More (Creeping City)

I have wondered how it is that for many years the block of land on the corner opposite St.Silas church on the Pakenham road has remained vacant.

Not for much longer.

I have picked wild carrot flowers on this plot for many years

The backyard of the house in background ( my old friend Ida's) has been subdivided off  and  all trees and shrubs removed prior to more construction.
 

I do not resent this development which is smack bang in middle of town and inevitable, sad as it is in my selfishness that that the landscape along my walk is changing so rapidly. You would think there would have been a building on this site at sometime previously given its central location, but not so in my 32 years in Gembrook. I must ask one of the Gembrook lifetimers. I have been asked to do a talk for the Gembrook senior citizens on April 10, so there'll be an opportunity then. My friend Joyce Begg who gave me the invite grew up on the property on the other corner (where now the community centre stands) which was a dairy farm in her childhood. I'm flattered to be asked so I accepted. I can choose my own topic and should be OK with a general talk about my activities and livelihood at Chamomile Farm. I loathe public speaking but can't seem to get away from it.