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| A sweet little car, Porsche 356B |
I
know, ever since I’ve started writing for magazines and newspapers I’ve been
slack as with the blog. But things have
been progressing nicely.
Except
with the building of the house, where things haven’t been progressing at
all. We need to have the car’s engine
finished so we can flog it, which will in turn finance the rest of the house
(most of it).
But
we are still waiting for the wretched mechanic to finish work on the
Porsche. Even though he keeps assuring
us there is only six weeks’ work left to do, that counts for nothing when he’s
doing precisely no work at all.
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| Antique textile woodblocks will be at Collectorama |
It’s
been over ten years – yes, you read correctly, TEN YEARS that we’ve been
waiting. And now he’s getting all
indignant that we’re being unreasonably impatient in wanting it finished right
now.
Do
I want to throttle him? Yes. Yes I do.
But
rather than kill the mechanic, we embarked on a hunt to find a new guy. The challenge was to find someone with the
skills and experience to work on a vintage Porsche 356B, because they have
special engines that are nothing like those in modern cars.
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| Vintage pictures will be at Collectorama |
And
yay, we have finally found someone. Unfortunately
the new guy, as with all other mechanics working on vintage Porsches in
Australia, still has to deal with our current mechanic to get specialist
parts. So there’s no escaping him.
But
at least we can now be reasonably certain that the job will be finished before
we die. And the old mechanic can be
reasonably certain that he won’t encounter me in my Ninja Assassin outfit any
time soon.
And
that means we can recommence building the rest of the house. Yay! And
maybe even go on a small buying trip, but we’ll see.
Meanwhile, Collectorama at the Nambour Showground
is upon us, this coming Saturday. We’ve
got heaps of new things to offer, so I’m feeling excited about putting on a
good display with interesting pieces.
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| French, English, Australian & Indian pieces |
We’ve
taken a break from the Caloundra Street Fair until the end of March, when we’ll
be back with a vengeance.
But
the Yandina Market has just announced that it now wants it’s stallholders to
arrive at 4am, so that’s definitely out.
Really, 4am? It’s not going to
happen. That edict might be cancelled,
because the regular stallholders are unhappy vegemites about it, but we’ll find
out soon.
Meanwhile,
I’ve been enjoying writing a variety of feature articles for newspapers and
magazines. Last week I had half-page newspaper
features published on Tuesday and Saturday, and this month I have a two page travel
and shopping feature coming up in the magazine Antiques & Collectables for Pleasure & Profit, which is the
first of a series they have commissioned.
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| I'll be in this a lot in 2015 |
The
Antiques magazine has also commissioned another six two-page features from me
so far this year, three as part of my travel series and three random subjects
of my choice.
I’ve also got a feature
coming up with a travel magazine, I’ve pitched a few more so we’ll see what
happens there, and today I was offered the role of media publicist for the King
of the Mountain footrace.
This race
attracts international competitors and is ridiculously hard, and I think I can
write something interesting about it. I’m
not sure if I’ll take on the publicity role yet, but probably I will.
So
yay, this writing gig is progressing nicely.
But
the big thing this week is the reprieve from Certain Death for the mechanic,
and Collectorama on Saturday, 7 March.
You know I have already written an article on this Fair (which is in the current edition of the Antiques magazine, pictured above), so it’s safe
for you to visit without me taking notes and embarrassing photos. If you can come by to say hello, you’ll be
welcome.
