We started our week with a great trip to the Sunday Market, where Yvonne gave me a $2 refund from the previous week, when she blamed me for saying I had a cauliflower, when I really had a lettuce! We had a laugh, the boys enjoyed their cabbage leaves & we arrived back home with lots of fresh fruit & vegetables, as well as dog bones & treats.
As soon as we had unpacked, washed everything & put it away, we gave the boys their bones and drove to Port Melbourne to see Karen & Malcolm's new apartment on the site of the old London Hotel. Kathy & Ged joined the four of us & what was promised to be an easy lunch of platters turned into a seafood extravaganza, all collected by Malcolm that morning at the South Melbourne market. We all loved the apartment & admired the many views of water, ships & greenery that the Stevensons enjoy from their many windows & balconies.
Kathy, Ged, Malcolm, Karen & Wes about to tackle a very lavish seafood lunch
Stunning sunrise on Monday morning near the long pier
Pink, orange & lemon roses freshly picked from our back garden
On Monday morning, after enjoying the stunning dawn colours as we walked, and after I had shopped at Coles, we had School, which involved re-thinking the laundry & the items stored in it. We made some great decisions & each of us had jobs to do changing what is in some of the cupboards & drawers. Wes wants to wash down the walls, and probably repaint them, and I will give the inside doors a couple of coats of yellow paint to brighten them up.
I had bought blueberry scones for morning tea (prefer the date scones but there were none & I don't like the look of the chocolate ones at all) and after that, Wes headed into the garden, in spite of the heat, to do some quick mowing & cleaning up, while I visited the Post Office and $2 shop for an inexpensive storage basket. It was so hot, I retreated into the lounge after that & watched the Australian Open tennis.
On Tuesday, it was just as hot, so we did our chores early before I zoomed with Leanne & later, Terry Borg. Both chats were great & we had some laughs. On Thursday Wes had a most enjoyable Zoom with Overseas Friends, while Kathy Lazzaro & I caught up before we each had appointments.
This vase full of Little Red Riding Hood roses is at the front door
Barry the fisherman, enjoying sunrise on Tuesday
The rest of the week followed the same pattern - get into the garden early and avoid the muggy days. We did have 17mls rain over two nights with attendant storms, and then 40mls in one day & were lucky not to have any damage at our place. Sadly, our neighbour, Glen, wasn't so lucky, but her son, Jim, was there to help her & friends & family rallied.
I finally had my nails done by Juls, who had been isolating since catching COVID from her family over Christmas. As well Judi & I had a lovely catch up at Muffins & More and made plans to reintroduce Mah Jong this week.
As well as the tennis, there has been AFLW to watch & the Women's Ashes Test match at Manuka Oval, Canberra. The girls are very skilful & I enjoy watching their games. Tickets to the ICC T20 Men's World Cup went on sale this week to MCC members, so I grabbed seats for Wes & I to see Australia play England, and for the Final. We are on the other side of the ground to where MCC members usually sit, but the tickets are on Level 2, under cover, & almost in line with the wicket.
Yesterday we had breakfast at Muffins & More and discussed our plans for the upcoming week, which is a busy one, starting with a visit to Rosanna & David for morning tea today. We are so looking forward to catching up with them & meeting their Westie, Cooper.
Last night, we watched Ash Barty break a 44-year drought & win the Australian Open Women's Singles Final in a stunning display against Danielle Collins, who played her heart out. To see Ash come back from 1-5 in the second set & take out the tie-break was amazing. We were too tired to stay up & see Kyrgios & Kokkinakos win the Men's doubles in straight sets.
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