Other April Happenings

April was one heck of a busy month for us.  

Firstly, there was the fun of Lou and Tony visiting and travelling to Scrub Stitchin’, which I have already convered extensively.

Once we returned home, the four of us had a fun day out at Cowra.  I still haven’t blogged about that and it deserves its own post.

Lou and Tony headed home on Good Friday and Mick and I then actually had a few quiet days at home….. then things ramped up again.

Mick was busy down at the Bowling Club getting everything ready for an Anzac competition.

While, from Easter Tuesday I have been helping set up the Royal Bathurst Show in the pavilion, particularly the needlework section.  You don’t realise when you wander around the exhibits just how much work is involved.  I helped for a couple of days last year, but that was just at the very beginning.

The show is on this weekend.  After everything was uncovered on Friday morning, Mick and I had the chance to have a day of looking around.

The show closes on Sunday late afternoon.  After the gates close, into the evening, and all day Monday, it is action stations again to get everything pulled down, packed up and exhibits returned to their owners.

This also deserves its own post.  It has been a very rewarding event to be involved in.

And finally, a weather report….

We very nearly had a frost right at the start of the month, but after that it wasn’t too bad.  Mind you, the heater is on in the morning and evenings.

Our street trees seem to lose their leaves fairly early, and we had some rather windy days, which speeded that up.  By the last week of the month there were no leaves left.

Elsewhere around the place there is still lots of lovely colour in the trees.  Our council has planted lots of street trees that really glow in the autumn.

By the end of May they will all be rather bare, ready for winter.

So, all in all, it was a very full month, to continue on what has been a very busy start to the year.  We are about ready for a rest.