Old Owl's photos

The moment just before the action ... The "set" after "ready" and before "go" ... The point of balance ...

A Happy Bench Monday to all.

A Happy Fence Friday to all. I hope your day and your weekend are safe, calm and enjoyable. This fence provides guidance more than safety, I think. The cliffs, however, are steep and treacherous. Please look after each other and spare a thought for all those suffering around the world. I'm a great believer that things will get better ... but I am beginning to lose hope that it will be in my lifetime. Too many politicians have a vested interest in chaos and disorder; and by remaining silent we become complicit in the results of their behaviour.

Have a delightfully Happy Wednesday Wall. I hope the day and the week are good to you. This is a vine root attached to the wall of a restaurant in the Margaret River-Augusta region of Western Australia.

A Happy Bench Monday to everyone. Let us hope your day and your week are all you hope for. This bench is in the outdoor eating area of a quirky little café attached to Gracie's General Store in the small settlement of Gracetown, Western Australia. (I think it's the only café still extant in the town.) Although the town has merely 250 residents, it is a very popular surfing spot and is on the Cape to Cape walking track, which is some 130 km (80 miles) long. It is also a town sadly remembered for a tragedy in 1996 when the limestone cliff collapsed on a group of children and adults watching a surfing competition between students of two local schools. Four children and five adults were killed. An annual children's surfing competition is still held in remembrance.

Find a place. Sit. Relax Watch the world go by. I wish a Happy Bench Monday to everyone. May your day and your week be the best it can possibly be.

Have a Happy Fence Friday, folks. Look after each other in these strange and straitened times.

Have a Happy Wednesday Wall. I hope the rest of the week proceeds smoothly as the weekend beckons.

Sit. Watch the water flow out from and into the Indian Ocean. Look across to the Mandurah side. What could be better than this? Have a Happy Bench Monday, everyone.

... patiently.

May I wish you all a deliriously Happy Fence Friday and a weekend full of frolics and fun. Failing that, I hope your day and your weekend allow you rest and peace.

Have a Happy Wednesday Wall. I hope your day and the rest of your week bring you joy and contentment.

A Happy Bench Monday to everyone. May the week be enjoyable and bring some calm and peace around the world. Not much chance of that, I know, but we can hope that the fanatics and geriatrics who "lead" may be struck by rays of wisdom and pull themselves (and us) back from the abyss.

Traffic bridge across the estuary. Mandurah WA.

Kookaburras pretending the church bell tower is an "old gum tree" as they watch the sunrise.