It’s been a full few weeks, and this week is the most hectic.

Our renovations continue with the two arched windows being installed yesterday, so we are now able to see the front footpath for the first time. The office extension was added around 1969, and last week at the History Soup ‘n Cinema event I met someone who used to work there before the extension was added. I am hoping to have a good catch up with her to find out how the two rooms would have looked back then. This Thursday we are having a Slice ‘n Cinema afternoon, showing the Australian movie ‘Malcolm’. It’s very funny and uniquely Australian. See the events page for details. These movie events will continue fortnightly until further notice, so if you can’t make it this week, try and join us in the future. It’s a great antidote for COVID-19 restrictions.

SACWA Craft sessions started back last week and we had the funniest morning, and then adjourned to the bakery for lunch. SACWA welcomes anyone who wants to learn new crafts, we are an inclusive bunch and enjoy passing on our expertise and helping newcomers.

Tonight I travel to town to join the SACWA Marketing group to brainstorm more ideas about how we can overcome the shortfall caused by the cancellation of the Royal Show, losing us our major fundraiser for the year. I helped in the kitchen last year and I have to say, it was all go, go, go!

I will be typing up the newsletter over the weekend, so if anyone has anything to add, you need to get it to me by tomorrow evening. Electronic articles are preferred, but if you have something typed, or a photo that needs scanning, that will be OK.

Try and stay warm today - the next few days look so much brighter, and with some good rains in the past week, the farmers may even have something to smile about.