Dear Friends, thank you to everyone who gave me positive feedback about the new layout. It is nice to know you are still reading after all these years. I am penning this before going to the footy, where I will meet up with Jane & David Knox at the MCG for the big Collingwood vs Melbourne clash. It is a glorious day here, hope the weather is similar in Melbourne after the terrible smog caused by volcanic ash, which has grounded over 30,000 travellers so far.
Warren, Denise, Ray, Dot & John Anderson 1964
Jane Danaher as the Queen 1991 Murder Weekend
There’s not a lot to report this week from me. I continued to have no energy, but got good results from blood & urine tests, so Dr Greg suggested I have a complete checkout with a specialist physician in Ballarat and I am waiting an appointment time. The weather has improved so I have been walking each day, during the warmest time, which is early afternoon, and Wes brought the exercise bike indoors so I can get some kms up on that as well, much to the amusement of the boys.
Warren, Denise, Ray, Dot & John Anderson 1964
Wes took his sister, Denise, to see ‘The Gift’, the latest play by Joanna Murray-Smith, on Monday night and they both enjoyed it, as well as spending time together. He had done a further training session in interviewing techniques for ‘Hepburn Voices’ with Di, John and Barbara in attendance. Later in the week he addressed the Senior Citizens and found plenty of willing interviewees. He and John did their first interview with Ian Tinetti and there was so much material that they will need to do a follow-up.
As well he went to ‘Dudley House’, a gracious old B&B in Hepburn Springs, which has been bought by Bruce & Ros Bavin, for a Rotary fellowship evening, where Ron Brown stole the show with his signature dish of pumpkin soup. We had decided I would not try to go out at night until my asthma improved and that has been a very sensible decision.
The highlight of the week was definitely on that night, while I was lying in bed reading and listening to a strange noise that sounded as though one of the boys was playing with a marble. As we don’t have marbles lying on the floor as a general rule, I decided to get up and investigate, just as Frodo succeeded in rocking the glass chopping board close enough to the edge of the kitchen bench to enable him to reach the minestrone soup container, which I had left there while my portion heated on the stove. The resultant mess covered the floor, windows, cupboard doors, fridge, oven and dishwasher and the two boys settled down very happily to clean it up. As I had come into the kitchen, I had to walk past Bilbo who was looking up at me in fright as if to say – it wasn’t my idea, I know you don’t approve of this – but once it was done, he had no scruples in enjoying in the spoils.
Wes has been wonderful all week with his care and concern, and we were both disappointed to have to postpone a wonderful lunch we had been anticipating for quite a while – the Robinsons, Gibsons, and surprise guests, Stevensons – we were all to meet at the European Café in Spring Street, but it will have to wait for another day. I went to the doctor instead and got good advice, which I am following.
On Saturday, Wes spent some time with Barbara as she is going to do some administrative work on ‘Hepburn Voices’, then we went to the Pantechnicon Gallery to support local Rotarian, Wayne Robbie, who had a new exhibition opening with the artist, Robert Knight, in attendance and painting as we watched. Then we drove to Ballarat where Wes collected our vacuum cleaner which had been in hospital. I enjoyed the change of scenery and later a walk around the Lake in the sunshine.
Yesterday we had a full house at breakfast, so Kim put us in the back room which is lovely and warm and fed us lots of lovely things. We brought the boys back home, and then Wes drove us to Melbourne to see Carlton maul the Brisbane Lions at Docklands. We caught up with Ben Lazzaro before the match, which is always a pleasure.
Afterwards we decided to drive back home in daylight and have a quick early dinner together at the Farmers Arms to celebrate our Anniversary. We sat next to the fire, had a great chat with Ken Matheson, a North Melbourne supporter who had flown up and back to the Gold Coast the previous day to see Brent Harvey break the record for most number of games for his team. Then we were joined by a couple from Northcote, who have a beef farm in Albury, and we enjoyed speaking with them, before our meals, the first from the kitchen, came out. We were home by 7pm and I went straight to bed and had a good sleep for a change.
Wes is going to drive me to the Ballan Station and collect me again on my return, so he continues to spoil me, as I wouldn’t be able to drive the distance yet. Our friend, John Smith, suggested yesterday that I would be chewing my nails at 4.30pm today, hope he is wrong!
Great Cartoon in last Monday’s Herald Sun post Collingwood – St Kilda match
PS. If you haven’t yet been sent this link to You Tube, you may enjoy it, especially the dog lovers amongst us - http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=EVwlMVYqMu4&vq=medium#t=125
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