Saturday, May 31, 2014

Food to warm the insides

Chunky mixed vegetable soup with chick peas, followed by ....
Chocolate Chilli Muffins.

Friday, May 30, 2014

Skywatch Friday

Beautiful day - blue skies over Yanchep.
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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Two gardens

My lettuce!
Bills carrots, onions, beetroot, lettuce etc etc!

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Wordless Wednesday - we had rain!




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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Ruby Tuesday Too

The Red Cross Shop has moved into a bigger place at Two Rocks
lots of different coloured clothes here.
jewelry, books, paintings & a hairy monkey,
 I couldn't resist these cushions at $1 each!
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Monday, May 26, 2014

Monday Mellow Yellows

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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Shadow Shot Sunday

Flying the flag for golf at the Sun City Country Club.
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Saturday, May 24, 2014

O.D. on books!

This weeks books have got a bit out-of-hand - I seem to be reading 5 (and that's not counting the ones I'm dipping into). 
What you might call a pile up.
Wending my way through 'New York', just about finished 'Growing Your Family Tree', the other two family history books are interesting, 'Growing Old Outrageously' isn't as good as I thought. Must find time to carry on writing my own history. Staying in today as it's wet & windy up here.
 Ten seconds later the sun came out.

Friday, May 23, 2014

Skywatch Friday

Blue sky - big tree - Yanchep.
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Thursday, May 22, 2014

Eating out in Yanchep and Two Rocks

Decided to 'do lunch' at Sun City Country Club in Yanchep. Amazing views.
I chose Crumbed Prawns
I've had these before & they are tasty (maybe I should have had something else to try, next time).
My friend ordered Pumpkin & Spinach Lasagna, Chips & Salad.
 It looked O.K. but ......... taste not so good! I believe the Salt & Pepper Squid is good. Will have something else next time - there will be a next time as it is a very pleasant place.
They were setting up for an evening meal.

On another note entirely, I was checking on family history & came across this about my grandmothers sister.   I think the newspaper journalist had fun reporting this in 1892. 

Through the energetic action of Mrs. Arthur Bobbett, wife of a distinguished middle-weight boxer and cab proprietor, a curious question of domestic ethics was discussed before the magistrate at Westminster, the lady in question being the defendant, and Mr Robert Allplush, coffee-house keeper, the complainant. Is a man compelled under the rules of household felicity to ruin his digestion by eating his wife’s cookery, which he does not like? And has a wife the right to demolish the dishes which another cook prepares exactly to his taste? There are limits to the digestive capabilities even of a middleweight boxer and if he prefers a ham-and-egg tea, with bread and butter, to a banquet prepared for him by the partner of his joys and sorrows, he is entitled to enjoy it in peace; for thank heaven ours is still a free country. Mrs Bobbett does not think so, and when her husband disdained the turtle her own hands had made, and sat himself down to the ham-and-egg tea already mentioned, the irate lady bounced into the coffee shop and swept the dishes, the teapot and the cups to the floor. The only defence Mrs Bobbett set up was that she did not like her husband’s  preference for a coffee-shop cuisine when she rather prided herself on her own, but she steadfastly declined to pay for the damaged ware, even although Mr Allplush allowed the matter to stand over until he thought her temper had gone down. Mr De Rutzen, after hearing the whole story, ordered her to pay 26s.6d as damages and costs. But if Mr Bobbett has, after all, to disburse the amounts represented by his wife’s tantrums it may in the long run be cheaper to accept the domestic cookery and run the risk.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Wordless Wednesday


Be prepared for this very moving video Moving On by Ainslie Henderson for the band James

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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Ruby Tuesday Too


The start of something red. 
I like to change the colour palette from cool blue to warm red & I don't have much in the way of art (not in the house, it's all hanging up at Capricorn House). So I decided to have a go at painting a red abstract.
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Monday, May 19, 2014

Monday Mellow Yellows


Popping up out the back.
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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Shadow Shot Sunday

Fishing late afternoon at Yanchep Lagoon.
One little dickybird standing on the rim,
 three little dickybirds think they may get in,
nine little dickybirds decide to have some fun,
while one little dickybird find a spot of sun,
and these little dickybirds splashing out with glee
all in the shade of the old gum tree.
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Saturday, May 17, 2014

Books for this week

Such a beautiful day I decided to read outside. I'm only halfway through New York by Edward Rutherford and just dipping into Family History books. Enjoy the day out there everyone.

Friday, May 16, 2014

Skywatch Friday

Low cloud over Yanchep Lagoon.
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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Eating out in Yanchep & Two Rocks

It was time to check out the latest eating place in Yanchep.
Popped in yesterday and decided to order Chicken Parmy Sandwich at $16. Some sandwich! It was HUGE! And came with chips (best I've had in a long time). Unfortunately I didn't take any photos so returned today and had a chat to the manager. There is seating for 100 - hard and soft seating (see below)
 This couple enjoying a coffee with their lunch,
and these ladies had just eaten a Greek salad $14.50 and two of them shared a Caesar Salad $14 which they said was excellent, very large servings.
These cakes look amazing!
My camera battery ran out just after I took a pic of my Coffee so I'll go back and try again.
Pretty Cappuccino and very nice it was too!!
Parking is accessible (it's on the corner of Yanchep Central Shopping Centre). Although large compared to other places in the area, it doesn't seem noisy, the decor is modern, the view on one side is into the parking area, on the other vacant land yet to be built on. All in all a good place to catch up with friends.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Ruby Tuesday Too

Tully relaxing with AviKitten in Massachusetts.
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Monday, May 12, 2014

Monday Mellow Yellows

A spoonful in a bowl of pumpkin soup goes down well!
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Sunday, May 11, 2014

Shadow Shot Sunday

Seating area at Yanchep Garden Centre
It's such a pretty day today, enjoy.
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Saturday, May 10, 2014

Yanchep Garden Centre

I visited the new premises of Yanchep Garden Centre yesterday now situated on Yanchep Beach Road.
Much larger and with a lunch bar with seating inside and out. 

Friday, May 09, 2014

Thursday, May 08, 2014

Artwork

Limited Edition Print
'Convolution' 

Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Wordless Wednesday


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Tuesday, May 06, 2014

Ruby Tuesday Too



Now the cooler weather is here I've changed some of the decor from cool blues to warming reds. (Can't change the blinds, have to think of something else to do!)
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