Everything's all white again!

So...despite trips to Brisbane and day after day of work we have finally managed to get our bed back into Blue Moon. We moved out for a couple of weeks because we have been plastering and sanding the bedroom but today we finished the second coat of undercoat paint so have moved back in.

We are very pleased with how it has turned out. We were despairing during the plastering and were convinced al the joins between the boards would look a mess but once painted you cannot see the joins.

A Weekend of Culture.

So...on Saturday afternoon I drove to Brisbane leaving Will at Frogknot as he was 'Minstrel-ling' on Saturday night for A Midsummer Nights Dream. I went with Ros and Andrew to the Queensland Conservatorium of Music on South Bank to see Leah Cotterell perform her Doctoral Recital 'The Singer's Anatomy'. Leah has been in a couple of the most recent Women in Voice shows we have been too and if I am honest I was never overly impressed by her. I went on Saturday because our friend Annie was also singing with Leah. I have to say though that the evening was utterly fabulous and I am now a big Leah Cotterell fan.

On Sunday I drove back up to Stanthorpe and on Sunday evening went out to Bungawarra Winery to see Will for his last night in the outdoor production of A Midsummer Nights Dream. It was a fun evening though a bit breezy and the whole thing was over three hours long. The best moment was during the interval when Will pulled the winning raffle ticket out and it was mine! I won two bottles of wine (sic).

Toerag lives!

So...I have, in the last week and a half, been down at the local school for four days working in the Prep/Year 1 class. The class teacher has needed to do her end of year assessments and so I have been taking the class to free her up to do them. 

Imagine my surprise at Parade on my first morning  when I spot my old 'friend' Toerag sitting there among the children. He is not in the class I have been taking, thanks be to Jean Baptiste De La Salle, but nevertheless it was he. It turns out that he has cousins at this school and has moved from the big town school to this local school after a little 'argie bargie'  at the big school. I think from the look on his face he was equally surprised to see me too. I have been lucky enough to have avoided 'duty days' so have not had much chance to see him in action at break times but it appears that he is managing to behave better in a smaller school.

The 'Book Cave' Book of the Week.

Home Alone.

So...tonight I am home alone as Will is in Brisbane at Old Government House showing off his cheeses. Our local MP is hosting an evening highlighting produce from our region. It is sure to go down well.