04-29-23 Mr Jim Byrnes
I had a lovely day. First stop was the Talaria shoe store grand opening of their Cranbrook expansion where I was treated to a mimosa and came out with a cookie and new kicks.
Next was off to see Mom and get her Health Portal set up on her phone. We had to call in and get assistance to verify the email and it is all good now. She still has no results from her X-ray on Friday which is disheartening but we had a nice visit.
From there I went to Shoppers to pick up some expensive products to protect my skin as I already got too much sun yesterday while riding around in the jeep. Must protect as I have not always been good at that and want to prevent further damage. The saleswoman was lovely and helpful and sent me home with some divine perks as well.
On the way from there I stopped at OK Tire and they torqued my wheels, cleaned the writing off the sidewalls and even added a shiny spray to them. Great follow up service!
I came home and took apart the canopy so I could wash it. Although it didn’t come out perfect, it’s a huge improvement and will keep the jeep protected. I only had to put it back together twice as I wasn’t paying attention enough in the hot sun. At the peak I saw that it was 27 again. What a big change!
I was looking for my remote and found the note Emmy had written and stuck on her Dad on April Fools Day. Not bad for she hadn’t even turned 6 yet that day.
I showered and dressed nice, jumped in the car and headed to Kimberley. I met Greg and Sandra there at Charcoal restaurant and we had a great visit and a delicious meal. I had the Indian style butter prawns. We all went to Centre 64 to see Jim Byrnes play. It is a lovely intimate setting and he along with Eric Reed (Tiller’s Folly and many more) and Simon Kendall (Doug and the Slugs) thoroughly entertained us all. After the show I went down front and Jim said hey I know you and we had a hug. I have been blessed several times at MusicFest over the years to be his person when he is on site, driving him around in my golf cart, etc. Last year we spent a lot of time together, chatting and it was good to see him play when I had time to enjoy it.
I was struck by the beauty of this piece in the lobby of the theatre. Wish I had looked to see who the artist was to give proper credit.
The only bad part of the day was coming home to surprise the neighbourhood big orange cat in my house eating all Missy’s food…..
triumphgal 