We welcomed Judi back at breakfast
last Sunday, after she & Michael had enjoyed a Kimberley cruise, followed
by a week in Darwin. We all thought she was looking great & listened as she
shared her stories. Aileen joined us, which was lovely & we wished her well
as she heads off to Singapore for a short trip.
After breakfast, Judi & I went to the Primary
School book fair, where neither of us was successful in finding specific books
we were looking for.
Our fire was still alight, so we banked it up &
spent a relaxing day reading the weekend papers & catching up on episodes
of Trapped, as well as the wonderful Turkish film, Mustang,
which we had both missed seeing at the cinema. What a powerful story of five
young orphaned girls fighting for their freedom away from arranged marriages,
acceptable behaviour & virginity tests.
It was absolutely freezing on Monday morning when
we walked the boys & it wasn’t surprising that only one other person was
walking early. Some tree branches were down, but I think that was everywhere,
as a wattle next door splintered & blocked the access road. Fortunately,
Glen was out, or her car would have been seriously damaged.
We were as shocked as everyone else by the sudden
tragic death of much-loved ex St Kilda footballer, Richmond coach & media
personality, Danny Frawley, who has battled depression for much of his life.
Although I never met him, I felt as though I knew him as a courageous &
great footballer before he entered coaching & then the media. It took most
of the week before I stopped thinking about him & his life decisions that
caused him such depression.
On Wednesday it was lovely to play Mah Jong with
Judi again. She didn’t take long to pick up where she had left off & won
two of the four games we played. Wes spent the morning with Barbara, washing
her car & helping her with decluttering. I think Spring has that effect on
us all – I certainly know I am making brave decisions to give away items I
probably won’t need again, such as baby wool & knitting patterns.
Kathy Lazzaro gave me another big bag of wool from
one of her friends last Saturday & I delivered most of it to Claire at the
Daylesford Library. She promised to make sure it made its way to Jodie &
from there to some of the women who knit & crochet for Keeping
Daylesford Warm.
Lewis & Morse continue to delight – except when
they are being naughty, which isn’t too often. Lewis keeps bringing large
sticks into the laundry, so he can gnaw away at them when he feels like it, and
Morse has moved from daffodils to camellias & is bringing the decapitated
flowers inside as well.
Morse & Lewis resting after a
big day!
Wes visited Leanne on Thursday & was able to
help her with a number of activities & decisions. Afterwards he drove to
Carlton to meet up with his oldest friend, Tom Tyrrell, and they enjoyed a
long, slow Italian lunch locally.
Tom pictured here sitting on his new
black & white cushions on his veranda chairs. Needless to say, there was
much merriment about the choice of colour – much more Collingwood than
Essendon!
Meantime, I took the boys out when I did the
shopping at Coles & Tonna’s & they loved all the attention they got
from the back window of the station wagon.
On Friday, I was pleased to get back to Barry’s gym
& catch up with friends. I was able to do my programme quite easily, so
haven’t lost too much strength & suppleness while the gym was closed. We
are still walking our friend’s dog for her & it was my turn to take her to
Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens & enjoy the grass & all the bulbs that are
out.
When I arrived back home, Wes was tackling the
mowing for the first time in ages when there was a knock on the door & we
were visited by two people who had spent their early childhood in the house
that we knocked down to build Maloney Folly. They were very
excited & asked lots of questions, took photos & videos without asking
permission & left us exhausted when they had gone. They understood why the
original home had been pulled down and could tell us what life was like here in
the early 60s.
We watched Geelong play much better to defeat West
Coast Eagles on Friday, and Brisbane squander chances to beat Greater Western
Sydney last night. We were channel hopping with the cricket, where Steve Smith
stood tall with the bat & Mitch Marsh amazed us all with 10 wickets so far
in the match. The Poms are looking determined not to let us win this last Test,
much to their credit, even though we have retained The Ashes.
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