Dear Friends, I have decided to treat myself to a break from
worrying about our Artists (all 110 of them with their 381 paintings, some of
which are having last minute name changes). Part of my procedure when
processing entries is to scan everything then return a copy of the scanned
entry, with our receipt to the Artist. One painter received his receipt and
copy and emailed me to ask me to change his painting entitled Daylesford Post Office to Daylesford Town Hall, on the grounds
that an astute observer would probably notice his error when looking at the
painting! You have to laugh and enjoy it all.
This morning, we were a small group of 7 at breakfast, where
Kim regaled us with some wonderful stories of weddings he has helped out
recently including a very country one last night, where one-third of the guests
were heavy smokers and had to be accommodated in their own marquee, and where
swaying Chinese lanterns had tea candles lit until the inevitable fire started.
John & Jan had gone to Melbourne yesterday to do an MCG tour, but sadly the
train trip he promised her was replaced by a coach, which took them to places
they had never seen – Footscray, Sunshine etc. They were very impressed with
the tour and could have spent hours in the beautiful MCC Museum.
We had spent the day working at our desks except for a small
break in the morning, when I went out to deliver mail & labels to the
Hepburn PO and stopped in Vincent Street Daylesford to collect Warren’s tablets
from the pharmacy. Saturday morning in Daylesford is a delight, but when you
are dying to get back to work, having great chats with every second person can
be a trial, even if it is a thrill to see them.
We had been invited
to the opening of the Daylesford Macedon
Ranges Open Studios at Kyneton yesterday afternoon, so set off at 4.30pm
for the 30 minute drive. I asked Wes to drive as my head was so full of the Art
Show; I thought I wouldn’t concentrate well enough. We had to laugh as firstly
Wes missed the Kyneton turn-off & drove to Malmsbury, where he missed the first
Kyneton turn-off on the Calder. We took the second turn-off & he missed all
the turns to the City Centre, so we finally arrived at Piper Street at 5.15pm
in time to listen to the Cox Plate, which was a most exciting race.
Ocean Park just
beats All Too Hard
We had been told to park in Piper Street as it was the
easiest way to get to the Church Hall, but there was no way of getting to the
Hall from there, so we drove around until we found a spot near the Church and
met another car doing the same thing. The Opening was good, there were plenty
of artists there, and we were only sorry that the organiser neglected to
mention our Art Show, especially as we have offered to promote her programme at
our Show.
After the speeches and a phone call from one of the
scrutineers of the election, we drove to Kate Redwood’s home and waited with
her for the official result. She polled the highest number of votes after
preferences, and was very excited indeed. We left her as the party was
beginning and came home where Wes made pizzas and we were in bed and asleep
early.
The rest of this week was mostly spent at the computer as
all the entries flooded in. I had hoped to play Mah Jong, but I was too busy to
do any more than pop my head in and say hello as I drove to Hepburn PO on
Wednesday. We had a very good final Art Show meeting with everyone present, and
everyone feeling good about their contributions. On Thursday Wes led a band of
painters to get the Art Show screens ready – he, Brian, Roger & Georgina
worked very hard and got it all done, then rewarded themselves with lunch at Gracenotes Café.
So there you are –
our Guest Room already has 8 artworks in it as well as raffle prizes, Gift
Vouchers, raffle tickets, a Collingwood gnome (don’t ask) and all the paraphernalia
you need to run a successful Art Show in the country. If you are in our area at
all over the Melbourne Cup weekend, please pop into the Daylesford Town Hall
and have a look.
Our beautiful
Japanese Maple – photo taken yesterday
