Quick catch up

It's been a while, sorry. Last Saturday we had a little soirée (soirette?) with AC singing some Russian and French repertoire; KP and I played some Dvořak. I'd forgotten how much fun it was - must do it again soon. Monday was Gloriana, Tuesday German class and Wednesday work - DT was supposed to come and prune the roses (especially Albertine on the back fence) but has put it off until Tuesday. Last night I left the St John's rehearsal early to join P&B at the MSO concert: Kohne's Nocturne 1: Twilight, the Rachmaninov Paganini variations, played by Dmitri Alexeev and culminating with a wonderful performance of Strauss' Alpensinfonie. It's such a massive, breathtaking work and the orchestra played wonderfully.


Phoebe

This morning we met Phoebe. Phoebe is a car belonging to Go Get, a company which rents out cars (small ones) by the hour. Currently it operates in the inner suburbs to offer an alternative to residents owning and running their own cars. It's a great idea and since B's car has lately proved a little fractious he thought to investigate alternatives. The closest pod to B&P (and me) is just by Collingwood station.

After a slightly shaky start (we couldn't find the box with the key, but a quick call to the office fixed that - I knew the mobile would come in handy!) we set off. We did the shopping as usual then, unusually, dropped off B&P's shopping before returning Phoebe and having lunch at my place.

This afternoon I took advantage of the reasonably pleasant weather to pull out some weeds and prune the roses round the side.