Morse & Lewis delighted to wearing their new jackets
That afternoon Carlton beat Essendon by 16 points in a close, exciting game at the MCG. Wes & all his Carlton supporter friends were very excited as they didn't really think the Blues would bounce back enough from the last few weeks.
On Monday we looked at Winter planting of vegetables for our School session & later in the week visited Wombat Hill Nursery to get some seeds & seedlings. We haven't been particularly scientific with our plantings over the years, so we're trying to turn over a new leaf & check the online advice.
This beautiful maple, the gift of Denise Robinson many years ago, continues to delight us each Autumn
I spent the afternoon sorting out all my wool - both Kathy Lazzaro & her friend, Maree Littlepage, had given me big bags of leftovers & I have now filled two large plastic containers with wool sorted by ply & colour. Keeping Daylesford Warm has folded as there is no-one available to take on the admin role, so both Kathy & I have been searching for somewhere else to take our offerings. Fortunately, Michelle Clifford who runs the Daylesford Community Op Shop was delighted to hear that I had hand-knitted garments, so I delivered them to her on Wednesday & she wants more.
This week we've had quite a few changes to our usual routines - Zoom chats have been cancelled, postponed or swapped & I took advantage of the free time to speak to local friend, Sue Longley, whose husband, Bill, died nearly one year ago. She is planning on getting a Burmese cat to keep her company, which is a wonderful idea. I did chat with Leanne twice, and had a great overdue catch up with Jan Pengilley in Maleny - we always have lots of stories & laughs to share.
Jane Barrett & I had been planning a get-together for nearly 6 months since she & John moved into their latest home in Second Street. We finally made it happen last Thursday morning & it was fine & sunny so we sat on the decking & enjoyed the view, along with some raspberry & apple cake from the Hepburn General Store.
Wes had to buy a new ladder & he is loving it - especially now he is painting the outside of our doors & windows on the main decking. He is doing such a good job after years of thinking he couldn't paint. Lewis & Morse watch him from behind the glass, secure in the knowledge they will get a cuddle or two from him when he comes back in to rest.
Here is our beautiful ornamental grape which has survived this week's winds & rain to produce its finest Autumn colours yet
He also arranged for his third cousin, Maryanne Phelan, to meet some of his first cousins via Zoom & that was a big success. Gary, Glenn & Amanda all joined the chat & were able to tell Maryanne where they fit in the family as well as hear her stories. Ancestry has been an amazing tool for so many people to find other family members as well as unknown info about their forbears.
On Friday we decided to walk the boys in their "new" coats & they were quite delighted with that decision. We had a very long walk - it takes about 75 minutes to go around Lake Daylesford twice & their reward is to go socialising with us at The Virgin Café in Hepburn Springs. Our neighbour, Glen, joined us & we enjoyed an hour or so sitting in the beautiful gardens catching up & watching Lewis & Morse be spoilt by the wait staff.
Yesterday, Collingwood finally recorded another win, albeit by 3 goals against bottom team, North Melbourne. North's coach, David Noble, is the father of one of our players, John, and history was against him. In the 9 or so AFLM & AFLW games where fathers have coached against their offspring, the offspring's side has always won.
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