Kings Park in Spring

My dear mother-in-law had a fall earlier this year.  After a stint in hospital she's now in transitional care until she can go back home.   We visit her there regularly. It's a small place and there aren't many areas for visitors.  So, we snuck J out and took her up to Kings Park to see the spectacular spring bloom.  

Every time I go to Kings Park I'm impressed with its beauty. The park (which officially opened on the 10th of August 1895) has more than 3000 Western Australian plants on display. Who knew!!  So imagine what it's like in Spring when everything is in flower and the team at the park have added to the display with a mass planting of blooms.  It's amazing.  

Here are some pics (with the usual caveat about my less than average photography skills):

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

The photos really don't do the park justice. They just give a wee snapshot.  When you first arrive though you see the whole planting spread out before you with the city of Perth in the background. It's truly breathtaking.

J really enjoyed the visit. Although I'm not sure which part she enjoyed the most, the spectacular flowers or the cuppa and cake.  I suspect the latter because she's not allowed any cake in transitional care. They're not quite sure what to do with her FODMAP diet. So they've just cut out everything that might be a problem.  But we know she can have dairy and gluten free so a large piece of gluten free cheese cake was the order of the day.  I don't think I've ever seen a piece of cake disappear quite as fast as J made that one vanish.  Clearly she's been missing her sweets 

                                                    

Overall it was a lovely afternoon hour with J which has created a lovely memory for us to treasure.