Thursday, April 28, 2011

Oxford 130

One of my favourite Leederville establishments is open again for business.  It was sorely missed whilst it was closed for renovations.

Some passers by may wonder what the renovations were, as at first glance nothing seems different.

Regulars will, however, notice that the ceilings have been replaced, some new lighting has been installed and some retro pink/purple wall decorations introduced.






Thankfully, one of the things that hasn't changed is the terrific coffee.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Harnessing the Wind


Wind farms seem to generate not only energy but also controversy.

The Albany wind farm is at the top of a high cliff with a magnificent beach at the foot of it.  It is a popular surfing spot, although known for the presence of sharks.



We went out there on a windy day so the surf was running and the wind was whistling through the giant propellors of the turbines.



To me the wind farm seems quite majestic, but others seem to think it is a blot on the landscape.



Saturday, April 23, 2011

A Garden in Albany

We have had so little rain in Perth since last winter that gardens are starting to suffer.

Almost everyone I know has had at least one casualty in the garden.  We had a 2 metre high well established viburnum that just upped and died without any warning

It is wonderful to come to Albany and see so much lush greenery, as well as the deciduous trees losing their leaves.  I took these pictures in Dolly's garden.





Happy Easter


I did my Easter shopping at Koko Black which has just opened in Claremont Quarter.

It is the first Koko Black to open in Western Australia but I have been a frequent visitor to their stores whenever I am in Melbourne.

This year they commissioned special artwork for their Easter packaging.  I particularly liked the rabbit on their boxes of milk chocolate hazelnuts.  The chocolate covered hazelnuts were pretty scrumptious too.

Autumn in Albany

Even though Perth is still basking in summer sunshine it is lovely to see signs of Autumn arriving in Albany.


Happy Easter everyone!

Monday, April 18, 2011

Protea Light

This is our wonderful Protea light designed by Tim Whiteman of Cooee Contemporary Objects.


Although you can't see from this picture, it casts the most amazing shadows on the walls.

I first met Tim a few years ago when we both had market stalls at Fremantle Bazaar in the grounds of the Fremantle Arts Centre and he was making beautiful wooden cache boxes which looked like seed pods.

The following year he had lots of Protea lights suspended out of the huge trees in the Arts Centre grounds and they looked fantastic.

I love the clean lines of his designs.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

A Party of Parrots

There was a veritable parrot party in our garden down south at the weekend.  And so noisy!



A Western Rosella


A Gaggle of Galahs



A Native Budgerigar

Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Letter M




An old enamel letter M


Vintage medicine cabinet


Missoni designed bottle label

Monday, April 11, 2011

Old Buttons

I have a huge collection of old buttons and from time to time I am inspired to make things with them.

In the past I have made long necklaces of multicoloured buttons, but now I  am trying a different approach - all white with just a splash of colour.



Saturday, April 9, 2011

Marshmallow Moon

I simply had to capture the wonderful sky yesterday evening.


It looks like the moon is wrapped in pink marshmallow.

Still Looking Up......

Not at rooflines this time but at overhead lighting.....




The first two are in Claremont Quarter.  The last one is in Attic, a new cafe in Bannister Street, Fremantle.

Hanging lights in groups is very effective.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Look Up

Whenever I am in Fremantle I look up at the tops of the old buildings, as they are often quite ornate and some have names written on them in wonderful old style lettering.

It usually means I end up walking straight past wherever I am supposed to be going as I forget to look at the shopfronts on street level.




The top one is my favourite as it is such big bold writing, and it is in red, which is unusual, as most writing on old buildings is either in black or white.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Rainbow!

I was so excited to see a rainbow when I was leaving for work this morning that I quickly took a photo.



Such a nice change from the endless blue sky.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Letter L

I am really enjoying my alphabet series.  I will have to think of something else I can do as a series when I finally get to the end of the alphabet. 

This one was easy, so I tried to do things that were a bit unusual, rather than just doing, Leaf, Letterbox, Ladybird.


Letterpress Letters


Lace


Lens

Monday, April 4, 2011

An Autumn's Day at Yallingup

Yallingup Beach on Sunday was more like a mediterranean resort than Down South on an Autumn's day.




But in fact it was a million times better than a mediterranean resort because the sand was clean, the water was sparkling and there were no annoying people trying to sell you things you didn't need!