Saturday, February 28, 2026

Meet Amber And Have An Apple (Quick!)

 ... in Perth Zoo. On a coolish but super-moist day and certainly that is all I saw of Amber!
 
 
 
The staff pointed out a real Orangutan (we pronounce them Orang Utan, two words and the second totally different, boy, was I surprised how they´re pronounced in English!).
The pointed out was so far away, my eyes spotted, but the cam could not, so... sorry.
 
I can give you their hands and feet, though:
 
 
Bet by now she is that big/tall... I can only show you this ( and no I saw no real roo this time. They all hid!


Yah, Mama was a tad too slow...  

This of course is for...

  
 
 
The Black Swan, Perth´s Icon 🦢 (imagine this emoji is black) 
 

 

 
 

Friday, February 27, 2026

FFO And Huiiii!


Still - very, very thankful and happily  in Madeley/Perth! So my faces are, aww, clips for...

 
FFO. Can you imagine next time I´ll be in winter again? I hate the thought. 
We have no car here, so I walk - woman in the Caravan Park driving by, waving at me - I LOVE this place!! 
 

More fun (prepared in Germany):

More  funnies:

 
 
#GoldenGirls - I want those mugs!!!! I´d grin all day! At least the first three ones.
It might be "Shady Pines, Ingo!", though - kidding!
 

 #Supernatural...
 
That´s it from me - I try to "beat" Transperth which shuts down the busses!! Wish me luck. 
I want to meet Sami in Subi then go to Elizabeth Quay, CBD, meet Ingo, go back for fireworks and then home to Madeley - packed day, if Transperth lets me! 
 
 
The Black Swan, Perth´s Icon 🦢 (imagine this emoji is black) 
 
 

Thursday, February 26, 2026

We´re OK Now

 

We were both "cross" with all the construction at Elizabeth Quay, Grace and I.

Reckon by now we love the place, kinda...
 
 
You cannot change it anyways and from here you still perfectly see...
  
 
It was  standing all alone, an icon, seen from land and river - now it shares with "today".
That´s life, right?
 
This is all from me today, I got the greatest gift, more to come when home, just saying: 
 
Despite it´s summer:
Thunder, grumbling, rain, lightning, heavy rain!!! A pressie, so wonderful! 
 
The Black Swan, Perth´s Icon 🦢 (imagine this emoji is black) 
 

 Yah, do! I still have not met you! Where do you hide???
 
Have a great day, sun is coming out here.
 

 
 

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

I´m Watching You ... Having Fun


We love watching one another, people rushing by and smiling at you, us, sitting, enjoying a tap-beer, no one is jealous of the other, I LOVE that!!! We watch them, all fine!
 
The Belgian is a nice café/pub where you can sit outside, toilets are clean, people are polite.
 
Look, when I, as a small woman, am at the counter to order two beers and a man pops up beside me the staff assumes I am "with" the man and addresses him.
 
Him: "She was here first!" 
 
So ... more than one sign for Tom´s Signs2:
  • No jealousy, always be happy for others being happy!
  • We are but people.
 
Right? 
 
The Black Swan, Perth´s Icon 🦢 (imagine this emoji is black) 
 

 ... after Grace and P pick us up for lunch at Sami and J´s!
Have a great day! 
P.S. Crazy time Zones. Tom has 8 p.m-ish on Tuesday right now, we in Madeley/Perth have 9 a.m. -ish on Wednesday.. As I´m away all day I post now... The blog shows the German time - around 2 a.m. on Wednesday,,, Now... the world is flat???
 

 

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

T On A Quiet Week

 

My ticket to Elizabeth´s T - pic taken in Braunschweig - the journal comes from Madeley/Perth again.

 

 
Monday: Day off, laundry and such - oh, come on, we´re on holiday! Weather rather coolish.
Also ... once my underwear got stolen - I stay put! 
 

Tuesday: Grace picked me up, we went to Waldecks and boy. Women can be SO LOUD!!!  
After Grace was done with coffee (my stomach can no more) I grabbed my milkshake  and we fled!!! You could NOT sit at the table and talk - you had to yell at one another! 
We strolled through the plants and pottery, it was really nice and later we sat in the car, chatting some more - mind you, I had a jumper on!
Then Woolies with Ingo and relaxing, watching SBS Food - yes, that is holiday, too!
See: In Germany we do not get that channel and if we would it would be translated to German. 
 
 
Wednesday: I am "officially" the only German that gets cold in Perth´s summer, LOL. The young man at ALDI where I bought long trousers to sleep couldn´t believe it.
 
 

Thursday: Perth CBD!! Kings Park! Aw, well -  we are Germans. We sat ... enjoyed the view and had craft beer. 
People get so excited about Kings Park - and it is beautiful. But when you´ve been there oh so often.... you just take the CAT (Perth Central Area Transit, it´s free!), hop off, enjoy and go back! And boy, did I see a grumpy man there. What the heck else do you want in life???
 

