It's a long weekend here in Sydney, Australia and the Herbster and I have been making the most of it. We took time out of our house/shed repairs yesterday to go watch the
Sydney Swans vs
West Coast Eagles at the SCG (Sydney Cricket Ground) OMGoodness what a game. It has to have been one of the most exciting games we've been to in a long time and we've been
Swans members with the same amazing seats for the last 17yrs! There was a lot going on at half time so we didn't see ourselves up on the big score board this time but here's our photo from Instagram (I'm #wirgie101) , it was still sunny, hence my new specs being a little dark...
Here's some of the shots from previous games that have made it up onto the scoreboard, it's fun using that hashtag and see yourselves up there....
#goSwans!
This is the great view we get from our seats, the players come out of the race just to the left of us, those banners are huge! We are 5 rows from the boundary line, half way between both goal posts, the best view ever and we are blessed with these seats!
They also played this great song by Paul Kelly & Dan Sultan in honor of Adam Goodes. Finally after all these years, the AFL have apologized to Adam for the disgraceful way he was treated during that infamous final quarter game which saw a very ugly side to some fans. We were at that game and many afterwards and it was heart breaking to witness poor Adam's treatment! We got behind Adam and we supported our best number 37 ever!
Here is a link to a news item that has recently appeared. A movie has been made about this too, we are looking forward to seeing it!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-07/afl-apologises-unreservedly-for-failures-over-adam-goodes-racism/11191880And here is another. Adam deserved that Australian of the year award and he deserves all the respect in the world!
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/play-the-final-quarter-in-adam-goodess-boots/news-story/fe218fcf51838f13688436337e6dabc1
Racism is disgusting, we are all human beings, we are all made of the same stuff on the inside. In this day and age of multi media pushed into our faces, it's good to have something like this to remind us that we are all on this planet together, we are all 'brothers & sisters', we are all the same, putting our pants on one leg at a time. No one should have been put through what Adam was put through. Sitting amongst that Collingwood game was quite frightening and to be honest, it's rare I got to any Sydney vs Collingwood games these days. (They've been on week nights so that's made it hard to get to them anyway) but I dislike with a passion that some fans can be so darn disgusting.
Okay, I've said my 'musings' for today. Time to go do some creating and also see what else I can do to help the Herbster. All hail NRMA insurance, we are getting a whole new roof on all of our house, our garage and the awnings up the back off the garage, new ceiling and electrical wiring/repairs to the back of the house and new lighting as well. A lot more damage was done to our place than we knew about during those storms earlier this year. Remember those storms earlier this year and our house being flooded ? Yeah, things are looking up at Hampson's Hovel, to the roof LOL.
byee for now and remember,
happy stamping, colouring & creating!
