Yes today is Sara’s birthday. The subsequent activities have been running since Saturday and will continue until next weekend.
Saturday consisted of fun and action packed time with the husband.
First up was a trip to the Wellington City gallery to see an exhibition by a Japanese artist of apparent note: Yayio Kasama. Her noteworthy method is of mirrors and other reflective surfaces and a marked preference of dots. Some of the work I appreciated but some left me cold, and likewise for the birthday girl.
Then after a couple of beers in the world renowned Coutney Place it was off to the flicks. This time it was “An Education”, a film that has had good reviews, partly because of the evocation of an era-the sixiies before the real sixties, a hangover of the tired 50s apparently. I did not let the NIck hornby comnection put me off. I thought it was a good film, an intersting insight into the attitudes of the time, and the attitudes of parents of a vulnerable sixteen year old. The acceptance of the older man who, in the same situation, would not past me on the door. So well worth the trouble to go and see, and interesting that it is based on the memoir of Lynn Barber.
Sunday continued the fun. After Joe and Dad enjoyed the first game of the season on the cricket fields of Wellington College, it was time for lunch. The family was there to celebrate the latest recurence of sweet 21 as well as Joe’s fist wicket of the season; a well taken stumping. He could have had another but the catch was dropped, but as it was off a full toss, not too many complaints. The team won-always enjoyable to have a win over WC.
We were at Scopa-so quality pizza and fine puddings all round-nearly. My body is a temple.
I just hope I have the energy to keep going for the next instalment next Saturday.
PS. If you see the film, you can spot the areas of Ealing where it was filmed, including Mattock Lane, west Ealing.
