My Neighborhood

If you can get past the suburban, cookie-cutter houses that make-up my ever so clean neighborhood... then it's actually a beautiful place.  And the beach, only a 25 minute walk from my house, makes it all worth it.  Here's some much awaited for photos:

The marina in Mindarie, Clarkson's next door neighborhood

Clarkson - home!  This is just a few blocks from my house.

The walk through the dunes to the beach.  However, at any turn, you can walk into the dunes and you feel like you're taking a nature walk.  Well, actually, you are.  Isolated and alone.  Oh, and the signs leading to the walkways have snake warnings.

The beach at sunset.

Amazing!  That is the day old eclipsed moon with Venus shining high above.

And I love this photo!!  Again, the eclipsed moon and Venus.

A jog to the beach

Finally, finally, finally made it to the beach today!!  It was about a 20 minute jog (with some stops in between to catch my out of shape breath).  It is magnificent!!!  How horrible of me not to have gone sooner.  The dunes blocked the initial beach view from the road, but the deep blue was always there on the horizon, calling me closer.  The dunes remind of me of Cape Cod.  The beach, empty and beautiful and natural, reminds me of the Pacific Ocean beaches, and the water ... well, that incredible blue surf pulls me in like it did in South Africa. 

I'm sorry I didn't manage to jog with my camera this morning, but I'll be back very soon with evidence.

Margaret River

I spent a really nice weekend in Margaret River surrounded by Australians, and courtesy of Bruce.  Wine tasting, cheese factories, bird predators of prey rehabilitation center (where they had a wedge-tailed eagle with a wing span of over 9 feet!), kangaroos, a dairy farm, an Australian breakfast galore, a Western Australian coast sunset, and a baby lamb (no, not to eat):

Pet Kangaroos at the dairy farm.  They sometimes watch t.v. with the family!

Sunset on the Western Australian coast

Yummy grilled (in the rain) breakfast galore: Garlic Spinach, Mushrooms, Basil sprinkled Tomatoes, Sausages, Bacon, Buttered toast and a plate full of poached eggs!!

The birthday girl's (where we stayed and why we went) and her housemates had a baby lamb, only one week old.  She was the rejected twin, and the mother kept pushing her away, and neglected in cleaning her (hence, all the black stuff).  So, feeding time for the lamb.  She gets fed baby milk formula from a cleaned out beer bottled with a rubber nipple!

Missing Thailand

Below is a photo that was shared from friends on Facebook.  It shows the craziness of Thais on their motorbikes... whether it's a family of five or this: 

Ahhh, I miss Thailand.  :o(