Saturday 13th February 2010

Well it is back to reality this week with the first day of the week being back at F-Troop.

Monday 8th February 2010 we were flat chat from 7.00am until 2.00pm with F-Troop work. The previous week the Central Coast had got something like 4 inches of rain so there was a lot of work to be done. The bonus was that none of the gardens had to be watered. I spent most of my day cleaning up around the front of the club & the Wedding Garden area which is our showcase area and needs to be as pristine as possible. We had one tragedy while I was a way & that was one of the standard white Iceberg rose somehow became unstabilized & the stem snapped in the wild wet weather which is such a shame as the rose was growing beautifully.

Tuesday 9th February 2010 I was back in the golf scene. I had not intended to play as I should have been doing some gardening at home. One of the girls could not play so of course I had to fill in. My playing partners were Rosalie Dyer and Kath Payn & we had a lovely day although the golf was hard work trying to get some run on the ball through the long grass. There were no really good scores by anyone that day which made me feel better. We have had so much rain that the grass is growing faster than they can cut it. Peter spent six hours on the rough cutter that day trying to keep the rough managable.

Wednesday 10th February I spent the morning in my front garden, filled one otto bin in no time.

The weather was so hot I spent the afternoon catching up with ironing etc that I could do in the air conditioning.

Thursday 11th February I did a little bit more gardening out the front & decided that it was just too hot and went to the movies to see "Avata" which I had been told not to miss. What an amazing movie and the 3D images were just fantastic. I would like to see it again just to have time to absorb all the background computer graphics that it is too hard to grasp when watching the movie for the first time. I was very impressed with the show & never cease to be amazed at what impact new technology can have on movies. I will try to make some time to see it again before it is off the screen. DVD copy would not give it justice.

Friday 12th February 2010 I was up at dawn to cut some roses to give to Anne Stimpson for her "Surprise"60th birthday which is being held at the club tonight. The weather has been so hot & after all the heavy rain I had doubts that I would have any quality roses left. I managed to scrape a nice vaseful for the occasion. Anne had taken some photos of the Club's annual Presentation night that was held while I was away and I had been talking with her all week on and off about getting copies of the photos to me so I could update the Golfers Blog. These discussions were very difficult as I had to be careful not to spill the beans on the surprise party. The rest of the day I spent inside in the airconditioning getting the housework up to date for the weekend.

Laurie Assef from Tamworth (my old school friend that I had not seen for some years) was on his way for a few days of business in Sydney. Laurie stayed over with us on Friday night & came with us to Anne's 60th birthday party at the Golf Club which was an excellant night. It was good to catch up with Laurie & get up to date with all the Moree/Tamworth news.

Saturday 13th February 2010 I said farewell to Laurie and headed over to the golf club to see what needed to be done in preparation for a garden wedding that was to be held there this afternoon. After hosing down the outside entrance to the club it was a bit of a rush to get to the swim centre by 10 o'clock to watch Joel having his swimming lessons. It was such fun to watch him enjoying the water - I was the standard doting Nana with the camera capturing every move.

After that I was back to the golf club to tidy up the wedding garden area as the weather had cleared a bit & the bride had decided to chance having the service out in the garden. They were lucky - the weather held just long enough & by the time steady rain had arrived their outside photos were done & the party was inside the clubhouse. The venue is getting very popular with eight weddings being booked in the next month or so. That will keep me busy.

The rain seems to be settling in again which is not a good thing with Social Golf on the agenda for tomorrow.