Dear Friends, when the Blues finally ran
all over Richmond last Sunday afternoon, the mood certainly lightened at our
house. Our guests, Barbara, Glenda & Joe, were all barracking hard,
although Joe sees every Carlton error as an umpiring conspiracy, which does make
it difficult for him to be at all objective about anything happening on a footy
field. Everyone had brought yummy afternoon tea food and we provided wine and
cheese.
The
Carlton bag at beautiful Trentham
On Monday I woke exhausted after our very
social past three days, so Wes decided to play golf on his own, and I stayed in
bed until 8am reading the Age and doing the crosswords. Then I went for an
hour’s walk and decided that was it for the day. On Tuesday we went to gym,
then parted ways – Wes to the doctor and me to do the shopping before spending
a very enjoyable 90 minutes with Emma at EKO having a facial.
Wednesday we woke to rain and Frodo
favouring his shoulder again. Fortunately we still had some tablets to give him
and decided to give it 24 hours before going back to Andrew the vet. Wes had a
busy day – he and Barbara had a lunchtime Hepburn Voices interview with Danny
Spooner at Gracenotes Café followed
by drinks with Glenn Mack at the Daylesford
Hotel. I played Mah Jong with Dot & Valerie – when we weren’t chatting
of course – lots to catch up on.
Our good friends, Gail & Terry are
having a wonderful trip overseas this month and Gail is keeping us amused with
a daily blog of their activities. They are in Malta at present and bringing
back lots of lovely memories for us with their photos and stories.
On
the ferry from Valetta to Gozo in 2010
I have been spending any free time I have
reading Crime Fiction novels by 17 authors who have been given 3 stars by The Purloined Letter Society in
preparation for a U3A class on Monday afternoon. We have to discuss whether we
agree with the ratings given by the Society and argue our case for other
authors to be included. Amazingly, P D James gets one star as they have only
considered her early work and not the brilliant novels featuring Adam
Dalgliesh, so I will be arguing for her inclusion. The only women on the list
are Donna Leon and Maj Sjowal (who co-wrote with Per Wahloo) – Dorothy L Sayers
would be turning in her grave with horror at receiving only 2 stars and those
for Nine Tailors & Gaudy Night only.
After gym on Thursday I went for a fringe
trim with Adam at Spice only to
discover he finished up yesterday as he has lost his licence for 12 months. He
lives in Maryborough and can’t get to Daylesford on public transport, so is
hoping for a job in Ballarat which he can get to by train.
Wes
loving the Globe Theatre, London
On Friday it was too cold to play golf 2°
(but felt like -2°), so we decided to go to Regent Cinemas at Ballarat, where
there was a special $25 Gold Class ticket including tea/coffee and a slice. We
saw Now You See Me, which was good
fun – not a must-see film, but very entertaining. We couldn’t think of anywhere
nice to eat in Ballarat and the wind was freezing, so came back here and got
the best table at Gracenotes Café,
where we enjoyed a very yummy lunch. We were still there at 2.30pm when
Barbara, Jan & John arrived for an early afternoon tea, so they joined our
table and we caught up on everyone’s news.
Emperor
of Russia – our latest camellia
Yesterday I walked into town as I had a few
chores to do and nothing too heavy to carry home, while Wes washed the boys and
vacuumed the cars. Joe Rozen popped in to talk Carlton with Wes and after he
left I washed the cars to complete their transformation. Wes continued his
assault on the garden, filling a green bin with weeds, and planting pumpkin
seeds, baby eggplant and cabbages in the back garden.
I had hoped to visit Viva during the past
week, but Smokey the cat hasn’t been well, so we decided to postpone my visit
until Leanne could take full advantage of it and have a morning off. Warren’s
aunt, Joan, or the Cressy Crone as
she calls herself in emails to me, has just returned home after six weeks in
rehab, after suffering a fall. I do miss her lovely wit and clever emails when
she doesn’t have easy access to her computer. This photo of our weeping
Japanese maple is especially for Joan.
We are about to head off for breakfast –
Wes is slowly recovering from Carlton’s loss to the Swans last night, and the
boys are looking forward to toast after enjoying cabbage at the Sunday Market. Apparently,
it was a wild night in town after Hepburn won the local premiership yesterday.
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