Friday: FREO!!!! I had the best of times - all by myself, well, nearly. Of course with the nice vendors. At one point I made a dash, got Ingo and he was shown how to do my hair! Yippeee... The lady was the nicest. Sadly I didn´t find the stand with the wildflowers as jewelry. Food..  Subway. Again untoasted, as Ingo likes it. Actually we should take turns! ( we always share a small one).
 

Weekend: Saturday: Thingz seems to close. I got some good stuff for low prices, but I felt so sorry for the girls at the cash-out.
Bought warm PJs at Big W... 
New neighbors moving in all around, so good!!! This Caravan Park needs to keep going!
Windy and cold otherwise.
 
Sunday: PJ-Day, started cold, only 29C.
Internet-problems, google-problems.... darn 2-step-verification!!!
Wrote to Deutsche Bahn, hope they find a solution! Darn it. 
Ingo presented me with a torch. For Monday... huhhhhhh... more to come. 
And I thought I got straight into a horror-movie, but to my biggest surprise...
 
 
Sadly just a blurry pic, not even a video - this truck with loud melody drove through our caravan park!!!
With my bad ear I mistook it as from the telly, then grabbed the cam and RAN!
Asked if/when Clint´s Cones will come back. 
 
A REAL icecream-truck with melody!!! Like in the 1970´s!!!! 
Or somewhere in Outback 1999!!! 
And he came back!!! FB is awesome! Said, missed you, came back!!!! 
 
Munchy:
 
 
We shared. It was too much... 
What kiddo eats a whole egg (very yummy btw), a tomato, three chicken nuggets with ketchup, all those fries, a pack of cheese, salad, raisins, cucumber???
Please, explain??? And a soft-sugar-drink on top. If we want that...
Cause... obviously, surprise... we´re not kids (always, anymore). 
 
 
 
The Black Swan, Perth´s Icon 🦢 (imagine this emoji is black) 
 
... in warm rain, oh, that´d be nice! Have a happy T-Day.
  

 
 

Monday, February 23, 2026

Mandurah#2 - And... Scary?!

Mural taken under "supervision" of our dear Monday Mural host in Mandurah 😇
I hope for all rainbows and happiness, I might end up with...
 
 
If I got it right the artist is Karen Miller.
 
 
What will we be up to today? 

Help me, please!!!! 
Ingo told me into it. Two years ago I talked it through with a  friend and she said, if you fear to get scared, say no.
Yet. Tonight: Freo Prison Torchlight Tour.
Ingo got me an extra torchlight and long before I knew I bought and will wear this T-Shirt:
 

 Please... there are no ghosts, right???? Supernatural is but a series, right?
 
The Black Swan, Perth´s Icon 🦢 (imagine this emoji is black) 
 

 Hope to be back...
 
Addendum. I checked. Those night tours in prison only Wednesday and Friday.
I checked a tad late, huh????
 
Hostel might be booked out, We live in Madeley and Freo is far away.
Wrote an e-mail and our dear host calls them, too, maybe we can re-book. 
ALAS!!! 
 

 
 

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Do Not Judge Me...


This is for ...
 
 
 
Nicole´s Sunday and yes. I bought this. And no, this is no room but our lovely porch in Madeley!
 
Also... In my defense...
a) my Dad was a watch-maker
b) sadly Thingz seems to close so they throw out everything super-cheap.
OK....
Also c) it makes me smile.
d) You can put something in the suitcase in the back. 
 
Dad would yell at me for buying this. To me it´s... "art"! 
 
The Black Swan, Perth´s Icon 🦢 (imagine this emoji is black) 
 
Have a quiet one... enjoy...
  

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Hi From Perth Zoo?


So we went to Perth Zoo. On a coolish day. 
Clever, huh?
 
I mean... 2019 it was HOT. Signs all around: "animals may hide in the shade". 
And sure they did.
 
2025, January, Hanover. Too cold, Animals hid inside.
 
Now? Not too hot, but huuuuumid! Animals hid. Even that statue hid in shade and we were but tired, so I join ...
 

 Eileen rather with this (from FB)
 

Much cuter, huh?

The Black Swan, Perth´s Icon 🦢 (imagine this emoji is black)
 

 Have a crittery Saturday! (I saw no roo)
 

 

 

Friday, February 20, 2026

Great Faces for FFO

 
With these lovely, Golden Girls´ faces I join Nicole´s FFO.
 

 
And for some funnies:
 

 




I helped raising my little Brother...
 
 



 
The Black Swan, Perth´s Icon 🦢 (imagine this emoji is black)
 

 Have a great Friday, off to the Freo Markets soon!