I'm sure we've all read books like this!
The Sunday Market was very quiet when we visited early - just a handful of food stores & a few locals shopping quickly. Wes got some olives for Rob & Dene, while I collected our fruit & vegetables from Yvonne, and later shared pumpkin, cabbage, pears & lemons with Glen. We drove to O'Toole's honey (2kms away) to get a large container of messmate. After I had put everything away, Wes cooked scrambled eggs with our parsley & served them on crumpets with our French radishes on the side. Very yummy indeed & I didn't feel I had missed out on a special breakfast.
Karen & others buying & chatting with Yvonne
That afternoon, Carlton beat Collingwood, much to the delight of the long-suffering Blues supporters, who have waited 4 years for this. The Pies started well, but were overcome by a more determined team that wanted to pay homage to a Carlton legend who had died during the week - Serge Silvagni. He was an absolute gentleman, very modest & blazed a trail for Italians to follow in Aussie Rules. His son, Steven, is one of the best Carlton players ever, and his grandson, Jack, played his heart out. His emotion after the game was wonderful to behold.
Collingwood-supporting old friend, Bryce, suggested we play for the Maloney Cup, so Wes produced this wonderful old cup that his father, Ray, won, when playing for Deepdene FC back in 1935
The silver lining from my point of view was that Wes emerged from the bedroom, where he had been watching to offer me a glass of red & dinner!
On Monday we discussed a project of doing spreadsheets of all our ailments, injections, health issues etc & made a broad decision that it would be useful to have on some occasions. We also discussed a project of writing up all our overseas trips, but decided that would be a lot of work for not much gain. Instead, we have a list of all the countries we have visited & I'll go through old passports to find out when we were there.
We decided to pretend we were at the Regent Cinema on Tuesday, so after I had chatted with both Leanne & Jan on Zoom, we lit the fire, got our hot drinks plus scones jam & cream & settled down to watch the delightful Scottish film, Whisky Galore. After a lunch break, we saw the English film Le Weekend, set in Paris & starring Jim Broadbend & Lindsay Duncan, which was stunning & provocative in every way.
There is no pleasure without pain, so Wes spent Wednesday morning vacuuming & washing the floors, while I did the dusting & polishing. We had given Sandra the day off, which suited her, as there is too much mud everywhere for us all to head off for 3-4 hours while she cleans. Fortunately it was a dry morning, which helped as the boys didn't track muddy footprints all over the clean floor the minute they came in.
Lewis & Morse enjoying spending time in the study with us
The rest of the week has been wet & muddy outside and quite foggy in the mornings. When the fog is heavy, I don't join my boys in their walk as I can't breathe easily. Instead, I force myself to go back to bed with a cup of tea & The Age Cryptic Crossword.
On Friday night, Collingwood was set an impossible task trying to beat Port Adelaide who are finals bound. We did our best, but once our captain, Scott Pendlebury, broke his leg, late in the first quarter, we lost a lot of our drive. It was a good experience for our two new players as well as the other 7 who have played fewer than 50 games (mostly single figures). We had hoped to stay awake to watch the Olympic Opening Ceremony, but had to make do with the highlights the next day.
Yesterday Wes was most disappointed in the Blues' lacklustre effort against bottom team, North Melbourne; while the Doggies beat the Demons to regain top spot. We watched some Olympics, including as much of the swimming heats as we could before falling asleep.
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