Old Owl's photos

A Happy Bench Monday to everyone. A reflection in a café window of a line of people waiting to board a tourist boat in Mandjar Bay, hence the empty benches. I hope your day and your week bring you happiness and calm. I suggest seeing this large and without screen distractions. Press Z to check this out.

Have a fine and Happy Wednesday Wall. I'm not sure that this shark is too happy, though; probably because he is in need of a dentist and scuba-diving dental surgeons are rather scarce around these parts. Whatever. Just have a good day and rest of the week.

A fine and Happy Bench Monday to all and sundry. I hope your day, your week and your life are wonderfully joyful. And if they're not always as good as we would like, that we have the fortitude to meet adversity and overcome it as best we can.

Galahs being sensible for a change.

A very Happy Wednesday Wall to everyone. May your day be satisfying and cheerful and the rest of your week be pleasant and fun.

A Happy Bench Monday to everyone. This is in Hay Street in the Perth city centre. By lunchtime the street will be more crowded and this bench (and many others) will be occupied by workers and shoppers eating or drinking coffee Perth is a city which is much maligned by those Australians who live in the east of the country. They say it has no "life", it is "Dullsville" and "sleepy". For those who live here these are its strengths, not its weaknesses. True, if you want excitement go to Sydney or Melbourne or the Gold Coast, but if you just want sunshine and calm then visit Perth, one of the world's most isolated capital cities. Have a great day and a pleasing week, whether you are working or just enjoying life.

Murray Street, Perth WA

A Happy Wednesday Wall to everyone. I hope your day and the rest of your week are OK. Let's all reach for whatever we feel is worth reaching for and which is just outside our grasp ...

A Happy Bench Monday to everyone. I hope your week is an enjoyable one. This is Bella, a sculpture by Greg James which sits on this bench in Bathers Beach, Fremantle, Western Australia. The sunglasses and hat are not permanent parts of the sculpture; Bella is frequently decked with unofficial decoration or clothing. She doesn't complain, though.

Have a Happy and glorious Fence Friday. Here the sun is shining as spring begins next Monday. Hurrah! Have a ripper day and an exciting weekend. Apparently there are nine national flags with these three colours, all from countries that I have never visited. That fact bears no relation to the picture or to anything in Mandurah but is interesting just the same. Well, to me anyway. As usual YMMV. Picture better on black, I believe. Please press Z to find out.

HWW, everyone.

May I wish you all a Happy Bench Monday. I hope your day is calm and productive and the rest of your week is all that you wish for.

A dolphin in the channel between the Dolphin Quay mall and the Keith Holmes Reserve in Mandurah. A common sight which never gets old; walkers and shoppers always stop and watch, fascinated that such creatures visit their town.

A very Happy Fence Friday to everyone. This is a climbing tower which is part of Koolaanga Waabiny Playground in Halls Head/Mandurah. It literally means "children playing" in the Noongar dialect of Bindjareb/Mandjoogoordap. You're quite a way up here (hence the fencing) but this small refuge is great for looking over the estuary, the bridge and further into the Peel Inlet.

Have a bright Wednesday Wall. Detail of the outside wall of a furniture store in Mandurah.