Sista April and Mother's Day

Greetings all.

I was very late getting up this morning, or rather leaving the bedroom. It is the only room that can be heated by the combined a/c and heater. The temperatures drops to around 11 or 12 °C at night and the bedroom is the only place to be. We are thinking of moving the TV in here, like the tenants before us. First we thought it seemed a bit decadent when we saw it, but now it seems like the only way to go.

Last week I went to the SIS dinner to celebrate the last day of April - Sista April which is possibly linked to Walpurgis Night. It is very Swedish and if you have been a student at one of the big universities, it is a must. A fire is lit and songs are sung and hats are thrown in the air to celebrate the arrival of Spring. 

In our case it was also a wonderful sit down dinner catered by Two Swedes Cooking and it was very nice. I was very grateful that it was a sit down affair because I had been running around Sydney on foot and on busses all day together with L, a new girl friend who had spent the night at my place since she lives quite far away. One of the places we went to was the Archibald exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW. As usual I didn't quite agree with the jury's choice, there being a few others that I liked better.  Anyway I was glad it was a sit down dinner since I don't think I could have managed standing up all night!

Oops, a bit blurred. Maybe this was taken after the
delicious schnaps made of Turkish pepper candy
was served.

The interiour of this warehouse was gorgeous, here
is the link.

Oh, I almost forget that there was also Mother's Day. We went out for lunch with our son. It was cleverly combined with doing laundry since his washing machine is on the blink. It was quite hard to find a place to eat since we had not booked but we found a place in Thirroul, down the coast. We actually looked for houses down that way and we really liked it, but then we found the one we have just moved to and decided on that. It has a pool and wooden floors, which were my main criteria when we were looking.

This coming weekend we are organizing a little housewarming BBQ, and hoping for nice weather. Come along, if you feel like it. We would love to see you!!

Gallery walk

I have had a wonderful day, finally using my Mother's Day present. It was a walk to five or six different galleries, with mainly contemporary or modern art. It was just me and two other couples and the guide, and we had all been offered this as a present from our kids. We all agreed it was a great present. Nothing wrong with the macaroni necklaces and matchboxes with feathers on them and the handmade cards, that we used to receive when the kids were little. We loved them, didn't we?! But I guess we have moved on now when the kids are in their thirties.

One of the favorites was the exhibition called Ignition in the GBK gallery with Sean Cordeiro and Claire Healy. It was a husband and wife team and they had some great stuff on show.

A snowflake made with toy cars

Made in Lego

Lifescape made with biscuit tins by Christine Turner in the  Brenda May Gallery

A mother's special day

Yesterday we "kidnapped" the son since it was Mother's Day and he is the only one of our three children living in Australia so he had to step up and pay the price. We went for a drive to the northern beaches of Sydney and since the weather was very nice, albeit extremely windy, we were able to sit outside in a little beach cafe at Warriewood Beach. The cafe was okay and the view was brilliant but the food was maybe not what we had hoped for.  Don't get me wrong, we wolfed it down, but it wasn't the oysters that we had hoped for, nor was it enough. After a drive and a nice walk to the point of the quite spectacular Long Reef, we ended up in Dee Why and decided to have  a second lunch with oysters and other goodies in the park. Does it get any better? Well, that would have been if the two daughters were here too and I keep thinking of my own mother and also my mother-in-law and how often they must have thought of us and missed us on this special day. We were far away in France and missed out on many Mother's Days and other family occasions unfortunately.