A recent photo of Barbara at breakfast at the Food Gallery
When I left you last Sunday, we were heading off to the Sunday Market, where we visited early, as very strict rules were in place. There was only one parking area & only one entrance/exit. All the stalls were situated well back from their usual spots & distanced from each other. Yvonne was only allowed to serve one customer at a time & all monies had to be put into a bucket, with her giving clean change. We were unable to get eggs or Dutch Cream potatoes, but did end up with everything else, including a pumpkin & polenta loaf of Stella's bread.
I think this is how many of us are feeling!
When we arrived home, while I unpacked, Wes toasted fruit loaf for breakfast (we had forgotten the croissants) and we sat quietly with our hot drinks & the Sunday Age. While I finished washing, drying & packing our supplies, he drove Barbara to Eureka Kennels in Ballarat, where Bobby, her cat, is staying for some weeks until it is appropriate for him to join her in NZ.
He got back home in time for a Zoom chat with Ben, Leanne, Jack & Olivia Lazzaro. Jack wanted to talk to someone who had once been the boss of Brunswick and Wes was very happy to oblige. He did enjoy seeing the whole family, who were all decked out in navy blue in preparation for Carlton's big game that afternoon against ladder leaders, Port Adelaide.
The footy was fantastic & the Blues led towards the end, losing by 3 points when Robbie Gray slotted a tricky goal after the siren. Very few teams have come that close to Port this year and the Blues' fans can be very proud of their team. Later that afternoon, Wes hosted an ALP Branch Zoom chat, which was well attended & provoked good discussion.
Recently my side of our electric blanket had stopped working and I was given permission to steal Wes's controls so that I was warm at night. After a few nights of one-sided heat, we agreed that it was probably time to replace our Sunbeam Wool Fleece blanket & I put it on our bed on Sunday. What a difference that makes - the old one was bought in 2006 - no wonder one of the controls died & that fleece was no longer at its best.
Wes spent much of this week helping Barbara with last minute chores - it's such a big job to move overseas - her car had to go by ship & went off some days earlier. The packers are due to come in tomorrow to fill a container with furniture and belongings. As Barbara will be in isolation in NZ, when she arrives, there was no hurry for her stuff to arrive at the same time as her. Fortunately settlement on her home here was moved forward to next month, so Wes won't have to do too much more to keep the house looking good until the new owner, Ellie, arrives.
I have been busy, but not as busy & social as last week - apart from personal catch ups with Judi & Gillie, I've enjoyed Zoom chats with Leanne & Skype with Jan Pengilley, both of whom were looking very good. I've also made some phone calls, walked to the Post Office daily (masked & feeling very safe), ordered our cloth masks & even cooked a couple of meals for a change.
Our weekly School was looking at Google privacy issues. We reviewed our settings, removed some personalised ads, and changed our password for Google only, vowing to do it more regularly. Wes found a way that we could easily identify emails being sent to Bigpond, instead of Gmail, so we can alert suppliers etc to our updated addresses. That was very useful as well.
We are off to the Sunday Market shortly, having a quick breakfast together at The Food Gallery before Wes spends some more time with Barbara & then takes his sister, Denise Anderson, to lunch at Jackie's on Vincent for her birthday.
Lovely photo of Denise & her partner, Barry, in 2018
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