We started our week
with a lovely breakfast at The Food Gallery, where Janine was a
surprise attendee, just back from a trip with family on The Ghan to the
Northern Territory. She had some good stories and we enjoyed sharing them.
Our whole weekend had
been based around listening to the results of the ABC Radio Classic 100
composers and we had to forgo much of our usual footy listening as we were
spellbound hearing the wonderful music being played. Beethoven won & was
celebrated by an hour of his works. We had both picked Tchaikovsky as our
number one & he wasn’t disgraced coming in at number 4. Most of the ten I
voted for made it into the 100, although Lėo Delibes, creator of the exquisite
Flower Duet from the opera, Lakmė, was a surprise omission in my view.
Back: Warwick, Rohan,
Terry, Liam, Brian & Anthony Front: George,
Michelle, Chiara, Michael, Mikaela, Paun, Mary & Dante
Paun, Brian, Liam,
Warwick & Rohan Fell all came to Melbourne to celebrate Una Fell’s 90th
birthday in Lang Lang. As well they fitted in a visit to Michelle & George,
who had invited everyone to their place for a catch up.
I headed off to the
MCG on Monday for the Queen’s Birthday traditional game between Collingwood
& Melbourne, which was enhanced by the Big Freeze slide. This year the
sliders were retired sportspeople, mostly AFL footballers & Nick Riewoldt
raised the bar with his wonderful performance as Freddie Mercury.
The Pies played well
enough to beat the Demons, who sadly couldn’t make the best of their
opportunities. I caught up with
David Castles, who was attending his second game – the first was 57 years ago!
Afterwards I went back
to Northcote where I was staying over with Danny Millman. We headed out for a
yummy Vietnamese meal and shared a bottle of Rutherglen red to celebrate.
The next day I visited
Leanne in Strathmore, where we caught up on news & were able to get some
things done before I headed home for a joyous welcome from all three boys. Wes
had done a great job being father & mother for 30 hours.
On Wednesday it was
probably the wettest day we can remember in the Hepburn Shire. Our rain gauge
showed 50mls and there was water everywhere. Sandra came to clean & Wes
& I headed to Ballarat to see the film, Red Joan, starring
Judi Dench. This turned out to be an interesting & provocative true story
set in Cambridge.
We had booked lunch at
Tuki in Smeaton to celebrate our 49th Anniversary and
what a great decision that was. The fire was roaring, the welcome was personal
& special & we enjoyed Tuki trout & lamb washed down by a bottle of
St Ignatius Cabernet. Thanks to Jan & Rob Jones for another memorable
visit.
On Thursday, Wes
caught up with Barbara, who had agreed to the change of day, and I spent some
time with Judi, who had lots to tell me. We were at The Food Gallery
and knew just about everyone who was in there – one of the joys of living in a
small town. In the afternoon I had a facial with Emma, which is always a
luxurious pamper at EKO.
On Friday I had set
myself the goal of renewing our insurances, which are all due on 1st
July. I had been very happy with the insurers we were using until our renewals
arrived & the total cost was $600 more than last year. We hadn’t made a claim,
& our car are devaluing rapidly, so I decided to shop around. I was
impressed with the policies & prices offered by Seniors Insurance Agency
and moved all three covers to them, for $100 less than we had paid in 2018.
We both took our eyes
off Morse during the morning & discovered he had been getting muddy again
Yesterday we started
the day with breakfast at Cliffy’s where Wes had porridge & I
enjoyed baked eggs with spinach in a tomato sauce. We came home to chores – Wes
washed & vacuumed the cars, while I did millions of loads of washing,
mostly dog towels after our very wet week.
We had hoped to get to
the local footy in the afternoon, but I was too tired to venture out and baked
a fruit cake while watching St Kilda have a narrow win against the Gold Coast
in Townsville.
That night, Carlton
was playing the Western Bulldogs, a team they had beaten earlier in the year,
and by the sound of the crowd at the Docklands Stadium, expected to beat again.
The first half was awful from the Blues point of view, but they had a wonderful
3rd quarter & were in front for a while. In the last quarter, the
Doggies ran all over them & we turned off the TV, after checking the World
Cup cricket, with about 10 minutes to go. When we were finally in bed, I looked
at the footy score to discover that Carlton had owned the last 10 minutes,
kicking 5 goals, 1 behind & went down by only 3 points. We’ll have to watch
the replay of those minutes as it must have been very nerve-wracking.
Big excitement all
round as Carlton kicks an important goal!
We’re off to the
Sunday Market shortly & then are joining 6 others for breakfast at The
Food Gallery. There is more rain expected, but not until this
afternoon, so we might both get a chance to do some gardening before it
arrives.
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