What a
busy Sunday we had last week. Bilbo & I had a fun time at the market &
collected Wes for breakfast, where we were joined by David & Bam Bam, after
a few weeks’ absence. Barbara was well enough to attend, but didn’t get too
close to anyone in case she was still infectious.
Wes &
I got into the garden – he needed to finish Barbara’s lawns & had bought
some seedlings which were anxious to be planted. I put the tomatoes into
separate pots in the greenhouse & transferred the coriander & baby
spinach into the boxes on the decking. I also planted Italian parsley straight
into one of the boxes & put up plenty of shiny stuff to deter the birds
from investigating.
Wes asked for a yellow plant from the
Sunday Market, but there were no complaints when I brought home a small pot of
Lavender Sensation White!
In the
early afternoon, Wes went with Barbara to put Bobby into the cattery as Barbara
was having new double-glazed windows installed this week & didn’t need to
be worrying about an escaping cat.
On Monday,
after gym, Wes & I met for breakfast at Larder to celebrate the anniversaries of our retirements – me on 2nd
October 2000 & him on 11 October 2002. Those work days seem far behind us
now. We enjoyed delicious meals before
heading home – Wes to work in the front garden & me to do some computer
work. I went for a walk up to the Post Office afterwards with some mail &
was delighted as I passed the Daylesford Primary School to see the children
marching back into class after playtime, to the strains of We’re from Tigerland. Today was the first day of school since the
Grand Final & it was a lovely gesture by the Principal to celebrate
Richmond’s historic win. In fact, the tune played so often I wondered if he was
a Tiger supporter himself!
Happy photo of rellos – Leigh, Kev, Anka,
Jeff & Peter at Lincolnshire last week.
Wes was
due to show the film Victoria &
Abdul on Tuesday morning, but the cinema wasn’t allowed to screen it until
Friday, plus work started on the Rex Arcade, so Tuesday films are now finished
until the new cinema opens in some weeks’ time. It was a perfect day in
Victoria, so we took advantage of the morning off – I went for a long walk into
& around town, while Wes did wonderful lots of weeding in the garden. I
felt guilty on my return & did a bit as well.
Judi had
given me a beautiful jigsaw called Tea
Time featuring a small girl giving her teddies a tea party, while the
Labrador is snaffling the cakes when her back is turned. I have been dying to
do it & decided after my latest batch of beanies, that I had earned a break
& could spend some of my relaxing time on the jigsaw.
Dot wasn’t
well enough for Mah Jong, so I came home after a muffin at the café. Wes had
taken the Mazda 6 to Ballarat to have the passenger air-bag replaced & when
he arrived back, he visited Barbara to see how she was going. He had collected
her cat, Bobby, for her the day before.
We decided
to go to the Regent Cinemas in Ballarat on Thursday morning to see Victoria & Abdul & loved the
film. Judi Dench is at her finest & most memorable yet again in a beautiful
portrayal of Queen Victoria in a little-known true story of her friendship with
an Indian, who was chosen to present her with a gift.
We had
lunch at Boathouse Daylesford on our
return & enjoyed a glass of merlot with our perfectly cooked calamari. Wes
had read on Facebook that Joe Rozen was in Daylesford Hospital, so visited him
there after a 2pm appointment at the Men’s Shed. Joe has reacted to medication,
so he will be in hospital for a few days while the doctors get him back to
normal. I had been told that another friend, Trish, was also in hospital in
intensive care in Melbourne, after falling while walking her dog.
Good news with a very happy Andrew Kierce
& his fiancée, Kate, & their daughter, Lily Rose, born on 9th
October.
Yesterday,
we were delighted to have been invited to share in the wedding of Jessica
Lazzaro to Eri Carbajal-Ruiz at St Andrew’s Conservatory at the Pumphouse Hotel
in Fitzroy. Wes had his new pink shirt from Hong Kong to wear, but I discovered
the top I was going to wear no longer sat nicely, so did a panic buy at
Creswick Woollen Mills shop in Daylesford on Friday morning, which turned out
to be a much better alternative after all. It was a beautiful day here &
even better in Melbourne where the weather was slightly warmer.
We really
enjoyed the wedding, which had a decidedly Mexican flavour, in honour of the
groom. After a simple ceremony, we spent time in the bar with the other guests,
while Jess & Eri had their photos taken. We were seated at a table with Jess’s
brothers, David & Ben, & their lovely families. It was wonderful to
catch up with their wives, Helen & Leanne, as well as their offspring –
Jessica, Maya & Daniel; & Jack & Olivia, who were page boy &
girl. I hope to have photos next week.
We arrived
back here just after midnight, so it’s going to be a very quiet day for Bilbo
& I. We’ve been to the Sunday Market, shared breakfast at The Food Gallery with friends & now
it’s time to rest. Wes is screening Victoria
& Abdul this afternoon & we’ll all be in bed early tonight!
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