One of my favourite flowers...a stunning Protea, given to us by Sue and Ian who came to lunch today. 

 

A very cold morning at the beach but so glad to see it looking so beautiful...very unusual number of shells and the way the water had come up on the sand like a little brook.

It always amazes me how very different the beach can look from one week to the next.

 

My early birthday present from Mandy and Graeme...a beautiful pot and plant...I love it.

 

Perth is experiencing some very cold weather this week....it was freezing in the early morning at the golf course. Everyone was rugged up in black!

My playing partners, Jane E, Jenny F and Anne...ladies in black in the bunker. 

after a few holes it warmed up ...perfect day for golf.

 

My first walk around Lake Gwelup which is only a short walk from our house.

Swamp hens on the lake....

 

Our new painting that Pete and I bought in Broome...It was painted by Alexandria Loomoo. Alexandria has painted her grandmother's story. Nungurrai Loomoo was an established and magnificent artist.. Alexandria has depicted some of her grandmother's country south of Balgo, along the middle stretches of the Canning Stock Route. This country here is called Yarangarri after the prominent warniri (rock hole) depicted in the centre of the painting. This warniri is an inta or living water and always has a reliable source of water. The many parallel lines represent the tali (sandhills) that dominate this country and the dotting depicts the abundance of mungari (bush tucker) in the country. 

 

Early Sunday morning and he is happily constructing duplo.

Came into the bedroom to show me his tower...

Then played with my beanie and visa on our bed....

Will, in his favourite PJs with Grandad's beanie on.

Ethan and Will are fans of the Ninjago stories. 

It was one of those days when the weather went from raining to sunshine, on and off all day. A walk outside the Stokes home is always fun...Flynn loves throwing stones in water...in this case a puddle.

There are more of these down their street.

Like most nearly 2 year olds, Flynn loves playing in my car, turning all the buttons and dials. Today he discovered the glove box...and put Bluey in and out many, many times...so cute.

On our way home now....

....and would you believe, more rainbows.

And very dark storm clouds as we arrived in Perth...

Luckily we dodged the rain and made it home safe, sound and dry.

Today in the Netball Semifinal our West Coast Fever beat Melbourne's Vixens ...Jeremy was there to watch, he is such an avid fan of theirs and will be travelling to Melbourne to see the Final.