The annual Alphington Show and always hilarious Alphington Dog Show are once again coming up at the end of March. So … as you sit at home of an evening think about your hobby - be it crochet, knitting, whittling, baking, preserving, gardening or bread making - you should also think about entering!

Imagine how proud you would be to be crowned the local 2023 WiNNER of best local jam (for example).

You can find all categories and download the application forms on our website. So keep a look out for the details … and we hope you join in!

Lovely to see local events like the Fairfield Primary School art show starting again after the Covid hiatus.

I (Leanne) made some stools for them to auction off (even though my kids aren’t there anymore) and added a bit of spruiking of our lovely community centre into the event in the banter that went with the auction!

Hope you went along … aren’t we lucky to live in a such a great creative community.

After the wild weather on the long weekend we came back to sticks everywhere. Some found their way into Still.Life this week.

Our lovely local friend Ina, who is also on the ACC Committee of Governance, is currently a Democracy Ambassador, and is encouraging people to both enrol to vote (she’s asked us to remind you to make sure any newly minted 18 year olds in your family/friendship circle have enrolled) and also making sure that those eligible to be a ‘general postal voter’ due to age or illness or disability - know that they can have the paperwork sent to them … so they don’t have to rock up on the day to the voting station to put their two bobs in.

If you are interested in finding our more about becoming a general postal voter here is the link. Thanks Ina.

Daisies in our still.life paintings this week. What will it be next week? If you have some flowers 💐 in your garden to update one or all of our artworks please don’t hesitate to add them in or change out the arrangements. They’re on the fence awaiting your inspiration!

Thanks Yarra City Arts for supporting this participatory art project.