Old Owl's photos

May I wish everyone a Happy Bench Monday. I hope you can find time to sit and contemplate the view today. This view is on Grand Canal in Mandurah. Sailing under the bridge ahead takes you to the estuary and then out into the Indian Ocean. Have a grand day and a fine week.

A Happy Fence Friday to all. I'm not sure where this photograph was hiding, but I've just re-discovered it 14 years after it was taken in Hobart, Tasmania. My goodness, doesn't time fly. Have a great day and a fine weekend

This anonymous cat and I both wish you a Happy Wednesday Wall. We hope your day is delightful and the rest of the week slides past without any untoward drama. HWW.

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.