Yesterday afternoon, overlooking an “iconic” Perth beach, I had an astonishing avian encounter.
I in no way resemble any alleged version of St Francis, and Cottesloe is very far from Assisi, but…
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Certain moments/circumstances – and/or an image which “captures” one of them, without seeking to “manipulate” it – have a “waking dream” quality.
That quality is hugely dependent on how the particular observer responds to the particular moment or image.
Certainly, however, a “waking dream” moment or image does not require the obvious presence of “conflict”, “high drama”, “hilarity”, “tragedy” or “somebody famous/infamous”.
To me, this post’s image captures a “waking dream” circumstance, but another pair of equally “perceptive” eyes could find “nothing special to see, here”.
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Terns are particularly lovely in flight… or when hovering, intently.
The pictured individual is a Caspian tern, I think; s/he was our post-lunch highlight at Cottesloe yesterday.
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When you watch young animals at play, you are often watching a safe “rehearsal” of competitive behaviours, which will become more “serious” – much fiercer – when “cute” youngsters become adults.
Homo sapiens is an animal.
Perhaps, today’s photo offers a sneak preview of a future life as yet another “West Australian mining magnate”…
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Did the brilliant winter sun bring out Cottesloe’s “philosopher king”?
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Pictured above: a snake bird, perched above Cottesloe Reef’s landward edge, with surfer-dude in background.
(more formally, the “snake bird” is an Australasian darter, Anhinga novaehollandiae)
Below them: there be dragons!
(photo is copyright Doug Spencer, taken at 3.33 pm on 03 July 2022)
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Where Postcode 6011 meets the Indian Ocean is not yet nicknamed “The Rhodium Coast”, but the “cap” would fit.
Pleasingly, however, this beachfront belies the extraordinary “effluence” (as Kim would say to Kath) of the folks who live closest to it.
Beachside, “the vibe” is much more egalitarian than is usually true of suburbs so “exclusive” that some of their billboards are placed by Sotheby’s real estate division.
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