Dear Friends, once again the weather is playing havoc with
us all & there is a cold wind, in spite of blue skies and pretty white
clouds. We are really in gear for the Art Show, as the entries roll in, the
raffle ticket sales explode, and a few late Sponsors very kindly send us cash
donations. We had another male Rotarian come to visit this week with his spiel
on his Art Show computer programme. Sadly he wasn’t at all interested in how we
run our Art Show, with a view to tailoring his programme to our needs, but
preferred to tell us how he runs his Art Show and how we can fit around it. We
have a committee meeting this Wednesday, which will give us a chance to compare
& contrast the two programmes we have seen and decide which, if either,
would suit Daylesford Rotary for next year.
I’ve recently had a great online shopping experience that I
wanted to share with you. As part of my Italian Detective Fiction U3A class, I
ordered a number of books through Abe Books, many of which were from The Book
Depository. However, one of the books didn’t arrive in time for my class, so I
emailed them to see what had happened. The Book Depository was most apologetic
and posted another copy to me at once, free of charge. When it arrived, it was
in Italian, which I neither speak nor read, so I let them know my problem. They
apologised profusely, issued a full refund immediately and suggested I give the
book to a friend or donate it. I have given it to our friend, Sue Longley, who
is Italian by birth, and she is delighted and hopes her Italian is up to doing
the book justice.
Wes has been busy
with the Art Show and pulled off a small coup earlier in the week, when a
lovely, local man, David Dawson, who does unique handmade metal artwork, agreed
to put a display along the side of the Town Hall leading to the entrance to the
Art Show.
David’s Swan with
Cygnet – (his business is called Overwrought)
This morning post breakfast I have been designing &
printing labels for the paintings & numbers for the screens. We will have these
laminated, and although we won’t be able to reuse the painting labels, they
will cope very well with being shifted around. Because we allow purchasers to
take their paintings with them at the time of sale, we sometimes have to juggle
the artwork to cover a large space, and we hope by laminating everything we
will have a more professional look. Last year some of the cards needed to be
reprinted after a few too many fingers had touched them!
Breakfast was interesting this morning – our first in Harvest Café. We were positioned under
the heater in the main front room, there were 10 of us and it was a bit of a
squeeze for the waitress, April, to get to each of us. My omelette was
beautiful, and so were most of the other breakfasts, but the pancakes were a
disaster, so I don’t think they will be ordered again. Wes & I were very
focussed on the Art Show, but managed to let Aileen tell us some very funny
stories in her exquisite style, and sent our best wishes home to Jan who was
not well enough to join us.
I haven’t been able to visit Viva lately as she is still
coughing, but she assured me this morning that she is coughing less and less. I
can’t see myself getting to visit her until after the Art Show now, but she has
very kindly bought heaps of raffle tickets as she would love to win Brian’s
painting.
We were all
extremely delighted with the news this week that our dear God-daughter, and
cousin, Leigh, has become engaged to her partner, Simon. He proposed in India,
after they enjoyed a lovely holiday there very recently.
Leigh & Simon
outside Taj Mumbai
We have both spent some time in the garden this week, probably for the last
time until after Melbourne Cup Day, as we expect to be rather busy until then.
Garry Rodoni has just rung to say he and Russell Manning have finished all 18
new screens, so there will be a couple of painting bees during the week to get
them ready. One of the very good things about Daylesford Rotary is the range of
areas of expertise covered by its members, and we two, who are the computer
whizzes, are very grateful that there are members who can do the hands on stuff
that is beyond our area of expertise.
Maloney camellias
in bloom along the side of the house.
Finally, our thoughts are with the Robinsons, who sadly lost
their lovely labradoodle Lucy, to cancer, on Friday. We are thinking of you and
hope Oscar has lots of time left in him to keep you both company.
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