I had declared 2nd January the day to take down the Christmas decorations & duly did it, over about 3 hours, needing to sit down with a pot of tea in-between. Our tree has been a big success - lasted almost 4 weeks and brought us much joy.
We have planned a holiday in Melbourne next month - our first visit since mid March 2020, and are hopeful that COVID will be under control again by the time we are set to catch up with friends & family. Our main priority is to see Leanne, and we have two visits booked with her, as well as trying to see as many friends as we can. We will be staying in Moonee Ponds, which will be very nostalgic, as we both went to school in Essendon, and Puckle Street, Moonee Ponds was our Big Smoke.
This week, we tackled cleaning up downstairs underneath the main decking & are very pleased with the result. We were particularly keen to get some order into what was there - pots, manure, potting mix, more pots, lawn mowers, wheelbarrow, dog kennel (unused by these dogs) & working area. We feel very happy with all we did and are waiting with bated breath to see if Lewis & Morse will venture into the kennel to retrieve their toys.
A big plus in this re-organisation is that the view from the Guest Bedroom is mightily improved - red geraniums galore is much better than piled up pots
On Tuesday, we both had lovely catch-ups - I started at 7.30am with my aunt, Jeff, in Lincolnshire, and she introduced me to Messenger chats, which I hadn't experienced before. I thought the quality of the picture & sound was superior to Skype, so if I can't persuade her to Zoom, we will continue with Messenger.
Next was my regular Zoom with Leanne - she loves to see Lewis & Morse, but they gave her short shrift having already performed for Jeff! And finally at 9.30am, I enjoyed a lovely long Zoom chat with Jan in Maleny, Qld. Meanwhile Wes & his friend, Tom Tyrrell, had a great time chatting over Zoom & sharing stories.
Lewis & Morse filling in time before dinner perhaps or ignoring the cricket, or maybe just dreaming...
The weather in the early part of the week was most unusual - quite cool when we were walking around Lake Daylesford and temperatures getting up to 18° or 19° during the day. It has been raining as well, but not too heavily, so we've been able to get at least one lap of the Lake before coming home to feed the boys breakfast. On Wednesday we celebrated the second Anniversary of their adoption by us & treated them to bones & extra cuddles in celebration.
I got organised on Thursday to watch the first ball of the Sydney Test, feeling very nervous for Will Pucovski, and hoping we could put on a better show than the Melbourne Test. Sadly David Warner was out cheaply and then the rain came down.
The latter part of this week has been hot & we thought it was time to bring out the boys' Christmas present, which is a pool. They were quite inquisitive about it, reluctant to get in and then reluctant to stay in. However, we are persevering & by putting only a small amount of water in, we hope they will learn to love it as a wading pool & eventually get used to being able to cool down. Like us, they both suffer in the heat.
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