Last week I had a case of the couldn’t-be-bothereds and didn’t write the whole week so today is an apology for missing a week without notice. I did have things to write about but I didn’t. Mondayitis will be on Let the Balloon Go by Ivan Southall, the trick will be getting two different voices in the one piece of writing and I’m interested in your thoughts on if I get this right. Friday Photos have been scheduled for the next two weeks, not because I wanted to be organised but just because when I sat down to do them I found I had far too many photos for one week.
The last week has been an interesting week, some of which I don’t mind repeating but other parts I’m quite happy never experiencing again but that’s the way with every week.
Thursday night I worked the St Kilda Night Market which is an experience in itself, I was facing Luna Park and saw some of the rides. The lovely people on either side of me took great care of me, their food was lovely. One stall I didn’t manage to buy from was the Smallest Kite in the World, when I do manage to buy one I’ll get photos!
Friday was my normal market at Elwood Primary School with nothing out of the ordinary. Sunday I took on the challenge of driving out to Gisborne for the little market there. There are two markets in Gisborne on at the same time and only a couple of minutes walk from each other, I’m in the small one just outside the IGA. Things went well, so well that when a friend dropped by to see me she waited patiently for 10 minutes while the queue cleared! What I really wanted to mention was the drive.
During the recent fires we had surrounding Melbourne I noticed one was in Gisborne. I watched that keenly, not only for the market I knew I’d be doing yesterday but more because I had a friend out there. As she met me at the market yesterday I’d say she’s okay! On the drive out to Gisborne everything looked good, there was grass albeit not terribly green but the trees were green, when I drove back home I discovered I’d only been seeing the left of the road as all of a sudden I noticed burnt patches. Trees were generally still standing but they were in various stages of burnt, some of the grass was burnt and it was obvious this area was one of the edges of the fire. It looked dreadful and I can’t imagine how much worse it must be further in.