This is a bit like us choosing our Christmas tree - will it fit in the back of the Mazda 6, let alone the house?
We started our week with a lovely breakfast at the Food Gallery - there were 6 of us, so we had lots of whole table conversations, including Judi's latest pond story; David's grading & letterbox tales; Glen's garden & compost issues, and Janine's review of the newest cafe in town, Virgin, at Bellinzona in Hepburn Springs.
On Monday, we completed our rearrangement of downstairs by moving paintings & framed photographs etc into a better configuration, usually by having fewer items! We are thrilled with how the guest room looks and feel the hallway outside it resembles a library rather than a thoroughfare. Next week, we'll probably go back to Steve Dotto at Dottotech, to catch up with what he's been doing & thinking & learning for the past couple of months.
Wes has been busy with Zoom meetings, while I've had a quieter week - chatting with both Leanne & Jan Pengilley. However, it has been a very social few days - brunch with Judi & Glen on Wednesday at Bad Habits Cafe @ the Convent Gallery, and lunch with Kathy & Gerard Lazzaro @ Boathouse on Thursday. We were delighted when Kathy rang to say they would like to visit us for lunch & found ourselves very excited at the prospect of doing something as normal as catching up with old friends over a long lunch.
Wes & Ged above, Kathy & I below - all about to tuck into our very yummy meals
We had the electricians, Fells, visit on Tuesday to replace a faulty power point in the laundy & add an extractor fan; install a new double power point in the lounge, change an inaccessible light bulb there, & clean the also inaccessible ceiling fan. All this took about 3 hours, so Wes drove Lewis & Morse to Malmsbury, where they went for a walk, and then to Wombat Reservoir, where they had a walk & paddle. P.S. the light bulb hadn't blown - Peter assured me that a possum had unplugged the fitting. Clever little devils!
After all that work was done, Wes collected our Christmas Tree from the local Daylesford farm and I spent the afternoon decorating it. It is a few years since we've had a tree & we are enjoying the beautiful pine smell in the house.
Me introducing Morse & Lewis to a decorated tree! They have been very good about it - had a smell of it when it arrived & now are leaving it alone
Wes also had lunch with Bob White, and took him to Muffins & More, which is always a fun experience. They had sausage rolls, quite a different lunch from the day before at Boathouse. He arrived back home with a tray of muffins & biscuits, having told Kelly he wanted to bring home afternoon tea! Needless to say we shared most of them with Glen Tandberg for her grandchildren.
While we were out Nick Massaro dropped in a couple of huge marrow bones, which we gave the boys yesterday morning. They were so excited and spent ages gnawing away, preferably out of sight of the other bloke, before they carted them up & down the stairs looking for the perfect resting spot.
Above me having given them the bones at 8am & below is where I found them at midday - outside the dog door that leads to their bedroom (bones are forbidden inside)
We've been enjoying the cricket - first the T20s & ODIs with India, and now the Big Bash, where we barrack for the Melbourne Stars & have been members for the 10 years that this fun competition has been in existence. However, it will be wonderful to see the Pink Ball Day/Night Test which starts in Adelaide on Thursday - the first one we have missed. We are not ready for travelling interstate or big crowds yet, especially with International Arrivals bringing COVID-19 back into Victoria.
After we watched the Melbourne Stars beat the Sydney Thunder & saw a few overs of the Melbourne Renegades, who were in control against the Perth Scorchers, we all headed off to bed. However, Lewis & Morse couldn't sleep for thinking about their bones & spent the night burying & unearthing one bone as the other had gone missing. Wes spent a lot of time getting up & rousing at them when they barked in excitement. Needless to say they were very subdued on the walk this morning & are sound asleep as I write this. Wes might also have to catch up on some sleep later today!
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