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Dear Friends, I left you as we headed to
breakfast last Sunday. We shared a fun morning with lots of good conversations
and laughs. Wes came home to attack the garden again, and I made minestrone
soup with all the lovely fresh vegetables I had bought from John & Yvonne.
In the afternoon Wes and Barbara drove to the Williamstown Little Theatre to
see their latest production Morning
Departure, which they enjoyed.
On Monday it poured with rain nearly all
day – we had 34 mls, and apart from a short walk into town when the rain eased,
I spent the morning preparing for my Crime Fiction class that afternoon. Sadly
not everyone had prepared as thoroughly or read all the suggested authors, but
we did enjoy a spirited discussion of which other authors should have been
awarded 3 stars.
After gym Wes took Frodo to Andrew, the
vet, for an x-ray to find out what is wrong with his shoulder. The good news is
that he doesn’t have cancer or even arthritis by the look of things, so he will
have a month of tablets and the injury should clear up. We were very relieved
as you can imagine and tried to convey that news to Bilbo, who was lapping up
all the attention, but confused about where his brother had gone.
Archie
Hoolihan, (son of Mike & Kelly & grandson of Jeff & Kev), starting
school this month.
We were still without a clothes dryer, so
the airing cupboard is coming in for lots of use and the clothes horse sits
over the bedroom duct with sheets drying slowly. Hopefully Kiyo will find time
soon to visit with the new screw and normality will return.
Alexandra
Watt (grand-daughter of Carol Bruce) in her school photo – she has since lost
her two front teeth!
On Wednesday I played Mah Jong with Dot
& Valerie and we watched as the skies changed and the rain started to
bucket down. Dot had a very successful morning and managed to do something I
don’t remember seeing before – she had two bouquets – flowers and seasons, and
if that wasn’t enough, she went Mah Jong with a concealed
Purity Hand. Wes took Barbara to lunch at Gracenotes
Café and they got saturated trying to get back into her car. Meanwhile I
had an appointment at the Springs Medical
Centre (a great place to meet friends and chat while waiting) and managed
to get inside without getting too wet.
I arrived back home to find John Meir had
dropped in with some CDs for Wes to use for Rotary’s 60th Birthday
celebration last night. He stayed for quite a while and then couldn’t leave
until he had patted each dog equally.
On Thursday Wes took the boys for a short
early walk, we went to gym and then I caught up with Judi at Gracenotes Café. When Judi & Michael
first moved here, we somehow thought we would see each other constantly, but
that isn’t the case – there is so much to do and our paths don’t always cross.
I came home to a yummy pasta lunch made by Wes and a pair of very sleepy dogs.
The rain eased down which was good, but the wind was still chilly, although our
afternoon walk around the Lake was sheltered.
One of the very silly things that happen
when your local paper is produced by trainees from Bendigo is that the Under
17.5 Premiership team made the front page of The Advocate this week, and the triumphant Hepburn Seniors had to
look to the back page to celebrate their good win (not even a full team photo).
There were rumours that The Advocate office
would be ransacked, but hopefully common sense prevailed and there will be a front
page photo next week with a huge apology. If that wasn’t enough, the front page
usually gives the temperatures for the next few days and they were represented
by ?????, which is not very helpful at all.
Sadly Wes had to postpone a
much-anticipated Boys’ Golf Day at Trentham with Bobby, Mate & Tommy on
Friday. It had continued to rain during the week and he decided on Thursday
that it would be too wet underfoot and not a pleasant experience. We woke to
grey skies and rain again on Friday so his decision was vindicated. Instead we
had a meeting with Annemarie from the Rotary Art Show Committee and shared a
yummy risotto, courtesy of Wes, with her. It was so bleak that not even our
planned afternoon walk could eventuate. However, Kiyo appeared unexpectedly and
fixed the dryer, which was a bonus.
We enjoyed the Preliminary Final on Friday
night between Hawthorn & Geelong – a game to remember, and a gutsy,
fighting win by the Hawks. Last night’s game was never in doubt as the Dockers
were far too good for a tired, injured Sydney team, who never gave up.
Yesterday was a rare Spring day without
rain – we had the early shift selling Art Show raffle tickets in Vincent Street,
something we both enjoy, as it is a chance to catch up with locals and engage
with visitors. Brian’s painting is eye-catching – an evening scene outside Frangos & Frangos Hotel, and everyone
stops to admire it.
Wes spent the afternoon helping get the
Town Hall ready for Rotary’s 60th birthday party last night, where
he was the MC. There is always a lot to be done in preparation and then
afterwards and he brought home the painting & easel among other things. We
had decided I wouldn't go as I find big social night events exhausting and we
wouldn’t have been able to leave early if I had wanted to go. There were about
70 in attendance including John & Jan & Barbara, who took her own car.
We are planning a quiet day today and Wes
hopes to get into the garden when the rain stops. The boys are sleeping while
they wait for the call to go to the Market.
Sir
Donald Bradman – our latest rose
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