Some time at home

After our busy month it was once again time to spend a couple of weeks at home and catch up on what was happening in the city.  The first thing that I had to catch up on was the boring stuff like the housework.  Once that was taken care of it was time to head out and see what we could find.

Our first stop, after Bill's haircut, was lunch at Lorca, our favourite little cafe in Centre Place.  From there we made our way down to the NGV to see Radiance - The Neo-Impressionists.  As usual we had left our run until the last minute and we were hoping that it wasn't too busy.  Luckily it was not and we were able to view the exhibition with relative ease.   No pictures so just a screen shot from home.

Radiance - The Neo-Imprssionists introduces us to the extraordinary personalities who contributed to the birth and development of Neo-Impressionism in France and Belgium from the 1880s through to the outbreak of the First World War.  Not really being aware of this style of art it was very interesting to learn about the different periods and artists.   The works of Maximilien Luce and the classically trained Georges Seurat and the self-taught Paul Signac were lovely and I particularly liked the paintings of Théo Van Rysselberghe whose work was done in France between 1897–1926.  The delightful Canal in Flanders and Tea in the gardens were my two favorites.

While at the gallery we happened across another exhibition, this one very different to the one we had just viewed.  Rally was an exhibition of  Contemporary Indonesian Art.  We had in fact seen some of this work during a visit in September without realising what it was.  So very different to what we had just seen it was interesting to say the least.  Many of the pieces had a 'what the' element to them.  The pink flower creature and the horseless saddles to name a couple.  Once again we see that 'art really is in the eye of the beholder'  and there weren't too many eyes seeing this exhibit.  We have!

Leaving the gallery we walked home where we spent a couple hours relaxing before we returned to town for a night at the theatre.  We were going to see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at The Princess Theatre and it really was fantasmagorical.  With David Hobson and Rachel Beck playing the lead roles it was  great fun and the car really is the star of the show.   We stopped for coffee and cake at Pellegrini's after the show and then home to bed after a wonderful day in the city.

The next weekend was another quiet one with more housework - how boring - before a great night out with Susie & Bryce.   After a drink at home we decided that 'Downstairs' was as far as we felt like going and had a wonderful dinner tasting their many 'small plates' followed by some yummy deserts.  The Vanilla Panacotta with Orange granita was so good and Susie and Bryce gave the tick of approval to the Flourless Chocolate Cake as well.  A fun night was had by all and a quiet Sunday followed with the highlight being a quick trip to town to buy a toaster for next weekend's trip away.

In between the washing and the ironing and the toaster shopping I did get to spend some time with a book and thoroughly enjoyed reading the story of Bill, Australia's greatest war horse.

It was one of Bill's Christmas presents and NO, it was not from me.  Written by the same author as The Changi Brownlow they are both 'great reads' if you have an interest in Australian War stories.  

And so with another weekend coming to a close we only have 4 days at work before we are heading off for another Easter adventure.   I hope you all have a lovely Easter whatever your plans, enjoy, stay safe and don't eat too many Hot Cross Buns and Easter Eggs.  Or on the other hand why not - Enjoy!

until next time.......