🎂Birthday Week🎂

 January is for public holidays.  February is for birthdays.  🎂First, Georgia's birthday:

birthday flowers in a Georgia-made vase

a melange of birthday cakes

However, in Spain 🎂

Rosa Norte drives from Spain to France for her birthday picnic

🎂Sarah was still in Korea for her birthday so no report as yet.

Jilly and I were in Tribes for Georgia's birthday but also to mind the store on the day after.  George and other local creatives have opened a gallery as part of the Spring Bay Maritime Museum.  It's in its infancy and sometimes there aren't volunteers available.  So in I went.

The building used to be an abalone canning factory, so a bit of industrial art.

in close-up

I am most taken with this museum item.  I have deduced it is one piece of rope and I'd kinda like to replicate it.  My grandfather was a rope-splicer in the Rhondda mines.  Perhaps it's in the blood.  There are of course lots of beautiful creations from the local artists but I couldn't really capture them.  You'll have to come and look yourself.  I sold some works which makes everyone happy.  And talking of happy,

Jill PD got her fix of nieces and nephews in her sister's paddock,

also putting her sleuthing skills to work.

Not being one to miss bubbly and good food, I returned to Tribes last Saturday for more art.

Well, actually I'll have to return to view the artworks because the food was soooooo good, including the biggest crayfish I've ever seen, I got distracted.  But, as you can see from the poster cum bookmark (for the eagle eyed), the artworks are stunning.

Here are the artists and MC Tom

John sits with Georgia's Totem behind him

I was witness to the epic creation of Totem and was very pleased that Georgia explained to the audience some of the pitfalls of ceramic firing.  It is too easy, and common, for us to look at a piece of work and baulk at the price, forgetting the years of learning, expense and disaster that have preceded it.

Today is Monday - 🎂birthday of the Hobart Regatta started in 1838 and also a Public Holiday.

down to the beach before 10am

all is calm, all  is bright

 and then

the shattering fly past

and tricks

then back to normal

🎂   🎂   🎂

I took this photo a couple of months ago but forgot to post it.  It shows some of the boat traffic on the Derwent these days.