It's been a fun & busy week once again. We started on Sunday with a good early walk, followed by the Market, and then breakfast with Judi & Janine, where there was plenty to discuss including pond sagas, the future of working in offices, Janine's visit to Camperdown, ours to Trentham and the lack of relevancy that we are all feeling as we get older & operate in old-fashioned ways compared to the younger generations. It has always been so and we are certainly experiencing it now.
On Monday morning, I was able to spend time with Fiona (Annie's daughter) and Maisie, before they left for Fremantle on Thursday morning. We had toasted sandwiches at Larder & discussed her time here in Daylesford, where she gave Annie a wonderful treat every day of her life.
Back home, we chatted to Mike & Linda Kirby, who have just celebrated their 24th wedding Anniversary & whose daughter, Lauren, turned 21 on Cup Day. They told us they had been invited to a Cup Day lunch at the complex where they live, with the proviso that they don't bring any Melbournians with them. We're all not sure that any Melbournians have been allowed into Queensland, as their borders are closed to Victoria!
We enjoyed Cup Day by putting on a $5 bet on each race & sharing in an 8-horse quinella shouted by Danny Millman. Wes, Squiz, Danny & I all chose two horses, but we didn't put the eventual winner into it. We had a couple of collects ourselves and ended up $11 in the black. It has been strange to watch the Carnival being run without crowds & Fashion in the Fields was held off-course in parks & homes.
In between race days, we spent our time watching the US election results & being amazed at the incredible support of Donald Trump by American voters. Wes had a long chat with his Pom & Yank friends early in the day, while I did my Wednesday morning deliveries & finished by meeting Judi at Harvest Cafe for a very yummy late breakfast of mushrooms on toast. We then investigated Daylesford's newest shops - Cedar & Sage and The Farmer's Wife, before checking out the wine & cheese offerings in Winespeake.
We woke on Thursday to find that Biden had all but won the election, much to Trump's disgust & disbelief. Wes drove Annie's daughter, Fiona, and dog, Maisie, to Melbourne Airport to catch a flight to Fremantle. I did the supermarket shopping and then gave Lewis & Morse birthday bones. Can't believe they are already two!
Lewis & Morse waiting for their lunch treat of biscuits with Vegemite
Our Oaks Day tipping wasn't very successful, but we did enjoy some good racing & exciting finishes. The Oaks winner, Personal, is a beautiful looking horse and should be a star for some years to come.
It was a mixed bag this week as far as gardening goes - the boys unearthed all the wet newspaper that I had laid under the sugar cane mulch & strewed it around the yard, their decking & their bedroom AKA the laundry; 7 of the 8 scarlet runner beans are thriving; I planted 6 tomato plants in the front where we can use snail bait and am hopeful they are in a better spot than last year's plants & will give us a better crop; the roses are coming out singly, but it won't be long before I can cut enough for serious big vases of colour; the grass is starting to cover the racing track, and everywhere offers exciting glimpses of colour & growth.
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