We were joined by
David & Sandy, Jan & Janine for breakfast & talk centred around
Sandy’s recent trip to Russia, which she organised for 97 female artists from
around the world. We are most impressed with her skills and enjoyed browsing
through the catalogue of paintings which she brought with her. Before breakfast
we had walked the boys around Lake Daylesford & watched the mist come down
everywhere. At the Sunday Market everyone was delighted to see Lewis &
Morse in their coats (which once belonged to Bilbo & Frodo, when they were
fully grown, not 7 months old).
Back home again, we
revved up Saturday’s open fire, I made a big pot of minestrone & we stayed
inside & let the fog & rain do whatever it pleased. Sadly, the Blues
didn’t do the right thing by themselves or their supporters & after a
promising start, let the Saints dominate the game. Wes was most disappointed
yet again.
We were thrilled to
have a few falls of snow on Monday morning. It was so cold when we walked
around the lake, we were convinced that snow was imminent. Wes had hoped to
spend the morning in the back garden but that was impossible in the rain. I
went to gym, where everyone was moaning & planning their Winter breaks in
warmer climates.
When it was foggy and
raining again on Tuesday, we headed to Regent Cinemas, Ballarat, as we were
very keen to see the Kenneth Branagh film All is True. We were so pleased we
did. We arrived in time to have a hot drink in the café before joining about 10
others in a very comfortable Cinema 2 just before the film started. We were
spellbound for the hour & forty minutes, enjoying the stunning acting of
Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh & Ian McLellan. It was a great storyline, beautifully
written, directed & acted.
On Wednesday, Wes
spent the morning with Barbara as usual. Dot couldn’t play Mah Jong, so I went
to Muffins
& More after gym for my usual muffin & pot of tea, allowing
Sandra to clean the house without me under her feet. It’s bad enough having to
work around Lewis & Morse, who love her to bits.
Andrew Mengyel &
his partner, David Smith, drove up from Melbourne to have lunch with us &
Barbara at Boathouse. We enjoyed lovely meals, non-stop conversation and
yummy drinks, including mulled wine, which was perfect for the very cold day.
Andrew is looking well & is very happy again after losing Syd, his partner
of many years.
When we arrived home,
Lewis & Morse were thrilled to see us & punished us for leaving them by
doing their own decluttering of the library shelves. I heard a strange noise
coming from their bedroom & was in time to rescue one of my many versions
of Robin Hood. Sadly, the Golden Book version had already been torn to shreds
outside!
Thursday saw Wes drive
to Strathmore to help Leanne before then visiting Dee Bonavia, who is in
Epworth Hospital. I caught up with Judi over pots of tea at The
Food Gallery and she let me know that a film being shown at the Town
Hall that night (for which Wes was projectionist) had been cancelled. This took
some pressure off him to get home & eat dinner before going out again.
Yesterday I caught the
train into Melbourne to see Collingwood host Fremantle. Our next-door
neighbour, Dene, was on the same train, so we enjoyed a good catch up chat
before I met up with David Lazzaro in the MCC. We celebrated 40 years of going
to the footy together and watched a very exciting close game that the Pies didn’t
deserve to win. Freo overcame injuries & a partisan crowd to take the four
points.
Selfie taken by an
inexperienced camera person – moi!
This morning after
breakfast we are off to Castlemaine to visit Marie Anderson. She & her late
husband, Joe, were very special friends when we first arrived in Daylesford
& we miss her since she moved to a warmer climate & the train line.
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