We’ve enjoyed another social week
– must be something to do with improved weather, although Tuesday’s wind was
very cold indeed & everyone I saw was back into Winter coats & scarves,
including me. There were 9 of us on at breakfast on Sunday morning, which made
for some good conversations. We are being joined by John & Jan Smith today,
which will be lovely as it is ages since we have seen them. Pasquale & Toni
at The Food Gallery will be thrilled as well.
My blast from the past photo last
week generated quite a few comments, especially as I had omitted to say where
we were. That was because I didn’t know, but after some work by others & a
look for more photos on that date, we discovered it was taken at Curly
Joe’s, which was our home away from home in Sydney Road, Brunswick, for
many years.
Here is a photo from Hoong Lau in 1998. From left – Malcolm Stevenson,
Wes, Tom Tyrrell, Karen, Robyn Robinson (standing) Fraser Gibson, Karen
Stevenson, Ian Robinson & Gayle Gibson
I had brunch with Jane Barrett at Harvest
Café, which was a vast improvement on the last time I had been there, probably
2 years ago. We enjoyed yummy meals and my tea was Jasmine pearls, which is
very special. Jane & her husband, John, are not long home from a very
successful trip based around catching up with some of his classmates from 40
years ago in Manchester. He spent a day at the Test there as well, and they had
time in Liverpool & Wales, before they headed to Paris & Normandy,
returning home via Singapore. Jane puts up lovely photos on FB & it was
good to hear her talk about the story behind them all.
I hope you enjoy Sally as much as I
do – poor Charlie Brown, he doesn’t have a clue how to reply!
We had a small drama on Wednesday morning when we
arrived back home from our early walk only to discover Lewis was no longer
wearing his black collar. Wes went straight back to the carpark at Lake
Daylesford but there was no sign of it. I was just about to ring Judi & ask
her to keep an eye out when she & her friends walked around the Lake, but
before I did, I went outside to look & found it at the bottom of the
stairs. Lewis had obviously lost it sometime during the night & neither of
us had noticed when we put the lead on to go walking! We were very relieved as
replacing tags can be an expensive & inconvenient business.
Beautiful daphne from our own small
bush courtesy of Nick Massaro
Dot couldn’t join Judi & me for Mah Jong this
week. However, Judi did really well & she now has 8 different games at her
fingertips. She even changed hands mid-stream & won, which I am sure gave
her heaps of confidence. We are so lucky to be able to sit & play at Muffins
& More on a Wednesday morning for the price of a pot of tea & a
muffin.
I also spent some time with my sister, Leanne, in
Strathmore, while Wes looked after Lewis & Morse, which is always a
challenge on your own. They keep looking for whoever is missing. I came home
with a pumpkin quiche from Gusto, a yummy bakery in Napier
Street, Strathmore. By the time Wes was serving it for dinner, I was in bed,
exhausted. This hasn’t happened for some time, I am pleased to say, and after a
good night’s sleep, I was back on top of things.
Gail White & I caught up for a late breakfast
at The Food Gallery as well. We first met many moons ago when her
husband, Terry, was still in Sydney, at Aperitifs in Porcupine Ridge. I invited
her to join the Breakfast Group, which was meeting at the Black Cauldron
at that time. She came & enjoyed it enough to continue getting up early
& joining us all.
Beautiful painting of Spring Flowers
in his backyard by Brian Nash
Wes, Brian Nash, Jeff Bain, Danny Moynihan &
Jan Pengilley had fun at a Boys’ Afternoon at David Hall’s place, where
they saw the 1949 version of The Third Man, starring Joseph
Cotton, Orson Welles & Trevor Howard. Jan was an honorary bloke for the
afternoon (representing her dear husband, Warren AKA Secundus, who died last
December), and had well & truly gone home when I arrived to pick up Wes
& Brian, who were very chirpy after nearly 5 hours together.
We had another not entirely successful day of
punting on the Caulfield Guineas yesterday. We were looking for quinellas &
kept getting first & third or second & nothing. However, we picked up a
win with the last race, which means we were only down $10 for the day & have
funds for the Caulfield Cup!
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