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The garden has now filled in with flowers and is looking quite splendid. The daffodils and tulip blooms are finished and have been deadheaded and the lupines, wall flowers and bluebells are now in full bloom and are dominating the garden, with other species about to bloom including French lavender and Icelandic poppies. Increasing numbers of bees are present, but so far the only butterflies are the occasional white cabbage butterflies.
18/05/2025 www.allenfotowild.com
Established in 1720, The Basilica-Cathederal of Saint Louis, King of France, on Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana
While enjoying lunch at an outdoor cafe in the DUMBO area of Brooklyn, we were unexpectedly serenaded by the Hare Krishna. A rather limited repertoire I must say.
The day lilies are starting to bloom and the lupines are mostly finished and deadheaded. Many bees and a few cabbage butterflies are happily flitting around and the hummingbirds have discovered this new garden location. It is interesting to see how the overall colour scheme of the garden changes as each of the diverse species comes into peak bloom.
12/07/2025 www.allenfotowild.com
Away for a mini break in Ledbury and Tewkesbury, and amazing weather change to some rare sunshine and blue sky. How uplifting after weeks it seemed of dreary weather.
Just took iPhone with me, no big camera allowed !!
The church is St Michael and All Angels, Ledbury.
A familiar sight of planes heading for the runway, this was an Aer Lingus departing as our aircraft cut across as been delayed due to loading problems. We took off on the southern runway about 9am heading to Zurich - flight time 1 hour 10 mins.
And you think it is cold in the UK? This is Helsinki harbour and the cold over night has frozen blocks of ice, but the ships have ice breaking abilities to keep a route clear which you can see curving away in the distance.
To add to the winter feel a cold icy wind was blowing from the east and Russia is not that far from here. The sea mist was following in.
It felt we were staying rather too close to the claws of Russia and had booked fully flexible tickets for flights and hotels as could not predict anything kicking off and we wanted the ability to cancel the trip if the Russian/ Ukraine events took a downturn.
Butler railway station, Butler (surprise) Western Australia.
(Wikipedia)
Butler is an outer suburb of Perth, Western Australia, 41 kilometres north of Perth's central business district. It is part of the City of Wanneroo local government area. It forms the majority of the Brighton Estate, a large commercial and residential development by Satterley.
Geography
Butler is bordered to the west by Jindalee and Quinns Rocks (Marmion Avenue), to the south by Merriwa and Ridgewood (Lukin Drive) and to the north by Alkimos (Butler Boulevard). The Mitchell Freeway separates Butler from the rural locality of Nowergup in the east.
2 kilometres west of Butler is the Indian Ocean.
History Name
"Butler" was approved by the Shire of Wanneroo for the area in 1979 in honour of John Butler, the first recorded explorer of the Wanneroo and Lake Joondalup areas in 1834.
The marketing of the "Brighton Estate" in Butler by Satterley, with many amenities and establishments also adopting the "Brighton" nameplate (e.g., Brighton Village Newsagency), has led to Brighton's becoming synonymous with Butler and causing confusion amongst residents and sight-seers alike. Residents submitted a petition to the City of Wanneroo in 2003 for the suburb's name to be permanently changed to Brighton. The request was rejected on account of duplication with many other places across Australia named Brighton, as well as the name's lacking both historical and cultural significance within the area.
Suburban development
Although Butler was gazetted in 1979, it remained unpopulated bushland until the early 2000s, with no landmarks or conventional roads providing direct access to the area. The Butler-Ridgewood Agreed Local Structure Plan was approved by the City of Wanneroo in 2002, allowing early subdivision and development of the site to commence in 2003 by Satterley, the principal investor in the suburb.
Satterley's Brighton Estate plan takes up all of Butler and also extends into the neighbouring suburbs of Ridgewood, Jindalee and Alkimos. Butler contains four sub-divisional estates within the Brighton area; "The Dunes", "The Green", "Seahaven" and "Junctions North".[8] Over $120 million was spent on landscaping, civil construction and community infrastructure to create the Seahaven and The Green estates, the Brighton Village Shopping Centre on Marmion Avenue and the Central Park Precinct.
Demographics
Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
2001
0
—
2006
5,056
—
2011
9,653. +90.9%
2016
13,278 +37.6%
At the 2006 census, Butler had a population of 5,056. This represents a huge increase, as Butler's population was negligible during the 2001 census five years earlier. The population is predicted to continue growing at a remarkable rate, peaking at 12,903 in 2016. Only 53.4% of Butler's population were born in Australia, with 25.4% born in the United Kingdom, a proportion inbetween the nearby suburbs of Mindarie (31.27%) and Quinns Rocks (19.7%).
The average age of Butler's residents is 28, a very young population compared to the Australian national average of 37. Income levels are also substantially above the national average, with a median household income of $1,205 per week, compared to $1,027 per week nationally. 49.8% declared a denomination of Christianity as their religion, with Anglicanism being the most popular at 24.3%. Butler contains one church, Kingdomcity.] 26.6% of the population declared no religion.
Amenities and facilities
Kingsbridge Park, Butler
Butler was established by the Department of Planning as a "district centre" in their Directions 2031 urban expansion plan, highlighting it as a centre for commercial activity and public services, secondary to the nearby town centres of Clarkson and Alkimos.
