First Woodcraft for the Year

 

It finally happened. The state's extensive lockdown did not help and at the start of the year there was not an available space. Suddenly a place was found, the lockdown was eased and the Woodcraft Club was brought back to life. Students who joined were given a flat card on which to build what ever came to their mind, and being influenced by what they found in the boxes to use. This was a nice start. For the following week, Peter will endeavour to cover the tables with plastic sheeting to save on clean up time. 

Swan Finale

 

There is a sad event attached to this post. Foxes attacked the swan family and took away two cygnets and seriously injured the goose which must have bravely defended the young ones. As a result of the attack, the goose died a day later and the Swan couple took their four remaining cygnets with them walking through the local suburb to another water location which might prove to be more secure against killers like foxes that come up from the river gorge. It is unfortunate that one really stupid English colonial idiot thought it smart to bring foxes to Australia so that he felt more at home. So this will be the last video of the swan family. The footage was taken at the wetland during the weeks before the attack. It took an effort to make the video and the music added is Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor (First Movement) which seems to catch the emotions of the moment - new life and loss. The video can be viewed HERE.

Tallarook Mechanics Institute Born Again

Peter has watched with keen interest the rebuilding of the Tallarook Mechanics Institute in the main street of the town. Sadly the 127 year old building burnt to the ground on Saturday/Sunday night of May 5/6, 2018. Insurance was honoured and architects were commissioned to design a replacement. It took a while to get going though. The locals made it very plain that the new building had to look much the same as the old one and so the result was an interesting mix of innovation and tradition. The pictures below show the magic of the old and tell the construction story of the new, up to pictures taken just days ago.

The location had a first Sunday of the month regular market.

More Garden Flowers

 

What a huge variety of flowers we have in our garden. Peter just can't help but pull out the camera and snap a few, some repeats and others just found. Some are self-sown and others part of a plan. The amazing variety of design points to a divine creation by a supreme intelligence and just for the enjoyment of it and sharing this enjoyment. So much colour.