Hi everyone,

Last Tuesday was a super exciting day here as all things paused to watch the Oscars - because Lee’s sister-in-law Autumn won the award for cinematography for the movie Sinners. How amazing?!!! Lee is enjoying her ‘winning by association’ feeling! … and if you know Lee or even just read our newsletter or come to ACC I reckon you can also join in the degrees of separation ‘winning by association’ thing!

On Saturday … we had a lovely weekend with the Alphington Show. So many great entries, cute dogs, stalls, and to top it off blue skies….. really it was a recipe for a perfect day. Thanks everyone for coming along and for all your hard work in the lead up and on the day! So many volunteers … amazing.

This week - we’re back to business as usual. Come along on Thursday morning to Garden to Plate for another delicious, seasonal lunch. And in the afternoon we will have this month’s session of Embracing Life and Death where Ann and Andrea etc. will be talking about end-of-life planning.

To find out more about our other programs this week, as always you can visit our website at this link.

Cheers Leanne

Another year, another great Alphington Show! Thanks to all our volunteers and everyone who came along this weekend to make the Show such a fun day. It’s a lot of work and we couldn’t do any of it without you … especially our CWA Alphington friends!

We’ll have a full wrap up next week with Kalimna’s super pics … in the meantime here’s a goat from the petting zoo …

The Ukes playing …

Jemima playing …

A taster of the Alphington Show entries …

And some doggies preparing for the Alphington Dog Show …

Thanks once again everyone.

We’re thrilled to have Rosie back running community yoga in term 2. The classes will begin on Wednesday 6th of May from 5:30-6:30pm and run for 4 weeks. This time we’re asking participants to join up for the whole series.

Only $20 for 4 weeks - what a bargain. Thanks so much Rosie for volunteering your time! BYO mat. You can book in online.

A short and somewhat crazy week last week - lots of meetings and organising etc etc.. And suddenly here we are with the Alphington Show upon us!

Also … footy tipping. Round one was abysmal (for me anyway, I am coming last having guessed just one winner …) which means that if you haven’t joined up yet, but are feeling so inclined (even after the season has started) you will still be ahead of me (you get given the away teams if you forget to pick any week - which means you might even skyrocket to the top of the ACC ladder!).

Anyway … here’s the link if you want to be a part of our friendly competition!

Preserves Group is on Tuesday - we’re making some cumquat marmalade with fruit from Margaret’s tree, some more tomato relish, some pickles and some stonefruit jam in preparation for the Alphington Show. Come along from 1pm Tuesday afternoon if you’d like to join in this cook up.

On Thursday we have Crunch at 12.30pm and then Alphington Arts at night time from 7.30pm. We’ll be doing some work with clay in the night session if anyone is interested in joining in.

THEN …..FRIDAY …. drop your Alphington Show items in before 5pm. And come along on Saturday for a great community day 11am-2pm - market stalls, sausages, CWA Devonshire tea, petting zoo, and THE DOG SHOW at 1pm. It’s going to be fun! We also hope to have some live music this year on the corner …

So, lastly, one final push to get lots of entries into the show …. a reminder that the categories this year are:

• A single bloom

• An arrangement of natural materials

• A bunch of flowers

• Flowers in a teacup

• A decorated saucer

• A neighbourhood photo or art work

• A photo or artwork of a dog

• Something new from something old

• An article of woodwork

• 1 tea cosy

• 1 item of patchwork

• 1 item headwear (knitted or crocheted)

• 1 knitted or crocheted scarf

• 1 item of cross stitch or tapestry

• 1 item of basketry/weaving

• 1 soft toy

• 1 fabric shopping bag

• 1 chocolate cake

• 4 plain scones

• 4 pieces of slice

• 4 biscuits

• 1 decorated cake

• 4 decorated cup cakes

• 1 loaf of bread

• freakiest vegetable

• an arrangement of mixed herbs

• 1 bunch of a single hern

• 1 basket of homegrown produce

• 6 eggs

• 1 bottle of tomato sauce

• 1 fermented food/drink

• 1 jar of pickles

• 1 jar of jam

• 1 jar of olives

Have a great week. I really hope to see you on Saturday (and of course on Friday when you drop off your entries) … Also, happy to help on our BBQ? We’d love a couple more volunteers … Call Kalimna on Monday or Tuesday on 9499 7227 or email info@alphington.org.au.

Cheers Leanne

Drop your entries off by 5pm Friday 20 March for judging. Come along on Saturday from 11am-2pm and check out the competition … and the winners. Shop, eat, listen to music … get creative, pet a baby animal or two … and enjoy our great local community!