Little Wandering Wren …. chats!

It's a big weekend here in Melbourne It's our Australian Football League Grand Final weekend. Melbourne Visitors Centre - Flinders Street Now our team Hawks (Hawthorn FC) were knocked out in a preliminary final  by everyone's second favourite team the Western Bulldogs  known locally as the Doggies! Footscray Bulldogs Street Art The Dogs have not made a Grand Final for fifty-five years. Their opposition the Sydney Swans are no strangers to a Grand Final  making for a fantastic Melbourne-Sydney tension. We love that rivalry! If ever there was the time to use the expression the underdogs,  it's this weekend. Go the Doggies! The Western Bulldogs herald from Footscray where I work It is such a great week to see the place decked in red, white and blue. We have had overseas visitors this weekend and after a hectic week of travel ourselves, we are all happy for Melbourne's  public holiday yesterday to celebrate Grand Final Eve....

Five tips to always enjoy the footy! I went to the footy last weekend at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG),  the first time in ages. But that's it, I'm not to be invited back again. Our team and league leaders Hawthorn,  suffered an unexpected loss to Melbourne. It was only their second loss of the season which was the only other match I'd watched this year. So I'm banned as "always unlucky" from all future matches! We've been " Always Hawthorn " members for sixteen years now, although some of these were  with overseas membership. M y membership was dropped on cost-saving grounds a few years back by Mr Wren - number one Hawthorn fan, who claimed I wasn't committed enough! That's rich, as I've always enjoyed the footy - my way! It's true, my favourite way to always enjoy the footy is to arrive after the first siren and leave in time to get a seat on the train home! It's a two and a half hour long mat...

Melbourne's Spring has arrived! Bursting in unannounced.  Leaving some of us  scurrying to the back of the wardrobe  in search of something  half decent to wear. Melbourne's Spring blossom  With temperatures in the high 20's Celsius, our garden bursts into bloom, demands attention, and my hayfever sneezes  echo around . Hello Spring - nice to see you! It's a great time of year in Melbourne, we have the lazy days of summer ahead of us. Lillies in the garden We also have a  few big exams to get through,  as the next few months will see the end of High School life for our son and a university degree completed for daughter number 2. I say ' we ' because as any parent will know,  it does feel like you are actually sitting the exams. Unfortunately, unlike the Year 1 project on natural disasters this is now totally out of your hands, and worryingly so... Spring bursts forth - for Pink Saturday...