How relaxing to be in a house. No one can under estimate the power of running water. Because Megan has a (just) one year old, happily for me she is not working, so I had company the whole time.
Visited Fremantle, went to the Art Gallery of W.A, and went to the cinema, all in the 1st week with her. On the weekend Ian went with me to the Western Australian Museum. It really is the museum OF W.A., and has loads of pioneering history, geological history and indigenous history, which was fascinating to us and the other children there. Upstairs on a mezzanine level there was a small display about Darwin and the Beagle. From that a gallery ran around the whole room, looking down at the main section of the museum (very V&A). The gallery was roped off, but all along it on shelves, were hundreds of weird and wonderful stuffed animals. It looked like something out of a Victorian exhibition, that I wished I could explore further.
Coincidentally, another good friend from days at Wiley was also visiting Perth from London. Rebecca used to work with Megan and I as the Perth rep, and now she has moved to London, she was sensibly over here getting her February sunshine. I met up with her on Thursday in a pub in Fremantle for lunch. (Mmm wine in a glass!)
Suddenly out of the blue Darren’s sister, Fiona, came and sat next to us. She had just got back from up north and we joined her friends while we finished our drinks.
I have met up with Rebecca once in London, and on that occasion too, in the Strand, I bumped into someone I knew. Consequently she now thinks I know everyone! (Which of course is true..)
It transpired that Fiona has a room mate, who would have had to move from the room if I had stayed, so rather than oust the poor girl, I decided for the 2nd week, to go back to Mandurah for a few days.
We left them in the pub, and went to Cottesloe beach for a classic tourist’s sunbathe there. So great to catch up, and Rebecca would be around next week too, and come to visit in Mandurah.
I went home by bus, having decided that I wasn’t going to drive the ambulance around town if I could help it.
Mon 15 Feb – Weds 17 Feb Ashley starts walking!
It has been amazing to watch a child develop just in a week. When I arrived on Tuesday Ash was very much crawling everywhere. By Friday she was levering herself up and trying to hold on to furniture and move upright. By Monday the next week she was standing alone and swaying a lot, maybe 2 steps than bumped down again. By Wednesday she was standing often and managing quite a few steps! It was lovely to be there when it was all going on
Visited Fremantle, went to the Art Gallery of W.A, and went to the cinema, all in the 1st week with her. On the weekend Ian went with me to the Western Australian Museum. It really is the museum OF W.A., and has loads of pioneering history, geological history and indigenous history, which was fascinating to us and the other children there. Upstairs on a mezzanine level there was a small display about Darwin and the Beagle. From that a gallery ran around the whole room, looking down at the main section of the museum (very V&A). The gallery was roped off, but all along it on shelves, were hundreds of weird and wonderful stuffed animals. It looked like something out of a Victorian exhibition, that I wished I could explore further.
Coincidentally, another good friend from days at Wiley was also visiting Perth from London. Rebecca used to work with Megan and I as the Perth rep, and now she has moved to London, she was sensibly over here getting her February sunshine. I met up with her on Thursday in a pub in Fremantle for lunch. (Mmm wine in a glass!)
Suddenly out of the blue Darren’s sister, Fiona, came and sat next to us. She had just got back from up north and we joined her friends while we finished our drinks.
I have met up with Rebecca once in London, and on that occasion too, in the Strand, I bumped into someone I knew. Consequently she now thinks I know everyone! (Which of course is true..)
It transpired that Fiona has a room mate, who would have had to move from the room if I had stayed, so rather than oust the poor girl, I decided for the 2nd week, to go back to Mandurah for a few days.
We left them in the pub, and went to Cottesloe beach for a classic tourist’s sunbathe there. So great to catch up, and Rebecca would be around next week too, and come to visit in Mandurah.
I went home by bus, having decided that I wasn’t going to drive the ambulance around town if I could help it.
Mon 15 Feb – Weds 17 Feb Ashley starts walking!
It has been amazing to watch a child develop just in a week. When I arrived on Tuesday Ash was very much crawling everywhere. By Friday she was levering herself up and trying to hold on to furniture and move upright. By Monday the next week she was standing alone and swaying a lot, maybe 2 steps than bumped down again. By Wednesday she was standing often and managing quite a few steps! It was lovely to be there when it was all going on
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