The Rest of December

What else has been going on in December?  

We’ll start with the weather.  What a mixed bag.  There has been days up into the high 30s C, down to the low 20s C, storms, heavy rain, and no rain to speak of for the last couple of weeks.  There have been lots of windy days, resulting in a largish bushfire in remote country not far from here.  Thankfully, it is now nearly out.

We had an evening out. The background is that last year, while watching the cricket, we kept seeing ads for Australian Idol.  We don’t normally watch that style of show, but did this time.  Surprisingly to us, we both really enjoyed it.  There wasn’t the nastiness that seems to be the norm in reality TV.  The ultimate winner was a fellow by the name of Dylan Wright.  Well, at the beginning of December he had a show here in Bathurst, so we thought we would go along.

The venue was “Keystone 1889”.  This is the old Masonic Hall.  

After the Masons sold it, it became “Carrington House” and was a function centre for many years.  You can see where the inspiration for both names comes from.

The interior is lovely.

It was an intimate event with only a smallish audience. The support act was a young local girl who has been touring with Troy Casser Daley.  She was rather good.

Dylan performed solo and with his best mate.  They put on a really nice show.

He was happy to do the meet and greet with all the attendees.

It was a really enjoyable night and we hare happy we went along.

The vege garden is getting into full production.

The onions have been harvested and are curing in the shed.

We are getting plenty of beans, even enough to include in our Christmas dinner, small tomatoes and zucchinis.  

Our hydrangeas are putting on a show.  Mick bought the one in the pot at the church fete.  It is a beauty.

The dahlias are also starting to flower.

The golden rain tree out the front is also looking a picture.

Mick has been very busy down at the bowling club.  They had their annual tournament at the beginning of the month, so he helped lots in getting the grounds looking their best.

The main green keeper is currently on holidays, so Mick has had a crash course in maintaining the greens, mowing, rolling and watering.  He is down there nearly every day at present, and loving it.

Oh, and I made a cherry pie.  

So good.

And that about wraps up December, and 2024.