Over the last week or so contractors have been laying pipes in Ross Street to run some of the electricity supply underground. This gave us noisy days except on Sunday, the workers day off. Some of the nights were noisy as traffic drove over the thick metal plates that were arranged over the excavated trench. It was amazing how quickly, using modern equipment, the trench was dug, pipes laid, concrete poured over the pipes, then dirt and bitumen laid. They did the work in stages. I photographed the activity outside our place from our veranda over a number of days.
Tuesday we enjoyed lunch with Ken and Akiko at Ju-Rin, a popular and excellent Japanese restaurant in Crows Nest. Akiko, who is Japanese, goes to this restaurant frequently. What better recommendation could there be? Ken and Akiko have been good, generous and loyal friends for twenty years. Ken was my business mentor and helped me when Barbara and I started our business. He, Akiko and Ken’s son Peter have spearheaded the spread of Think on Your Feet® in Asia and Europe. I was Ken’s first associate he trained and licensed to facilitate Think on Your Feet®. I facilitated this course until the end of 2005, when I scaled back the extent of my work. The Everett’s have spread this product through Asia and into Europe by developing a network of associates known as Toyfnet. Ken has written a book on this journey Designing the Networked Organization.
After four months I returned to the rebuilding of the side raised garden. For around 1.5 to 2 hours on each of Thursday, Friday and Sunday I cleaned 45+ bricks. This consisted of removing concrete and mortar from the bricks using a heavy hammer and stonemason chisels. I demolished more of the wall and now have about 25 more bricks to clean!
Katharine had a cryptic crossword training session on Friday afternoon and Carolyn had one on Saturday afternoon. Saturday morning the wider Hey-Cunningham family arrived at Bicentennial Park, Glebe Point at 8.00 am for family photos. This is my birthday and Barbara’s Mothers’ Day present from our children. It was the only weekend we could all get together until 2012. We are eagerly awaiting the results. Meanwhile, you can get a sneak preview from my photos.
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| Awaiting Kylie, the photographer |
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| Snapping the photographer snapping us - Kylie said first time it has been done |
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| Photographing the siblings |
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| Photographing the 'siblings' |
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| Photographing the siblings and Camilla, Kate and Camilla |
Saturday midday, Barbara and I attended the funeral of a friend's husband. Sunday morning the wider Hey-Cunningham family had a brunch breakfast at Club 55. This is the last time we can all be together until the new year.
Sunday Barbara and I attended a farewell lunch held for Allan and Pam at their church, Holy Trinity Anglican, Baulkham Hills. At the end of lunch, Allan and Pam talked about the challenges they face and thanked the Church and wider friends for the unexpected and generous support they have received. They answered questions from the very supportive audience. They leave Sydney on 15 September, visit their oldest son Andrew and his wife in Japan and then fly to Uganda, where they will operate as self-funded missionaries. You can read about their journey to date and into the future at their blog at http://ugandajourneypamallan.blogspot.com/.
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| Allan & Pam answering questions |
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