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A life ‘Down Under’!
In the Valley of the Leeches.
So........we had a kind of 'day of rest' today which was appropriate for a Sunday. We rose late-ish and did not go out until the afternoon.Will had to go to work......the Kindergarten were having a 'Spring Gardening' afternoon so Anne and I followed behind Jaxy in Roxy and dropped off his harp for him and then we went to the big shopping centre nearby at Indooroopilly (The Valley of the Leeches)."I'm not bothered about shopping," said Anne. We walked the whole length of Level three without even entering a shop but I took her into Wheel and Barrow at the far end because it is full of 'precious things' for the home which every house wants but does not necessarily need.Anne's first Australian purchase?........a whisk.Dropping to Level two we had hardly gone ten steps before she spotted some lovely shoes in the window of Florsheim. She peered longingly at them through the window, torn with the desire to look more closely at them but attempting to be 'not bothered about shopping.'Passing the next window was a large sign saying 'SALE Up to 30% off'."Ooh, do you think we could just go and have a quick look in there?"Florsheim has outlets in......
Who knew that Mongolia was on the up in the world of shoes?! There was I thinking they were only interested in yaks.
Anne was in her element.....
She tried on three pairs of shoes. Three times the young assistant went into the back to search at length for the right size before Anne finally said,
"Thank you......but I will have a think about it."..........leaving the assistant to tidy away the boxes, tissue paper and shoes.
Three shops down Anne spotted some more shoes.........
Anne in Heaven.
But again she left the eager shop assistant's hopes dashed.
We continued past many shops.
"It's hard when you have never heard of these shops," said Anne. " Oh, Armani!".......but she wrinkled up her nose.
Armani are not good enough for Anne.
We found ourselves passing Florsheim once again.
"Do you think I could go back in and just have a look at those shoes again?.......I'll say I just want to see them again to keep their colour in my mind."
It was just another bad day for that particular shoe shop assistant in The Valley of the Leeches.
Eh?
So............when you have 30kgs of luggage what do you bring all the way from Up Over?
A tea towel folded to look like a chicken!
Why?.......You may well ask!
Well, shortly before Anne left for her trip down here she had a massage from a former pupil of mine who kindly said that I was her favourite teacher ever, which is very nice, but the only thing she could remember from her time with me was when a foreign chef came into the class and taught the children how to make a chicken out of a tea towel.
"Do you want me to show you?" she asked Anne.
How could Anne refuse? She fetched her a tea towel which the girl promptly folded into a chicken.........and Anne brought it all the way from Up Over to show me.
I don't remember the lesson in question at all!
Strictly Ballroom!
Last night Will and I went to see 'Strictly Ballroom' at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.It was the shows 500th performance. The show has had mixed reviews. I must admit it was much better than I expected. It was very colourful, great fun and we left the theatre smiling.
