Nature Fix and More Pics
When I first arrived here permanently, Jo and I went out exploring an area that she used to live near called Ellis Brook. We strongly lamented not bringing a camera that time so we decided to head back and make up for it.
It's always amazing to me how we both can go through our days needing our "nature fix" and not quite be as aware of that need as we are when we're actually getting it. Though we have a nice backyard and spend most of our time there, or even in the front, we DO live in the city and it's great to get away for even a few hours.
There's something about the beauty and majesty of something that Mom Nature's created that speaks to a part of our souls. Plants and trees, and especially moving water, have a stunningly calming effect on both Jo and I. We will most definitely always live near natural beauty.
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Ellis Brook starts just past the top of the aptly named, "60-foot falls." |
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Hardly anyone was up there that day, so we captured our couply cuteness from the end of my arm. |
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"Look Ma! I'm in the BUSH and other Australiany stuff!" Still have yet to see a 'roo up there, though I did see some of their shat. |
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My beautiful wife, serenely partaking of the view from atop the falls. |
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Wife sexily posing near the creek at the top of the falls where we stopped and played. If you look closely, you can see the highrise buildings of the city in the distant background. Yep, that's Perth right there. Awesome. |
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You can see the city a little better in this one. So close, yet so different. We've truly got the best of many different worlds here. |
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We "Huck Finnned" it for a bit, right before we ditched the majority of our clothing in favor of the warm sun and cool water. NO, those pictures are NOT for sharing. *wink* |
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Beautiful wife, photogenically and happily sunning a bit by the creek. |
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Cooling herself off a bit. |
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And finding that the contrast between sun-warmed skin and cold spring water elicits much gasping. |
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That night, we headed out on the town in celebration of brother-in-law Chris's girlfriend's birthday. It takes her significantly longer to get ready than my own personal 4 and a half minutes, but MAN is it SO worth it. |
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We call it "Putting The Hotness On" and I believe that few things have been more appropriately named (at least in her case). |
