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The
bits of stuff that fall in the cracks between Life, Music
and Outrageous Fortune. |
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1)
A native thrush nest and eggs at the McClelland
Gallery 2) Lunch was nice too
A
blissful weekend - apart from a bit of a scare..
22.9.13 - Maria and
I popped up to the Rudds' place in North Warrandyte
on Friday night in response to their kind invitation
to do exactly that. As well as the splendid wine
we had a sumptuous meal created almost solely by
bro' Dick and I managed to catch the essential
moments of the Hawthorn v Geelong game so all in
all it was a splendid night, but we'd only got back
from Canberra the previous day so perhaps I should've
exercised a bit of restraint, particularly in the
area of wine consumption because when I got home
I soon realised all was not well in the atrial fibrillation
dept - and to my disquiet the problem carried over
into the next day. Is this the moment to finally
face up to the fact that things are less carefree
than they used to be?
Anyway, I eventually got over it and today we lurched
out to the McClelland
Gallery in Lang Warrren because Maria had spotted
there was exhibition of birds' nests there (The
Art of Birds) and some artists' responses to them.
I'd never been to the McClelland Gallery, probably
because its known as a sculpture park + gallery
and I've never managed to respond positively to
sculpture, but I certainly enjoyed the birds' 'art'
(pic 1) and the lunch (pic 2) so
I was able to cope with my continuing indifference
to almost all the sculptures on display. |
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Bernd
Rohrmann beams with pride after another MMEFF |
Bernd
Rohrmann's MMEFF
15.9.13 - It's a tradition
by now, but one I almost missed out on this year
given the timing. Bernd Rohrmann (pic)
is persistent however and wasn't about to simply
accept my initial non-response and so last Wednesday
Maria and I met with the irrepressible professor
in North Carlton and he explained his plans for
his latest MMEFF - typically leaving out some crucial
details just to tantalise us.
On Friday evening we arrived at St Annes restaurant
and met with our fellow diners, Mark the javelin-throwing
botanist and Simon the IT guy and enjoyed a unique
presentation of music and literature in the form
of readings from Celeste Walters' A Certain
Music interspersed with Patrick's selection
of Beethoven pieces. Very interesting.. |
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1)
Mum and dad - who is this weird guy? 2) I'm happy
now I'm playing with dad.. |
The
Robbos' visit
4.9.12 - It's strange I suppose,
but I've never had the Robbos over to my place for
a meal. Well, perhaps it's not that strange - I
didn't really have a lot to offer food-wise after
baked beans. Since Maria's been in town it's been
a different story though, so last Sunday we had
the Robbos over for dinner here at Mt Waverley.
Young Keaton was the star of the night of course
and even showed signs of getting used to me holding
him. (pic 1) |
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