You can ’ t keep secrets in W . A … WOWs !
Kalamunda Group
the WOWs ( Women of Worth )
Diana Sankey , LO
I sent a message a while back saying the Kalamunda WOW ” S were rather falling apart as our English enthusiastic participants had disappeared back to UK as soon as the weather turned cooler to wait for the English Spring flowers and warmer weather there and the members here I think went into semi hibernation !
At our last meeting only Janet our prospective member turned up for a Taste and Smell evening which actually was very interesting and made me realize we don ’ t always taste what we eat and only really name and recognise the smell of burning toast . I would like to do it again sometime with more people .
Tina and I went with our Grandchildren for a Parks walk around the City of Perth which was a great success , First Burswood ( or is it Crown now ?) Park , Heirisson Island , Langley Park , Stirling Gardens for a picnic , then we were led astray to London Court where the tribe knew a candy store and on to Forest Place for an ice-cream after which our charges escaped to the Fountains so we returned very damp , happy children to their parents !
The following meeting I cancelled and went to meet Kathy Burgess who was once a member of NWR and lives in Denmark , WA and has a group called Chatterbox . She was visiting Perth with her husband to see family . It was a good meeting Kathy was great and I talked too much as usual but hope I let Kathy do her share as well . I hope we can get together again sometime .
Janet our prospective |
member |
was |
going to give us a |
Belly Dancing |
lesson . We will see |
but otherwise I |
am going to visit my |
elder daughter |
in Switzerland end |
of June and to |
UK also and won ’ t |
be back until |
end of September so |
we will start |
again then unless anyone wants to keep it going while I am |
away . |
Incidentally , I am going to join Gill , one of our English Member visitors , for a one day Conference they are holding and will hope to see some of our other visiting members .
Well here I am in England .
I have just returned from a very good one day Conference " Good for Body and Soul " run by the Pickering Group in Yorkshire .
One of my part-time members in Kalamunda belongs to this Group . I went with my sister Jo and Val Winter and Barbara Szolga great friends from Zimbabwe days with our NWR ( WIT ) Group there . Barbara is now a member in Cheltenham . We were joined by Val Chantry and Norma Duck from Leamington Spa Group who have both joined with our Group in Kalamunda when visiting relations in Perth , Australia . It was great to get together in beautiful Yorkshire with our fantastic and hospitable hosts , Gill and her husband Bruce .
Yorkshire Conference Day We met for registration and refreshments 9.30 a . m . on Saturday morning and met the team led by Christine Harrison . Gill was on the team and introduced us to all her lovely members and there was a Welcome speech by the Mayor of Norton .
The first speaker was Sharon Richards , a Master Story Teller who had us all enthralled with her talent which we are going to try and emulate for our Grandchildren . The 2nd Speaker was a professional Horticulturalist also known as the Laughing Gardener who had us all in fits both hysterical and horrific with his potions to taste and poisonous plants to avoid and Creepy Crawlies in between . After that we had a very good lunch with our new friends , then in the afternoon it was our turn to shine or otherwise with Crafty Crafts - Pottery , Willow- Weaving and Decoupage , all very interesting and absorbing with a variety of successful or weird , wonderful objects but all good fun . It was followed by a sumptuous tea and more chatter before the finish .
For our little Group of 4 it was a fun evening with our wonderful hosts , Gill and her husband Bruce , who impressed us mightily as he was hugely outnumbered by NWR members ( Noisy or Notorious Women Reunited !). We had a thoroughly good weekend . Many thanks Pickering .
Di Sankey
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