We’ve had such a big week – the most important part was on
Tuesday when we drove to Narre Warren to visit our niece & my God-daughter,
Jessie. We were thrilled to see her husband, Anthony, and sister, Michelle, as
well. It was a good visit – Jessie had gone back to school the morning before
as a teacher’s aide, and although she was tired, she was also very elated to
have fulfilled another of her aims this year. She presented me with a hand-made
black & white necklace & Michelle had made a very yummy two-course
lunch, so we felt very spoilt indeed.
Anthony, Jessie,
Karen, Wes & Michelle
We were very sorry to hear of two deaths this week – my
uncle & God-father, Kevin Saundry, aged 89; and our very good neighbour
from Morrow Street, West Brunswick, Marge Griffiths, aged 98. We lived in
Morrow Street from 1958 to 1970, but Viva & Marge remained good friends
after the shift & Marge turned up to Viva’s funeral four years ago, which
was a very good effort on her part. Kevin’s death is especially sad as he was
the only surviving sibling of my father, Perc, and a very lovely man.
Last Sunday afternoon, as a surprise, Wes took me to the
Olympic Stadium in Melbourne to see the Collingwood & GWS AFLW teams
playing footy. It was an emotional & exciting experience. Entry is free
& there must have been about 5,000, mostly young families, sitting on the
grass or standing on the hills. The cheer squads had produced huge banners, the
songs were played as they ran out & there was a very good atmosphere. We
found the girls were bigger bodied than they looked on TV & they certainly
were playing for keeps. It was a tough physical encounter with 12 goals scored despite
a tricky wind. GWS beat Collingwood, but that didn’t matter – I’m just thrilled
that young girls finally have a pathway to play footy in the AFL.
This
photo was taken about 30 minutes before the game started & lots of kids
were having their faces painted for free or taking selfies with the
footballers. The young girl with the footy didn’t stop bouncing it the entire
time she was sitting there & could hardly wait until the second siren blew
after the game to have ‘Kick to Kick’ with her father on the ground.
We are off to Larder
for breakfast again this morning & hope to be joined by David & Sandy. Bilbo
is sitting at my feet anxiously waiting for 7.45am & time to go to the Sunday
Market. He misses going to breakfast, but he still gets spoilt at the Market, so
Sundays are his favourite day of the week.
Later today, Danny Millman is coming to stay overnight, as he
& I are driving to Canberra tomorrow, returning next Saturday. The main purpose
of our trip is to see Collingwood play GWS in a pre-season game at Manuka Oval.
We will catch up with my brother, Peter, and his wife, Anka, as well as do some
sightseeing in Australia’s Capital City.
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