Also taking part in the Signs meme. For other signs from around the world check Tom's blog.
Friday 1st - I joined bloggers Iris (visiting from Germany) and Grace at the Cottesloe Beach, so we could see the Sculpture by the Sea, a free to the public sculpture exhibition which is held at Cottesloe Beach. This was their 20th year, and it opened on 1st and ran until the 18th March.
After walking around, we enjoyed an ice-cream. Later I drove Iris to Fremantle, then drove to the northern suburb of Mount Lawley to meet up with a "new friend" visiting from Portugal. Dulce, an 80 something stylish lady, was visiting her granddaughter for 2 months, and the latter had asked on a "Portuguese in Perth" website if anyone was keen to meet up with the granny and also lend her Portuguese books to read. I volunteered for both, so this was our first meeting, where I took her out to coffee.
Saturday 2nd - My birthday. In the morning I prepared some of the goodies for my birthday party which I was hosting the following day. In the afternoon Jose and I took a train to Optus Stadium to attend Pink's concert.
Pink played on Friday and Saturday with an attendance of about 60 thousand people at each concert!
The atmosphere at the stadium was amazing, more than half the crowd was wearing pink, singing along, dancing....
Before she came on, there was a DJ, then the Australian singer Tones and I, well known for her record-breaking song "Dance Monkey".
Tones and I
Tones and I - Dance Monkey
Pink all over :)
The highlight of the concert was when Pink and daughter Willow sang "Cover me in Sunshine".
Cover me in Sunshine - Pink and Wllow
These clever signs at the Stadium were really fun as they used titles of Pink's songs to transmit important messages.
Sunday 3rd - For my birthday celebration, we had 24 people for lunch in our patio. Some friends brought goodies to add to our table as well.
When we get to a certain age, we have everything we need and don't need any gifts, but I was showered with wonderful gifts from my friends.
Iris hand painted me a precious birthday card with balloons (which you can see around the bottle on left)
Iris and I (Grace didn't want to appear on photos)
Saturday 9th- I attended a "Less Waste Workshop" at the local Canning River Eco Education Centre (Creek) from 10am to 12pm.
At 3,30 I was in the city centre for a meeting with ladies from the Portuguese Womens's Association to discuss our Carnival dinner event we held in February and to talk about our next event on the 1st of June.
When the meeting finished I picked up two friends in Mt Lawley (one of them the lady I had met the week before), drove home, changed, and when Jose got home from having worked that weekend, we went to the Women's Day dinner at the Portuguese club in Fremantle.
Idalia, Vina and the new friend Dulce with me behind them
Friday 15th - a quick check up at the dentist to make sure all was well with the bone graft for my dentist to do the implant soon. All ok.
Because it was at the other dental office in another suburb, on the way home I stopped to take photos of murals around the Canning River area.
Wednesday 20th - took the train to Subiaco to have dinner with a friend visiting from Brasil. We first maybe a decade ago via our blogs when Monica lived in Perth.
The photos of the murals I posted Monday were taken then.
Monica and I had dinner at Delisio Italian restaurant
Friday 22nd - Joined by our friends L & W, we departed to Hamelin Bay for a 4 day camping trip.
No net or phone reception, so it was quiet, but the 4 of us spent a lot of time talking, we went to the beach a couple of times to see the stingrays, which were amazing.
The birds were friendly :)
Hamelin Bay Beach
Stingrays coming close to shore.
Stingrays video
Monday 25th - We packed up in the morning and left the camp at about 10,30. First stop in Margaret River for a coffee, then we stopped at Myalup to fill up with petrol and to have a sandwich for lunch.
Jose had been suffering from back pain for a few days before we left, and will all the picking and moving, etc he was in pain when driving back, so en-route I arranged a physio appointment, and he just made it, as we arrived home at 3,50 and the appointment was at 4pm.
Tuesday 26th - I had the day off and picked with Dulce (my new friend, who would be leaving Perth the following week) and took her to Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, a different type of cemetery in the suburbs, with beautiful green areas, statues, birds and kangaroos.
After walking around the park and taking photos with the kangaroos we drove 10 minutes to Hillary's Boat harbour for a fish and chips lunch.
Beware chip thieves operate here
This big bird was being assembled at Hillary's. Not sure if it is for a special event.
Sunday 31st - Jose and I went to see a French movie - "Iris and the Men" - one of the films from the 35th season of the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival. I like the actress Laure Calamy, which I first saw in the very funny French series "Call my Agent" on Netflix.
Iris and the Men (from youtube)
Personalized Car number plates seen this month: