Dear Friends, I am sending this a day early this week as we
are off to Melbourne after breakfast tomorrow. We are hoping to fit in a short
visit with Viva before heading to Bundoora to celebrate Michael Millman’s 60th
birthday and catch up with him, Danny & all the Millman clan.
Today was to have been spent relaxing, indulging in Saturday’s
Age and perhaps a spot of gardening etc. Instead we realized after about 3
hours of being unable to get the internet that our modem had died in yesterday’s
lightning strikes. I headed up to Jenkin & Thomas to get a new one
and discovered that all John & Tim had done all morning was sell modems and
phones to locals who were in the same boat. However, John had a spare modem at
home, so he went home, got it and sold it to me for a very reasonable price. We
then spent a couple of hours installing it – not the best of times – but everything
is now working again and the Age hasn’t been touched!
The next morning after a leisurely start, we took them to Gracenotes
Café for breakfast, then to Jubilee Lake for a walk and chat before
they headed back to Strathmore to spend the afternoon with Viva and Leanne.
Yesterday morning
we finally held the Annual Heather Andrew Trophy golf tournament, which Terry
won hands down. He was generously handicapped to take his 12 months absence
from the game into account and he proceeded to take full advantage and win most
of the holes. John made par on 6 holes, but couldn’t take a hole off Terry, the
only one who did was Jan, and she won two. We repaired to the Trentham Bakery
afterwards and discovered to our amazement that bread was available, even
though it was Tuesday. This bakery is famous for not baking bread on Monday or
Tuesday – we are dying to know what has caused this seismic change in routine!
Terry White in
correct golf regalia with ancient bag & cart as well
We had hoped to go to Melbourne yesterday to visit Viva and
stay on for the opening round of the Pre-Season footy at Docklands, but Viva
was understandably too tired for more visitors and we decided to stay home
instead… a decision we were very happy with when the afternoon brought thunder,
lightning and heavy showers. There was a small fire caused by lightning between
Daylesford & Hepburn, and a two-car accident outside the Lake
House, when a young girl lost control of her car in the wet conditions.
She ended up hitting a tree and not the oncoming vehicle, and was taken to
hospital as a precaution only.
Tonight Wes is going to Sunbury to catch up with old
friends, Lyn & Terry, who have an annual barbecue in February. He enjoys
spending time with them and won’t stay too late because of our big day
tomorrow.
Wes, the pizza maker, hard at work
Apart from that we’ve done lots of our usual activities,
including attending a U3A lunch at the Food Gallery, where I joined Judi, John
& Jan at a table for 4. We enjoyed a very generous & yummy lunch and
Toni, the owner, was thrilled to see us there. John & Jan have headed off
to Adelaide today, with a much-improved Gypsy sitting between them on her new
comfy bed.
Wes & I played
golf on Wednesday – no mist, but we did see a turkey on the road, which is a
first! I spent some time with Glenn Mack, who goes in for his second knee operation
on Monday, and Wes accompanied Barbara to Ballarat for hydrotherapy. I had a
good visit with my doctor, Greg Stewart, who was pleased with my progress. And
whenever we could we watched the Swedish Kurt Wallander, whose acting ability
amazes us. We are hooked completely and I don’t care if I never see Kenneth
Branagh in the role again!!
Me at the U3A lunch
– don’t know what happened to the photo of all of us!
We are about to
down mice and watch Black Caviar hopefully win the race named after her, on a
perfect day, with a big crowd at Flemington behind her. It would be wonderful
to be there as she may not race again here.
Talk to you again next weekend xx
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