21. Sunflowers, Glassworks and random things

Contrary to popular belief, there is always something to do in Canberra. Granted, the choices aren't as wide, but neither are the distances, which makes it a lot easier to decide to be social during the week. The beginner improvisation classes have finished and I was looking for some Argentinean Tango but haven't yet been convinced by what I found. I need to keep looking. Maybe it's time I got my comedy act together! I must check when the next open mic is. 

I have been to a couple of comedy shows lately. One was Dave Hughes. I decided to go for my birthday and Sally came with me.

Ever since Julia B said that she had seen him and that he was funny, I have wanted to go. No worries purchasing tickets at the last minute. I am happy to report that he was indeed funny. I'm beginning to feel that comedians should let their COVID lockdown bits go as they are getting a bit old. I won't be doing one of those.

I also joined a meetup group to see another really funny comedian (If only I knew who he was.) He was a very relaxed and quick witted story-teller. He was an American, who moved to Australia in the 90s and has been on radio. He got a proper job during COVID and still has it! It was held at the Canberra Comedy Club, which is in a room at the Transit bar - Civic. It was a small venue, which felt like it had previously been used for storage. The first have of the show was unknown acts, which were a bit hit and miss and gave me further confidence that I could give it a go without having to be funny 😜

Jacinta sent me a link to somewhere she thought might be worth visiting in Canberra, so I went. I didn't realise where it was and thought it would be sort of far away. Silly me, it wasn't far away, in fact it was a couple of kms from Aldi. It was a little side of the road shop in Majura. Majura park shopping centre is where Ikea, Bunnings, Costco and Aldi, amongst other shops, are. The shack of a shop sells organic eggs and there was a sunflower maze (not really a maze because it was always possible to find my way out, no matter which way I went) and fresh corn. The property was surrounded by paddocks. I liked that they had an honesty box so that I could pay for my corn cobs without lining up at the shop. It was a timely visit, as the sunflowers only had a couple of weeks left. As you can see by the number of cars in the parking paddock, it was a popular place!

I can see my car 😊

Another place of interest I recently visited was Canberra Glassworks. I was just out walking in the sunshine (I love sunshine!) and decided to take an impromptu look. The glassworks really were quite beautiful but if I'd wanted to buy any, too expensive for me - but probably worth the prices. I saw a tourist making his own piece too and thought that would be a cool thing to do, so I might one day if I can think of something to make that I could use and not break 🤔

These first few photos are from the walk. The water wasn't looking very nice that day. In fact not so long ago, for the first time, I saw floating fish in the lake.

Who would choose to swim here?

Did you notice the seahorse stems?

Other random things.

I visited Shavi, Mihiri's cousin and her family and bought this awesome children's book from the local book shop, which is far more impressive than I'd imagined it to be, for her son. If you know any 4yos, I highly recommend it. It was a good visit and now I know why they are living in Canberra. Hope I didn't stay too long.

A morning walk photo. I noticed the clouds were also stuck in the hills the day I drove to Bathurst.

It's so annoying that I can't take photos while I'm driving. Eventually, I was able to photograph this Eagle statue, which I thought I was told was donated by the Americans as a thanks for joining a war. However, this link says that the money was raised for it by Australians to thank the Americans for joining WWII. I preferred the first story. I couldn't work out what the statue was of until I was told.

This week I got to go on a work excursion. It was interesting being out but was a 2 & 1/2 hour drive. On the way we passed some wind farms. I think I passed these really closely on the other side on my way to Bathurst and really wanted to photograph them but obviously couldn't at that time.

Lastly, here is a third of the view from my bedroom window during Autumn. It's quite nice to look out. The view from the living room is similar. It's much better than the view I get of the driveway, cars and buildings in Surrey Hills. It would be perfect if this terrace faced North, like my Surrey Hills balcony, but it doesn't, so the apartment is often dark. (I have to remind myself of the positives of my place, when I'm thinking about what I like here.)