« 41 » Allisons Hens Night
20th October 2006
Allison celebrated her hens night with friends and family at a resturant in East Perth. They then moved on for some dancing before meeting with the boys to karaoke the night away.
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« 42 » Richard Mortimer and Eunice Foo's Engagement Party
20th August 2006
Richard and Eunice celebrate their engagement with a few friends and family over for afternoon tea.
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« 43 » Eulogy for Cream, the Dwarf Lop Rabbit
18th July 2006
This weekend, our oldest rabbit, Cream, passed from this place. He was such a placid, gentle creature with a heart of gold.
When we first purchased him, along with Cookies, he was a tiny frail little bundle of fur. We thought Cookies (who was the stronger of the two) would far outlast him. Yet Cookies passed only a couple of weeks after he came to us, and Cream grew into part of our family.He loved being held like a baby and letting us rub his tummy for him, and his front legs would twitch as we groomed his face, rubbing his whiskers down and giving him the love he revered in. In the early days, when we were at Padbury, he'd follow us around and run rings around us - wherever we were he'd run and play, exploring the world and enjoying his life. Being a happy bunny.
When Eunice was laying in the lounge, working on her laptop, he'd jump up on her and fall asleep on her back.
He lavished in the food we fed him; when he was our only rabbit he'd often get to stay in his cage indoors. The cage was open, but he'd return there to sleep and when we weren't around. He was a good rabbit, apart from the often gnawing of the carpet, clothes, and anything else that looked slightly edible (including hair!!). His sparkly eyes and soppy looks always got him out of trouble.
Having two "photo crazy" "parents" taught him from an early age how to pose for the camera and we got many shots of him being himself, doing "binky's" (a term Eunice coined that we use for our rabbits when they jump in the air and spin around) some of them are available elsewhere on the site, but I've archived some of them here for posterity.
Our other pets accepted him as part of the family, there was no hostile activities towards him. The cats sniffed him and kept a distance, although he loved to chase them around and run around them. The faster the cats ran, the more he enjoyed the chase. He dug holes, as rabbits do, and played and frolicked in the backyard; I remember the time he ran away, managing to find a hole in the fence where it was not quite "bunny proof". We posted pictures up on the street corners, at the local shops, at the pet shops, and the next day a kind lady in the next street returned him. He'd been gone for 36 hours, and when we were re-united, I'm not sure who was happier. He never ran away again.
But sorrow and joy are all part of having a pet, and around Christmas Cream sired the first of his offspring with Princess, a female we bought (along with Prince) in October. There were another 3 sets of kittens after this that Cream fathered, some of whom we have kept, others were sold or given to friends.
Sleep well, Cream. We'll miss you.
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« 44 » Kym's 30th Birthday Lunch at Pizza Bella Roma, Fremantle
16th July 2006
Kym continues her 30th birthday celebration by having Pizza and other food a Pizza Bella Roma, in Fremantle, surrounded by family and friends. We took these shots of the event.
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« 45 » Dinner for Ming
13th June 2006
As Ming prepares to leave for Angola for another stint of work there, we have a dinner of pasta and pizza for him.
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« 46 » Jonathon's 21st birthday dinner
1st April 2006
Jonathon celebrates his 21st birthday with a dinner, surrounded by family and friends.
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« 47 » Moving from Padbury to Joondalup
10th March 2006
Richard and Eunice purchase a property in Joondalup, and proceed to move their belongings, pets and personal items to the new place (with the help of some family members and removalists). They then build mountains of IKEA furniture, as well as a few CD cabinets, chairs, and a birdcage to top things off.
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« 48 » Kings Park BBQ
13th November 2005
The family go to Kings Park, near the centre of Perth, Western Australia, for a traditional Aussie BBQ. Whilst there we took some photos of the surrounding flora and fauna.
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« 49 » Richard Mortimers 40th birthday dinner and karaoke
22nd October 2005
Richard turns 40, and went to dinner at the Koh-I-Noor Indian resturant with family and friends. Later we went back home for the traditional cake and candles before singing the night away with some karaoke.
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« 50 » Evedon Park weekend for Family
19th October 2005
We went to the Evedon Park bush resort (about 250km's south of Perth) for the weekend, stopping at the "Bull and Bush" pub for lunch, and being stopped by cattle crossing the road. During the evening and morning we told stories by the campfire, built from the BBQ we had, before heading off to view the Wellington Dam. Took some photos of the wildlife around and general Australian bush scenes.
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