Getting away from it all.....

Whoopeeeeee!

I’m going off on a short vacation; a five-day vacation; the first since July last year, which was only an overnighter.  All this came about following a phone call from the Mah-jong Queen.

I am off to the capital of the north-east and the main event will be a film at the Swanpool cinema. The Swanpool cinema is a blast from the past.  There is nothing glamorous about the building; it sits off to the side of the road about in the middle of the town centre. It runs old fashioned slide advertising before the main movie and  during interval  patrons can walk through a door to a kitchen and dining area. They saunter down to a hatch in the wall opening from the kitchen, order a tea or coffee, look around and find a chair at a table and enjoy a chat or a discussion about the first feature. 

And what’s the big deal with the movie?  It was shown at the last MIFF and the subject is a man who used to come into our workplace; at that time he had an art gallery not far from where the Mah-jong Queen ran her office support business. We’re talking last century here; so it will be interesting to see and hear the story, as seen through his eldest son’s eyes/camera.

As for the rest of the time will be filled in on my short vacation?  Who knows how it will be filled in? 

It’s a step forward for me as I will be travelling by train on the first extended trip since I was laid up in September. 

We will see how things turn out.

There is sure to be a blog post or two come out of this short country vacation.  All you have to do is live long enough for the posts to appear......

Tree stump carving, Hanging Rock Reserve Vic         File Photo: January 2007