Cooper's team were playing with only 5 this week and then they lost another just before the game so they had to play with only 4 against the other team's 7. It did not seem to daunt them as they came home with a win 31 to 23 with some of the best teamwork we have seen.
The school arranged a concert to show progress of the newest members of the music program. As a member of the more advanced Concert Band, Lachlan went along to show how the juniors may progress in a year or so.
We have been trying a few local eateries mid week. This time it was a Lebanese restaurant at Forest Hill.It was fantastic food served in an appropriately decorated setting. No need for dinner tonight!
Jack and Cooper came over yesterday so we could do their (somewhat delayed) birthday photos for Granny's Gallery. So they are going up today.
This afternoon we watched Holly and her team dominate the opposition Netball team nearly doubling their score. They are currently top of the ladder and it shows.
We caught up with the family over the Mothers' Day period. Brett, Cathy, Mitchell, Ebony and Holly came over with Lisa and Jack for afternoon tea. Cooper and Mark were in Queensland and Lachlan was home sick.
As we move from a period of low sunspot activity to a solar maximum there was a huge mass ejection of material from the sun last week, the biggest in 20 years, and it caused aurora activity all over the world. It was visible in Melbourne if you could find dark skies like over the Bay. As a kid, I remember seeing an aurora from our house in Glen Iris as light pollution levels were very low at that time.
For Cooper's birthday, Mark took him to Cairns to do some fishing on the reef. They had a two day window hoping the weather would hold.
I have always been interested in bread making and since getting rid of the bread maker, the challenge has been to do it conventionally. The next attempt (after a little YouTubing) turned out better and I am happier with the taste.
Many years ago, my father obtained a couple of slabs of Queensland mahogany timber thinking he may do a little more wood turning in future. It never happened and I inherited the timber. It was way too valuable to destroy so I was relieved to come in contact with the brother of a friend who turned wood. Of course he was overjoyed to receive these pieces that are now almost unobtainable and he turned a bowl for us in thanks.
Since hearing there had been a Museum of Photography established in the Monash Council Library building I had been keen to take a look and we did so today. We found the presentation underwhelming. Five artists were represented. A couple exhibited absolutely no creative or photographic talent. A couple employed the components of photography to present a creative canvas (not necessarily an image) and one had used a drone to photograph mining sites from above. The 5 huge images were of more geometric than photographic interest and one would have been entirely sufficient. My summary - 2/10 could be a lot better with more considered selection of artists and images.
School photo season has now passed and these are the Garnett offerings.
Sophie has been playing on Monday nights for a while now and we have seen a few of the matches. The team has been improving through the season but Monday could have turned out better for them.
With both his brothers playing basketball, Lachlan decided to try his hand this season. He joined a team of relatively new players and they are now in the grading period of the season. We went to see his third game. He plays No 24 for the Vermont Vultures.
With assistance from Cooper, Mark erected scaffolding on the east side to give access to the high windows.
