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I am so glad the holidays are here. I'm not sure how long I was going to last at the current pace. We are installing an enormous web site (in December? Why not!), & the voluntary overtime is great fun, but just a bit wearing.
But it's Christmas now. I've had a long chat to brother in the next state, & Skype has let me see sister, bro in law & nieces in Germany. We did nutty things, like take the lappy outside to show our christmas lights. No. 1 son made faces most of the time, and we carried an inflatable dalek across the background.
Sometimes the 21st Century is just right.
It's been a marvellous Christmas. Midnight Mass at the Cathedral. Coming out at 1.30am with the bells pealing into the night. We have stockings out for the children, breakfast in bits & pieces, then "the present session" after that. All the parents in law were here for our long lunch, which was outdoors in a lovely 34 degrees (93 Fahrenheit). We had had a touch of rain, so the garden was quite green and fresh.
We finished up with a bit of cooking for the extended family party tomorrow. a truly mellow day. A blessed day.
I hope you've had a good Christmas too. We live in a crazy age, but there's so much good around (really), and I hope you feel it, or add to it. If you can read this, you're luckier than most people.
I wish you well.
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I suspect you are referring to the magnificent cathedral in Wattle Street. I only ever saw it during the early 60's when it was externally clothed in scaffolding as stonemasons from Italy were painstakingly restoring it to its original glory.
Being from a family of rampant Methodists who attended the lesser edifice in the next street, I was officially forbidden to admire the works of the "enemy".
I must return one day to see how the whole city has changed in 50 years. I clearly remember the sign welcoming people to "Bendigo...population 13,000"
Suspect things may now be a trifle different.
Best wishes to you and your family for 2009