April was a little quieter than usual, but I
still managed to fit in plenty of fun. Just trying to pace myself and fit in
time for more reading and writing.
Easter was quiet and I had a well needed break
after so much happening. I finally finished my study revamp and had plenty of
time to sit back and admire my work.
L and I caught the fabulous French movie
Samba, and then on Monday I had a lovely evening seeing What We Did
on Our Holidays followed by Vietnamese for dinner with my
gals.
Samba was about refugees in Paris, in
particular Samba Cisse, (played by Omar Sy from The Untouchables) and he is
helped out by Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg) who ends up falling in love with him.
Samba was a gripping and dramatic film with moments of humour and joy.
Well worth seeing. What we did on our Holidays was a black comedy
starring David Tennant and Rosamund Pike as a separated couple taking one last
holiday with their family to Scotland to see Tennant's dying father (Billy
Connollly) for his birthday. This was incredibly funny and incredibly sad, much
pathos and drama and beautifully shot. I'd love to say more but that would be
giving away what happens.
I also had a lovely day with family at my
sister's property on Easter Sunday.
The following weekend I was out and about,
markets at Speers Point park, shopping, walking in Newcastle, and caught the
movie A Little Chaos, starring Kate Winslet as a fictional female
gardener at Versailles, it was beautifully filmed on location, and Alan Rickman,
who also directed the film, was King Louis. It was wonderful to see Kate back in
a corset, and if you love a easy paced period drama with beautiful gardens, then
this is the film for you!
I had a busy Sat in the middle of the month going
to soccer for both my niece and nephews (at different locations), collecting my
Civic Theatre subscription, and checking out the Capital and Country exhibit at
Newcastle Art Gallery which was superb, followed but a bit of shopping on
Darby.
Then of course the storm hit, I was lucky to have
no damage (bar a few fallen branches) and had power the entire time, but by day
2 my anxiety levels were very high, it was stressful being by myself in such a
situation. I think it took me a few weeks to recover. The library was ok (bar a
leak over the DVD collection), but with no network access and roads unsafe, we
were shut for two days so when we reopened on the Thursday it was a bit insane.
The storm also meant L and I could not get to Sydney to see Noel Fielding, which
was really sad, but better to be safe.
Other work events were hosting Blackbutt for the
school holidays, kids got up close and personal with tortoises, lizards, snakes
and such. It was a blast. I did my Warden review and put out an actual fire
which was freaking terrifying, and our movie this month was Moulin Rouge
where we had a full house on the Friday after the storm for
that.
After Moulin Rouge I met friends at The Cambridge
for Steve Smyth, who was magnificent as always. At one point he moved from the
stage to the 'barrier fence thingie' between the stage and us and grabbed for my
hand to steady him as he stood there singing...sigh...I have washed said
hand...but the memory lingers.
That weekend ended up being almost as bad as the
storm, so a family dinner to celebrate my sister's birthday and a quiet weekend
was had.
And here are some photos.
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