Sunday 29 March 2015

Sunday morning

How long has it been since I've been walking on a Sunday morning... so many months and a slow evaporation of the fitness I used to take for granted.  Anyway, back on the wagon again with a new goal: must be fit enough to walk 12km at the end of May for the HBF Run for a Reason.  So, it was out before 7am this morning with Ross for a walk through Kings Park.  First though, a last glimpse at this grand old house - the last standalone residence on Bellevue Terrace - shortly to be demolished and replaced with six luxury apartments.

10 Bellevue Tce
Going...going...soon to be gone
Of course walking through the park is made easier by glorious vistas like this:

Swan River
Melville Water 
War Memorial
War Memorial - decked out for the ANZAC Day Centenary
Poignant to see the red flowers planted around the Flame of Remembrance, in readiness for the ANZAC Day centenary service in a few weeks from now.  Poignant too to see the wonderful memorial to fire fighters which opened last year.  So much captured without the need for a single word.

Memorial
Firefighters Memorial Kings Park
And just to make this first walk a bit easier - a stop along the way for a hot chocolate.  A glorious Sunday, an early morning walk with my best friend, and a table overlooking the park as the morning rays break through the trees ... is this heaven?

Early morning at the cafe
Zamia cafe


Thursday 12 March 2015

Midweek at the beach

What nicer way to break up the week than to detour to Cottesloe Beach after work one afternoon to check out the annual Sculptures by the Sea.

Indiana Tearooms
Cottesloe Beach - Sculptures by the Sea
Lots of happy, carefree people enjoying the afternoon sunshine, and taking in the weird and wacky sculptures on the sand. 

Sculpture by the Sea
Metal spheres...with legs?!
Sculpture by the Sea
I really liked this one - wild abandon silhouetted against an Indian Ocean sunset
And my favourite piece?  The very whimsical giant pink rabbit... a bit ridiculous to be sure but good fun nonetheless, and very popular.  

Pink bunny
What rabbit?