Kingsbridge Boulevard, one of the core distributor roads through Butler, contains a strip of shops, banks and public services, as well as a large Coles supermarket. Along this stretch is also a pub, The Cornerstone Tavern, opened in 2010, which provides nightlife and entertainment functions for the whole area from Butler to Jindalee. Most of Butler's amenities are located at the western edge of the area, adjacent to Marmion Avenue, while eastern Butler remains strictly residential in character.
Butler contains several parks in various places throughout the area, including a strip of parkland running all the way down Kingsbridge Boulevard. The Butler Community Centre is located in south Butler.
Education
Butler contains three state K-6 primary schools, Butler Primary School, East Butler Primary School and John Butler Primary College. The one state high school is Butler College.
Butler students also have the option of Christian education. Brighton Catholic Primary School serves students from K-7, while the large Irene McCormack Catholic College accommodates Years 7-12. Both schools are privately funded.
Transport
The Mitchell Freeway forms the eastern boundary of the suburb, with an interchange at Butler Boulevard. At the western edge of the suburb, Marmion Avenue connects Butler to the far outer suburb of Yanchep in the north. Connolly Drive also terminates at Butler, and runs parallel to Marmion Avenue into Clarkson, Kinross and Currambine.
Public transport
The Butler railway station on the Joondalup line was opened in 2014 in northern Butler and is currently the terminus of the line. This station provides a rail link to Joondalup and onwards to Perth and Mandurah. Butler station is also served by six bus routes, three of which run south through Butler to terminate at Clarkson station
Bus
• 483 Butler Station to Clarkson Station – serves Butler Boulevard, Camborne Parkway, Kingsbridge Boulevard, Shropshire Crescent and Bradman Drive
• 484 Butler Station to Clarkson Station – serves Butler Boulevard, Landbeach Boulevard and Shepperton Drive
• 487 Butler Station to Alkimos (Trinity Estate) – serves Mansfield Avenue, Camborne Parkway and Hollington Boulevard
• 488 Butler Station to Alkimos (Trinity Estate) – serves Butler Boulevard and Benenden Avenue
Bus routes serving Butler Boulevard and Marmion Avenue:
• 481 and 482 Butler Station to Clarkson Station
• 486 Butler Station to Alkimos Station
Rail
• Yanchep Line
•Butler Station
Not many people outside Australia know that we have ski resorts here in our winter months.
Snow fall this week makes for great skiing in NSW... Photo;- care of Channel 9 News. Australia.
(Wikipedia)
The Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", is an IBRA subregion in southern New South Wales, Australia, and is the tallest mountain range in mainland Australia, being part of the continent's Great Dividing Range, a cordillera system. It makes up the northeastern half of the Australian Alps (the other half being the Victorian Alps) and contains Australia's five tallest peaks, all of which are above 2,100 m (6,890 ft), including the tallest Mount Kosciuszko, which reaches to a height of 2,228 m (7,310 ft) above sea level. The offshore Tasmanian highlands makes up the only other major alpine region present in the whole of Australia.
The Snowy Mountains experience large natural snowfalls for several months of the year; with significant accumulation during May, June, July, August, September and October with the snow cover usually melting by November (although it can occasionally persist through high summer and the next autumn). It is considered to be one of the centres of the Australian ski industry during the winter months, with all four snow resorts in New South Wales being located in the region. The range is host to the mountain plum-pine, a low-lying type of conifer.
The Alpine Way and Snowy Mountains Highway are the major roads through the Snowy Mountains region.
Fraser Avenue Trees, Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia.
Looking towards the main entrance to the park. With the clock obelisk at the junction of Kings Park Rd and Malcolm St.
The lemon-scented gums lining Fraser Avenue from the main entrance to the restaurant precinct were planted in 1937 and each tree has a memorial plaque to prominent Western Australian citizens commemorated in 1929, the centenary of colonial establishment.
A notable array of lemon-scented eucalypts is set on each side of Fraser-avenue leading from the vicinity of the State war memorial in King's Park to the main entrance. Planted in 1937-38, they should eventually attain a height of 100ft. In the early part of this century the avenue was flanked by red-flowered eucalypts.
To mark the State's centenary in 1929 the number of these was doubled and at the foot of each was set a plaque bearing the name of a member of the committee organising the centennial observance. Disease, however, caused the uprooting of all these trees except an immune group near the rotunda tearoom and the now-flourishing lemon-scented gums took their place.
Just a detail of the front door of West Foscote House (as it is now known), Wiltshire. Built in 1850. This view really caught my eye, so beautiful in the afternoon light! Unfortunately the iPhone shot was at full zoom so details are probably lacking……oh well! A quick tickle in Snapseed on iPhone.
We attended a metal detecting dig there today in the fields surrounding the old farm.
Plenty of Roman finds but unfortunately not for us! Maybe next time!
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Minimalist abstract of a baseball field dugout. Yellow wall and blue sky. The original from 2023 was in square format. I used generative fill in PS to obtain a larger "Landscape" version.
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A photographers dream with some lovely action shots to be had.
A huge amount of work going on, along the promenade at Cromer to combat the rising sea waters and limit damage of the much more regular storms that now batter the East Anglia Coastline.
It is of course Climate Change that is to blame.
There are some 38,000 tons of giant rocks being arranged to protect the sea wall with big diggers and excavators etc. They are laying a heavy duty mesh under the rocks to stop sand coming up with the waves, so there are gaps between the rocks to slow and absorb some of the punishing power of the waves against the sea front.
More to follow over the next few days.