Dear
Friends, it has been a busy few days since I returned from Sydney. While I was
away, Wes visited Leanne, had a haircut, cooked Glenn Mack & Barbara
Simpson a meat meal, ate lots of bacon which he shared with Bilbo, washed,
ironed, made meals, washed up, gardened, watched footy, read and slept! I
arrived back with only my own washing to worry about and with everywhere
looking neat, tidy and clean.
I
didn’t go to see the Tuesday film, but had a haircut and manicure instead. It
was particularly cold & windy with snow promised later in the day. Apart
from a flurry around 1.30pm, we went to bed without any sign of snow, but
wakened the next morning to discover we were covered in the stuff.
Greenhouse, fountain
& backyard views
Front yard, street
& decking views
Everyone was very excited and FB was full of photos of white fields,
snowmen, cars, trees and even cows covered in snow. Bilbo didn’t venture out at
all – very happy to stay warm inside. I headed off to Mah Jong, where we were
seated at a new table under the heater, which was wonderful until it turned
itself off!
Table set for Mah Jong
with Tommy in the background having his breakfast & catching up on the news
Wes
went over to see what he could do for Barbara, but the weather prevented him
from doing any outside chores and once the district nurse arrived, he was
banished back home to computer work.
It
was dry but very misty on Thursday and the boys walked early before the mist
came right down and made it impossible to see beyond our back fence. The
rosellas & magpies were glad to see me back, especially when I strewed
birdseed on the lawns and on Fawlty Towers for them.
I
had lunch with Rhonda Lubin at Cliffy’s, where we enjoyed a lovely thick soup
and caught up on our respective travels. Cliffy’s was busy with everyone
getting out of the cold. Later Wes visited Janine Hawker to help her with
computer issues, which gave me no excuse not to cook special fried rice for
dinner, which I did!
Bilbo
& I had hoped to walk on Friday, but it was foggy, wet and cold, so we
decided to give it a miss, as the weather in Trentham would have been worse.
After shopping at Coles, where Mari & Wendy had missed me the previous
Friday, I met Judi at the Food Gallery where we enjoyed some jasmine tea and
toast and updated each other on our news.
Later
that afternoon, we met friends, David & Penny Reilly at the Daylesford
Hotel for drinks and a discussion on her upcoming poetry reading session with
the current Indian poet laureate.
Yesterday
we finally had sunshine and warmth – we had arranged to meet Gail & Terry
White for lunch at Boathouse Daylesford and what an inspired spot it was. We
enjoyed a yummy meal, lovely wine and some strenuous debates with Gail, who
likes to instigate debates, especially when she thinks we won’t agree with her
point of view!
The
Pies were very disappointing at the Adelaide Oval last night against the Crows.
Glad I wasn’t there! Shortly I will be off to the Sunday Market – Bilbo can’t
wait…and breakfast at the Food Gallery to follow.
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