I'M SURROUNDED!!

BOXES BOXES EVERYWHERE!!  Susan and Sean are here, we've been beavering away since they got here on thursday afternoon and it's been great.  they've bubble wrapped almost all the work on the walls and in the studio, got down all the things from cupboards and shelves that are high up to save my shoulder some work.  filled up the back of the spacious van with stacks of my biggest plants and pots and been great company at the same time.   it's sunday morning now, they'll be leaving before lunch with an overnight stay in St Arnaud in the way home.

when i got home from the post office on thursday morning i found this huge round loaf of beautiful fresh sourdough bread left by glenis in thanks for the lemons i had given her.  it was absolutely superb and perfect with the vege/lamb soup i'd made for dinner

 

  sonja came out with her friend dean and they've taken a lot of furniture from the airbnb and the big solid tables and sheets of glass  to set up the print studio in mildura.  Arts Mildura now has the etching press from the Art Vault and now it's all set up with my furniture in the old Ishka building.  feels good to leave it there.  

as i cleaned up susan and sean's room after moving out all the furniture for sonja and dean, there were delights by the shovel load behind it all.  eek!!

all the white furniture is now in the arts mildura print studio - it'll be great for Mildura to have this access to printmaking again. 

these solid old tables are so much more useful here.  i can make do with folding tables with my sheets of super thick pool glass on top

Sean's cleaned up the whole carport and put all the unwanted outdoor furniture and shelving in one big group to give away or take to the tip.   I feel i can manage now - it's three weeks till sunny gets here for the weekend before monday's move on july 4.  cupboards are mostly empty except the kitchen, the studio is half gone. 

Last night we made the most of the sunset, sat out until dark under a very 

starry sky