Sunday, 31 March 2013
Dear Friends, Happy Easter to you all. It
is raining gently here as I sit typing this, so Wes has abandoned thoughts of
gardening and is reading the Sunday Age
instead. We’re not long home from a most enjoyable breakfast with everyone –
Jan told us about giving someone a lift and discovering he was wearing a
moonboot because he’d been shot in the foot; Gail & Terry were praising a
hotel in Castlemaine, The Public Inn, where
they had been fed & watered well last night; we were all awash with Easter
eggs, and Bilbo & Frodo were given lots of toast & vegemite.
This
is Bilbo & Frodo watching the footy on Thursday night.
Wes has been busy this week with lots of
Ancestry, and he has found a new strain in the family – the Barkers, so I told
him that the 1998 Booker Prize winner was a Barker, and he should check it out!
He also visited David Reilly in Bullarto South; where David is recovering from
a double knee reconstruction, accompanied Barbara to hydro in Ballarat; enjoyed
a long brunch at Bocconcini with Jon
Stephens who was in town for the week; briefly popped into Rotary which was meeting
at the newly revamped Daylesford Hotel;
unsuccessfully barracked for the Blues against the Tigers on Thursday night, although
he was pleased that they came back from a 6 goal deficit at ¾ time to lose by 5
points, and found a red rain-jacket to replace the one he gave away a couple of
years ago.
Meanwhile, I made tomato pasta sauce to use
up our roma tomatoes, which have flourished this week; had my fingernails &
toenails beautified; finally got back to gym, and had the amusing experience of
turning up for a massage with Ann as she backed out of her driveway in
preparation for a busy day!
On Good Friday we had a lovely walk to
Jubilee Lake and back with the boys. Kim Lyden had offered to bake Hot Cross
buns for us and delivered them on Thursday afternoon fresh out of the oven, so
we indulged in them first, then off for the walk. It was perfect weather and we
saw no-one for most of the two hours we were out.
Karen
making the boys sit to receive their pears as a reward for reaching Soda Spring
at Jubilee Lake on Good Friday
Yesterday I drove to Melbourne to visit
Viva for a couple of hours. She looks good and enjoyed the time, while Leanne
was able to go to an appointment and do some shopping without worrying. Leanne
arrived back with a giant marrow bone for the boys that we will give them tomorrow
morning, after Wes saws it in half. I was tired by the time I arrived back
here, so spent the afternoon barracking for underdogs in the footy and was
delighted when the Doggies were able to record their first win in months.
We are off to London on Tuesday for Leigh
and Simon’s wedding, which is next Saturday, 6th April. When I got
home yesterday, Wes proudly announced he was just about packed, so the pressure
has been on me and I am pleased to report that my suitcase is nearly full –
mostly with gifts we are taking to Leigh & Simon & Jennifer! We are
travelling to a country which is experiencing its coldest March in 50 years, so
we check the weather daily to see if it will be better by the time we arrive,
and we seem to be in luck.
After 5 days staying at Radisson Blu Edwardian
Hotel in Covent Garden, (which is walking distance from The Ivy, where the reception will be), we are collecting a car and
driving to Wales to stay for a week in a cottage at Hay-on-Wye, the original book town. We have a framed Brian Nash
print of Clunes, our book town, to
give to our host and hostess when we arrive.
I’ll
try and keep in touch via Facebook & my blog while we are away and should
be back sending Sunday Dispatches on 21st April. If you want to get
in touch, please feel free to send email, Skype or Viber messages as we should be able to get them all on our
laptop & phones, unless they are frozen solid!
We are missing quite a bit of footy while
we are away including the Collingwood vs Carlton game next Sunday afternoon –
the first meeting of the new Carlton coach with his old side! Could be a good
one to be watching on the other side of the world!!
Enjoy your chocolate courtesy of the
Easter Bilby
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