The (f)route Breakfast - October

Early arrivals catching up.

The (f)route Breakfast Gathering

The Cassilis recreation reserve was the venue for the (f)route breakfast on the Saturday morning when the weather was a bit sulky and grey.

Tom was there early, putting up a bit of a shelter to prevent the food that was going to be brought by those attending, from getting wet. He suggested that by putting up the shelter there was a good chance the rain would stay away and it seemed he was right in his reckoning.

As it turns out in such situations, the table over which the shelter had been erected was more or less abandoned and the rain remained in abeyance.

Quite a few people arrived at the event in a slow stream and renewed their acquaintance from the night before, when there was a formal event organised and well attended at the Swifts Creek art gallery.

More I cannot add because we were called away early, but if someone would like to add something, please let me know.

(If you'd like to see a larger picture just click on it.)

Two Photos of the (f)route Breakfast from Annie

Enjoying the Company

    Some thoughts from Dierdre

The idea of the fruit breakfasts is one of community involvement, of

inclusiveness and of generosity, of getting together for a really pleasant

experience sharing a meal built around fruit which we might have grown or

sourced locally. It was so good to have had all the delicious contributions

of muffins and stewed and bottled fruit, thanks for those apricots Lindy Kyte.

To have people travelling from Bairnsdale, Val and Stuart McCann , Peter and

Marg Gardner and Andrea and Gary from Nowa Nowa was particularly heartening.

Catching up

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Deirdre has captured the spirit, in writing about the (f)route theme, of what the community far and wide are trying to accomplish here at the Cassilis recreation reserve and cemetery. With the sponsored trees and other improvements we hope to achieve, a connection much as Chaco demonstrated with her textile sculpture. A community linked with, to and of the area, the trees, the simple act of watering and watching them grow in ground that connect our individual land holdings no matter how distant. 

A community grateful for the shade, colour and beauty of each tree, appreciating each family that has sponsored them as a gift to the whole community and visitors to it. Showing our differences as individuals creates a community working together strengthening ties that connect us, creating and caring for something that will be a benefit and hopefully a source of pride to our children and grand children and generations yet unknown.

It's exciting to watch the trees silently grow and eventually join as a forest canopy protecting the land during the hot summers and welcoming the people who will pick the fruit, sit, shaded and enjoy the scenery and feel a comfort and contentment in summer.

Also open up so the weak, watery autumn and winter sun can warm the earth beneath them and see them naked, alive, ready to clothe themselves in finery when the ground has warmed enough and needs no more warmth to be congenial. Trees for all seasons, a community for all seasons.