria. The group went first to pick olives, then we returned to the centre, washed and sorted them into 3 different colours and then learned a couple of methods to brine olives. Afterwards we had coffee and snacks.


After Jose arrived from work, we went to dinner at Yuki Japanese Restaurant.


This month I finished painting this table/desk and re-upholstered the chair. I had originally painted the drawer fronts and desktop in white, but found it too stark, the blue is much nicer.


Birds in the garden: Pink Galah, Ibis, Crested doves, crow, magpie-lark

Some signs seen this month:

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













Monday 17 June 2024

Monday Murals - The Wings

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 

The Wings - another mural in Cowaramup (south west of Western Australia), located on the wall of the Cowaramup Agencies building - Agriculture Supplies and Services - on the corner of Bussell Highway and Hall Road (just around the corner from Moon Haven and the previous mural).

Originally painted in 2018, by Anita Revel, it was spruced up in 2022 and a purple background added in honour of the Cowara or Purple-crowned Lorikeet, which gives Cowaramup its name.

Anita is an author, an artist and in 2019 was voted the best marriage celebrant in our state of Western Australia. Talented lady!



In front of the wings. I should have spread my arms to the wings:) and I'm a bit off-centre as well, but that's the photographer's fault, lol.
 




The original mural, before the purple background:





Monday 10 June 2024

Monday Murals - Birds of Cowaramup

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 

Just down the road from the previous mural, in the town of Cowaramup, near Margaret River, Perth artist Brenton See painted this mural at his Aunty Leonie's aromatherapy shop - "Moon Haven" on the corner of Bussell Highway and Bottril street. 

Brenton See specialises in Western Australian fauna and flora, and this mural shows a Splendid Fairy-wren, a purple-crowned lorikeet (cowara) and Scarlet Robin, among natural surroundings.


Some of the many cow sculptures scattered around Cowaramup:



Monday 3 June 2024

Monday Murals - Cowara birds in Cowaramup

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 

In the country town of Cowaramup, also known as "Cow Town" near Margaret River I spotted this beautiful mural at the Lions's shed op-shop in Pioneer Park on the corner of Bussell Highway and Memorial Drive. 

Painted by the very talented Perth artist Brenton See, who specilises in Western Australian fauna and flora. This area is home to the beautiful and noisy Cowara or Purple-crowned Lorikeet, after which the town is named (nothing to do with cows :)

While I was taking photos in the park, a local lady stopped to ask me what I thought of the mural and then proceeded to tell me Brenton had painted another mural just a block away in his Aunty's shopfront, where we went next :)