A white ibis in our front yard...we often have them wandering down our street...

 

Pennants at Mt Lawley today...I so enjoy playing the other Perth courses. 

 

View from our clubhouse at dusk...drinks after an enjoyable game with Ray and Beth.

 

View of Perth on a cloudy afternoon from the Mt Henry bridge.

 

 Paperbark trees lining the Canning River....Raffles Hotel and Canning Bridge in the distance.

 

James Angus' award winning sculpture,  Forrest Place Perth.

 

Tash is in New York, on a music tour with the children from Trinity and Mercedes Colleges...so good to see her instagrams and enjoy her trip with her.

 

 

A wonderful evening on the river on Pam and Russell's boat....we couldn't have asked for better weather...the city and river looked spectacular...great food, wine, company and music!!

 

Harold Boas Gardens...

 

I love my iphone...for so many reasons...music being one of them...

 

Jessie is back!! Great to play golf again with Jessie and Gerry...today, in the Gloster James ...always an enjoyable event

 

Pete and I visited Bob Melville's Rose Nursery today.....we bought four new roses..

 

The old Fire Station in Murray Street Perth.

 

Fog in Perth this morning...the golf course looked really different...I had a good game.

 

Helen reading "Cappuccetto Rosso"  (Little Red Riding Hood) to our italian class this evening.

 

Yayy...a cloudy day!...I visited the Blood Bank today...across the road from my work.

 

Mindarie  Marina...

 

Chris...

 

Natasha and Athena playing the piano for the boys from Trinity College .... final rehearsal before they all go on their music tour to the US...Listening to the wind and string ensembles and the choir this evening brought back so many happy memories of when Tash and her brothers performed in their school (Churchlands) concerts.  Tash can now help create wonderful memories for these young people...I'm sure they will have a fabulous two weeks.

 

We had a wonderful family dinner tonight...Taryn and Chris back in Perth for the weekend for a friend's wedding....

 

His Majesty's Theatre...tonight we saw the WA Opera Company perform "La Traviata"...

 

I love this building...it is just down the road from where I work and I walk past it on my way to the gym.

 

Best buddies...Jackie and Nat at bookclub tonight.

 

Pennant golf at Wanneroo Golf Course today where we played the Wanneroo ladies. We lost, I lost and it was 37degrees! Not a great day but the trees were beautiful .

 

Roger Hodgson in concert at the Perth Exhibition Centre...he was amazing. He sang all his "Supertramp " songs.

 

Incredible sky tonight at sunset...

 

Another David Austen rose flowering in our back yard...

 

Happy 60th Birthday Renya. Although I couldn't play golf today, I was still able to enjoy the celebrations at the club ..great fun...lovely ladies. (Pauline presenting the cake.)

 

Clouds!! we haven't seen many lately...over Lake Monger early this morning.

 

Our plumbago is flowering in our backyard...so pretty.

 

The chiseled portrait of Dorothy Tangney, Australia's first woman senator, by street artist Alexandre Farto( tag name Vhils) on the wall of the Norfolk Hotel where Pete and I had lunch today with Nat, Andrei and Renate.

 

After lunch we watched Grant Goldie from Belfast performing , one of the acts in the Fremantle Street Arts Festival...