“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.’
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (probably)
This last week I received some good news, which has buoyed my spirits and invigorated my focus.
I received a letter advising that I had been appointed to the board of Seymour Health, which manages our local hospital and allied health services. This is such a great honour, I feel very privileged to be given this opportunity, and hope that I can provide a meaningful and useful contribution to the board. Looking forward to my first board meeting later this month.
Consequently, we went out for a lovely lunch to celebrate, at our favourite little Italian restaurant in Melbourne, Massi. This restaurant never fails to please; excellent food, amazing service and a small but ample wine list. We enjoyed a glass of Italian bubbly, followed by a Sangiovese Rose and finished with a dessert Riesling, very enjoyable. And of course, the food was awesome as well.
Earlier in the week we also attended a fabulous session in Euroa provided by the Strathbogie Ranges Conservation Management Network and The Goulburn Broken Catchment Authority. The day was a series of presentations by scientists, students and local conservationists about various topics relevant to the Strathbogie ranges and surrounding areas. We learnt about the local geology, bird life, the trees of the area and issues around tree conservation, native fish species and their habitats, insects and microbes, and a citizen science project aimed at protecting the local populations of Greater Gliders. It was a fascinating day, very knowledgeable and interesting speakers and a great opportunity to meet other conservation minded locals. There was also an excellent lunch provided, so all in all, a very enjoyable day.
I have also started working on getting my business up and running, developing a rough business plan, getting my ABN and registering my business name, designing my business cards and website, so I am feeling likes it’s all happening. No very funky, but I am trying to be serious. 🙂 So exciting.
Neil and I have decided to combine our businesses under the one banner, so we are now Bluetop Business Services, providing affordable administrative and business services for small business and sustainability support for business, food manufacturing and farming.
I am enjoying the website building, learning all the time on various platforms to see which I like best. Hopefully I will have a semi-finished product to share soon. We plan to include blogs within the site so we can write about things that matter to us related to our business interests and share these across our various connections via LinkedIn etc.
No photography or drawing this week, and the novel is still on the back burner, though I am signing up for a writer’s workshop at the Mansfield Library later in the month, so maybe that will prod me to write more.
I have been feeling crook, as I have had a cough that refuses to go away, but I have some new medication this week, and I’m feeling much better. So, I am hoping it’s gone for good.
We had 40mm of rain on the farm on Saturday, so the tanks are all full, the dams are looking much better, and the paddocks are now looking nice and green, a change from the crunchy brown they were all summer and autumn. Here’s hoping for more rain, as the ground is still quite hard.
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