Where's the drinks & nibbles?
When I left you last Sunday, we were heading off to the Sunday Market & then breakfast. As we were going out to lunch, we tried the Twofold fruit toast & jam, which was particularly yummy & enjoyed some lovely chats with everyone - mostly about renovations, Eskimo pies, detox and clothes lines.
Late morning we drove to Danny's favourite Vietnamese restaurant in Puckle Street, Moonee Ponds to celebrate his birthday. We enjoyed seeing his three daughters, their husbands & kids all together & obviously thrilled to be there, as well as many of his siblings, and some old friends. During our drive we listened to the outbreaks of COVID-19 around Australia & thought of all our friends in various parts of Oz who are now in lockdown or have some restrictions now imposed on them.
Danny giving his speech with Jeremy Ellsmore helping
We arrived home just as Carlton kicked their first goal of the opening quarter against Adelaide & watched in amazement as they managed a huge second quarter, holding on for a 10 point win.
On Monday morning, I had asked Wes to help me with sorting out all our big, non-fiction books, to try & fit them all in the reduced space in our bookshelves. So that was this week's School, and we were able to set aside quite a few books for the Daylesford Primary School's September Book Fair. Now our bookcases are looking good again & I've been forbidden to buy any more books - unless Bernard Cornwell has a new series or Donna Leon writes yet another priceless novel about Brunetti or Ian Rankin continues to find ways for Rebus to get involved in today's crime etc etc
Judi & I went to see the Mary Quant Exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery on Tuesday morning, after I had chatted with Terry Borg, who had seen it the previous week & been unhappy with the lack of social distancing. We found the same thing & tried to solve it by going ahead of the pack & working backwards. It was a stunning Exhibition & took us 90 minutes to see. It certainly took me back to the 60s & the revolution in young women's clothing & make-up that Mary brought about. We came back here for a late lunch at Harvest Café, as Bendigo was busy with school holiday visitors. Below is my favourite outfit from the Exhibition.
When I arrived back home, I found Lewis & Morse using their night beds as day beds & took a very rare photo of them in this position. Wes puts them to bed each night, so I don't see them settled in, each with his pillow, but during the day the pillows & sheepskin are kept warm in the drying cabinet.
We celebrated 30th June with breakfast at The Virgin Café & were served by our favourite waitress, Tori, who was very disappointed that we hadn't brought Lewis & Morse with us. We explained that they were at home with bones & once the rain came down, we were very glad to be warm inside. Our meals were perfect - porridge with poached rhubarb & lavender syrup for Wes & scrambled (really folded) eggs for me with rhubarb relish & sauteed mushrooms & Winter greens.
That afternoon I was lucky enough to get reserved seats for Wes & me to see Collingwood play St Kilda at the MCG this afternoon, and later, to get tickets to Days 1-3 of the Adelaide Ashes Test Match in December. Fingers & toes crossed that we can drive to Adelaide at that time.
The rest of the week went as usual - shopping, Zooming, Wes started pruning the roses, the boys walked, ate, zedded etc & we read about the growing numbers in NSW with concern, as well as the small numbers in most other states. It was amazing that all 18 AFL sides ended up in Victoria - what a turnaround from 2020.
Wes & his cousins enjoyed probably their best Zoom catch-up ever with new chums offering all sorts of extra information & communicating brilliantly. I am so pleased for him, as he has worked hard to make all his Zoom encounters meaningful & interesting.
Last night Carlton, once again, defied form & beat the Fremantle Dockers. I didn't last the distance as the game started at 7.50pm, but was very thrilled for him & Ben & Jack Lazzaro who were at the MCG to see it. Sadly, Hawthorn couldn't celebrate Shaun Burgoyne's 400th game in style and went down to his first side, Port Adelaide, without much fight.
It's pouring rain this morning, so no walk for Lewis & Morse, but they enjoyed a very early breakfast & seem to have guessed that there are big bones defrosting for them when we go to Melbourne for the footy around lunchtime.
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