30/2016 - Tree Lined

I seem to have a bit of a thing for the streets in the city at the moment. I think its something about the wintry days, there's just this light that makes everything look picturesque to me. Of course it doesn't hurt when the street is lined with trees full of flaming red flowers like this one...

 Or lush green leaves like these... either way its nice to take a break from work to wander along them at lunch time (when it's not bucketing with rain of course!).

29/2016 - Pretty Flowers and Sweeping Skylines

 

 

The other day I may have been distracted by the hordes of mobile Pokemon junkies, but I did actually get those flower and skyline photos that drew me to Kings Park in the first place. It may have changed a little over the last few years but I always love this view of our little city...

28/2016 - Gotta Catch 'Em All!

I've been pretty slack on the old exercise front lately, so in an effort to increase my step count for the day yesterday I went for a wander up to Kings Park on my lunch break. I was thinking I could catch some photos of some flowers... maybe some nice skylines...

...and ok - I had heard that there were a bunch of Pokemon to catch up there. Turns out lots of people had heard the same thing! I know that the whole Pokemon Go thing causes mixed reactions with people (Mamma hates it and takes every opportunity she can find to tell me that its stupid), but as a highly geeky person who is maaaaaybe a tad compulsive about collecting things I kinda love it. Not in a crazy trespassing/playing while driving/roaming the streets in the middle of the night kinda way, more in a nostalgic kinda way. And hey - all those people looking at their phones made me feel less nerdy about getting up close and personal with a bunch of flowers and real life critters!

21/2016 - She's Aliiiiiive!

 

 

 

 

Well... I suppose if you read Mamma's blog then you'd already know that (I pop up there from time to time). With excessively busy work times and my immune system appearing to have decided to welcome every bug going round with open arms this year I've been seriously lacking in motivation lately. But I've decided it's time to pick the camera back up! I've missed it... And what better way to start with than my favourite thing - tiny plants with even tinier dew drops on them! A Sunday hike on the Eagle View Walk Trail in John Forrest National Park provided waterfalls, pretty flowers and stunning views out over the city - what more could one ask for? 

 

169 - Purple Haze

 

Another day, another marketplace! The Jacaranda Festival just sounded too pretty to miss and as it turns out that was right. I don't trek over the other side of the river very often but it was totally worth it. You guys know I'm a sucker for bright colours and pretty flowers, throw a decent sized marketplace in there and I'm a happy camper!

 

 

163 - Delectable Delights

 

 

I LOVE breakfast. Its my favourite. I go out for breakfast/brunch way more often than dinner. But very rarely do I get served up a meal that is this visually beautiful! On Sunday Mamma, Pappa and I got up early and trekked into Northbridge to check out Flora and Fauna, a very quaint little boutique cafe tucked away down a little side street. In high contrast to the sundae I devoured the day before, the food here is vegan/vegetarian and very healthy (not to mention super tasty!). I suspect it wasn't really Dad's cup of tea - although he was very good at not saying it out loud I could almost hear his brain ticking over... no full English breakfast?! Flowers in my food?! What the?! but I think even he enjoyed the super moist and banana bread. If, like Dad, your brekkie tastes lean toward the more traditional this may not be the place for you but for those who like something a little bit different it's definitely worth a try!

155 - Fresh Air and Fresh Names

On days like today I just wish that I could spend all my time frolicking about outside in the sun. Instead I have to make do with wandering around finding pretty photo ops on my lunch break. Today's meandering took me through the Government House gardens where I found masses of cute little white butterflies flitting around in the flowers. I will need to come back and take that last shot again when all the roses are out!

Also, you may have noticed I've changed my blog header to match the url address. When I first started up this little corner of the interwebs I had all good intentions of being a daily blogger. Turns out, with work and exercise and just... life I'm not able to maintain that, so I decided that 'Daily Details' doesn't really fit. And 'A Few Times a Weeks Details' just doesn't have the same ring to it! I hope you're all having a fabulous week! I can't even believe tomorrow is Friday - this week has FLOWN by!

 

150 - Snuh

 

I love Spring. I love the sunshine and the warmth and the wildflowers... I just wish Spring didn't hate me! Looks like it's time to spend a couple of months with a blocked nose and itchy eyes....

149 - Li'l Ladybug

  "Li'l Ladybug, li'l ladybug, if I was smaller I would get on your back and we would fly around..."

:Agatha - The Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess

148 - Funhouse Mirrors

 

How good are long weekends? Even better when supplemented by an extra flexi leave day. I had the day off yesterday and spent a beautiful morning wandering around the Kings Park Festival with Mamma. So be prepared for lots of flowers and cute little bugs in the next couple of days... I loved the little warped reflections that I spied in the droplets on these flowers, they reminded me of garden beds seen through teeny tiny fun house mirrors! I hope you're all having a fab start to the weekend :)

Today I'm linking in with Weekend Reflections - Check it out to see more cool reflections!

147 - Warm and Fuzzies

 

I love that I live in a city where I can walk literally 5 minutes from my office and sit in the sun reading my book surrounded by beautiful flowers for a while. The days at the moment are absolutely perfect. Sunny, warm but not hot...bliss. The hard part of course is getting back up and going back to the daily grind...

146 - Lost and Found

 

 

I'm sorry I've been missing in action for a while... I had a little period there where I just completely lost my inspiration photography-wise. Not sure why... does that ever happen to any of you guys? And just abruptly as it disappeared, I found my desire to pick up my camera today. I think it might have had something to do with the stunning Spring day. I'm definitely one of those people whose mood is heavily affected by the weather - days like this just make me happy. This lovely bed of everlastings was found while meandering past the WA Museum on my lunchbreak (I still need to go have a wander around in there - Mum's recent visit made me jealous...) and I couldn't resist them!