Last Sunday was our Breakfast
Group farewell to Jan Pengilley who has moved to Maleny with her daughter,
son-in-law & grandson for a warmer life. We will miss her very much, as the
10 years since she & her late husband, Warren (aka Secundus), moved to Daylesford,
have been very rewarding for lots of us
who have been lucky enough to be their friends & share so many wonderful
times together.
Lewis & Morse were desperate
to get to the Sunday Market, and then found themselves in a quandary. Do they
beg for treats from Geoff or do they eat the cabbage that Cory has prepared for
them? They were torn & it was most amusing to observe. Other stall-holders
& shoppers were also entertained.
Breakfast at Food Gallery
was great fun – we had Christmas gifts for Jan, & David & Sandy, who
won’t be at breakfast today. Both Janine & Wes & I had gifts for them
from our recent trips & David & Sandy had presents for all our pets.
This is a delightful tradition that will be continued this morning & our
lucky dogs & cats will be delighted with their loot!
After breakfast I took Maisie up
to the Botanic Gardens for a walk & caught up with Annie when I returned
her to her home. Wes got lots of weeding done and I finally managed to take
care of the herbs & seedlings that were desperate for food & drink
& some fresh soil. Rob from next-door arrived to have a cuddle with Lewis
& Morse, which was a big success.
The cricket finished up with a
resounding win to the Aussies and the Kiwis will have to look at their openers
for the Boxing Day Test. Their fielding & bowling has been great, but the
batsmen have let them down for the most part.
We woke to a beautiful morning on
Monday & had a peaceful walk around Lake Daylesford before I went to gym
for my last class this year. Barry Spall was driving one of the four cars that
set off for Maleny this week, so there will be no gym on Friday. We will have a
break of 4 weeks, before holidays classes begin on Tuesday, 14th
January 2020.
I spent some time in Daylesford
town area delivering gifts & collecting prescriptions etc, while Wes got
the front yard into some sort of order. Lewis & Morse get very frustrated
when they can’t be under his feet & were delighted when I returned home
again.
Wes spent Tuesday morning in
Barbara’s garden, while I drove Annie to an appointment & walked Maisie
while she was busy. It started to get warm quite early, so we took it easily in
the afternoon.
On Wednesday, I had a raft of
appointments, so Wes walked Maisie in between his Reconciliation Meeting &
lunch. It was too hot to do anything much & we had our air-conditioners on
to help Sandra, who had come to do our final clean for this year.
Lewis & Morse were so pleased
to see her, as they had missed out on her last visit.
In the afternoon, Wes did the
second part of an interview for Hepburn Voices with Barbara’s help, at her
place.
Neither of us felt like doing
anything much & quite envied the boys who spent most of the day lying
around in the cool after breakfast. I popped into Muffins & More
for a pot of tea in-between appointments & managed to lock myself in the
toilet – briefly. I think it is left-handedness. I always turn the handle the
opposite way to the way it has been designed. Fortunately I worked out what I
had done & escaped!
While Wes drove to Melbourne on
Thursday to see if there was anything he could do to help Leanne before
Christmas Day, when we, Peter & Anka, & Paun & Brian, are all
arriving; I took Annie to an appointment at Hale House and walked Maisie around
the Botanic Gardens. Afterwards we sat outside at Cliffy’s, where
we had hot drinks & lots of laughs.
My Christmas
indulgence – beautiful, fragrant, Christmas lilies
Friday was a stinker – we were
able to walk Lewis & Morse early when it was only 16º, before I went
shopping at Coles & we then met up with Annie & Hugh for our usual dog
socialising. It was too hot for Maisie, who had been walked around the Lake,
but Lewis & Morse met three new dogs and a couple of new friends & were
very well behaved. We were sitting outside Larder, as the Food
Gallery wasn’t open. This gave me a chance to pop into the newsagency
to see if our dear friend, Kim Lyden, could leave his post for a couple of
minutes & meet them, which he did.
With the temperature reaching 41º,
we were all happy to stay put once we got home again and all thoughts of
gardening vanished.
Overnight we received the news
that my uncle, Kev Hoolihan, in Lincolnshire, has been moved to palliative
care, as his wife, Jeff, can no longer manage looking after him at home. She
has done a sterling job, but the time was right for Kev to move out of home.
Lovely photo of me,
Wes & Kev last October when we visited him & Jeff at their home in
Torksey Lock. We shared a memorable lunch & told lots of stories.
Yesterday we had a lovely catch-up
with Tom Tyrrell & Deborah Fowler. They caught the train to Ballarat &
we met at the café in the Ballarat Art Gallery (Victoria’s oldest
Art Gallery), which has a wonderful range of Australian artists, including the
Lindsay family, which lived in nearby Creswick. After looking at the paintings
& admiring all the work that has been done there recently, we went on a
stroll along Lydiard Street, up to Craig’s Hotel & Her Majesty’s
Theatre. We then moved onto Sturt Street, up to St Patrick’s
Cathedral, home to many of the paedophile priests who have recently
been convicted, including Cardinal George Pell.
We finished up with a lovely long
lunch at The Turret before heading back down Errard Street into
Mair Street & back to Lydiard, admiring the many beautiful homes &
buildings on the way.
Now we are off to the Sunday
Market on a blessedly cool morning here n Daylesford, followed by breakfast at Food
Gallery, where we will exhange gifts for our pets. Wes is taking
Barbara for a big shop afterwards, while I will be walking Maisie in the
Botanic Gardens & our boys will be lying around with fat tummies after their
treats!
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