INTO AUGUST ALREADY

IT'S BEEN AN ARTY KIND OF WEEK with an exhibition opening, a visit to Hatrock gallery to look at the space with sunny, and a lovely opportunity to show my wedding dress drawings and some 50's dress etchings in Bendigo

Right: this is the show i went to see with a bunch of Salties. Karenne Ann, one of our swimmers has converted her garage into Shed 31, an intimate little gallery space in St Leonards

HATROCK GALLERY in Portarlington where i have a show booked in - with my photos of this bayside area and swimmers. Just waiting to pick up two A1 sized enlargements to see if they're OK

Ann Haddon and Dugal James in the Beehive building - three levels of beautifully restored rooms.  

On the day after the launch of the restoration at a long long dinner, we were invited to look around the building.  Anne and Den, Gail, Sunny Luke and Etta and I got the grand tour.  I was thrilled to see the way my work was hung, in  a beautiful large white room right at the top of the building.  Such lovely light with windows looking across to the park

this lovely pic of Etta taken by Lisa James

pics by Sunny

 

After looking around the building Dugal took us down to see his pub, The Black Swan.  He's converting what was the coolroom into a cavern style whisky bar with entertainment.  It has an amazing look and feel, not really captured here.  lots of brick arches and warmth

we had lunch at the Dispensary,  good food but a change of feel.

 i won't be going there again

I stayed at Gail's and drove home past beautiful waves at 13th beach

At Gail's I heard cracking noises as i loaded up the car.  These gorgeous gang gang cockatoos were munching on this shrub in the driveway completely unfazed 

by me walking past

     Swimming in the mornings is bloody cold but always invigorating.

         watching the sun come up every day is good for the soul