What a wonderful ChillOut we enjoyed last weekend. The weather was perfect, the crowd was huge & everyone seemed so happy. We both loved the Parade on Sunday, with the highlight for me being Molly Meldrum, who was there with his good friend & local resident, Sandy Breen, who persuaded him that it would be fun. We took advantage of the seats that were offered outside the Town Hall, as I find it hard to stand still for long periods these days & was nervous of being in the crowd. We wore our masks, of course, but most people didn't. We would have loved to have taken Lewis & Morse, as we used to take Bilbo & Frodo, but Morse would have been scared of everything - the Dykes on Bikes especially, and all the other dogs.
Thanks to Jane Barrett for these photos - don't know the bloke in the top shot, but Max Primmer is in the middle & Molly in the last photo with Sandy just visible on his right
We decided to see what Steve Dotto from Dottotech had to say about Google PhotoScan for School on Monday (no holiday for us) and he gave us a little more information as well as telling us that he thought it was the best way to scan bar none. We then looked at how to transfer scanned photos from our phone, which we uploaded to Google Drive, where we could name them & add some details before putting them into our Google Photo Albums. As a bonus, when we chatted with Mike & Linda Kirby about an hour later, we were able to pass on this knowledge, as they were thinking about scanning old photos & weren't sure where to start.
Over the weekend the hose on our kitchen tap developed a leak, so we closed off the water, and did our washing up in the laundry, taking care not to use any more dishes & utensils than we absolutely needed to. We were lucky that Gary Wilkinson could come on Tuesday at lunchtime to repair the damage. It was a busy morning - early Messenger chat with Jeff & her daughter, Leigh, in Torksey Lock, followed by a Zoom with Leanne, and then a trip to Springs Medical Centre pathology for blood tests.
On Wednesday, after walking the boys & doing deliveries of newspapers to Ken at Spring Park Nursery & jars & Epicures to Nick in Porcupine Ridge & pumping mineral water at Leitches Creek, I met up with Judi at Muffins & More for tea & toasties before we played Mah Jong with Dot. It was busy in the café, especially because of the welcome rain, and a group was ready to pounce on our table the minute we finished.
This handsome kookaburra was sitting on our decking when I noticed him - I was able to feed him a couple of small pieces of rump steak & suspect he will be back for more
Meanwhile Wes had driven to Melbourne to collect old friend, John Hardwick & take them both to Carlton for a catch-up lunch with about ten other old schoolmates. He really enjoyed his time with everyone and dropped by Ben & Leanne's place in Brunswick East on his way home with gifts for their kids, Jack & Olivia. He arrived back home after 5pm & was very pleased to find I had made fresh tomato sauce, (thanks to Judi & Michael for their tomatoes), which we enjoyed over steamed rice, while watching Day 5 of the second Test in Pakistan & the opening game of the AFLM season between Melbourne & the Western Bulldogs. The Doggies tried hard, but Melbourne were just too good, as they were in the Grand Final last year.
On Thursday, after a lovely Zoom with Kathy & Lib, I headed to Bad Habits Café @The Convent, for brunch with Glenda, Janine & Rhonda. We hadn't seen each other properly for ages & enjoyed chatting & sharing news over yummy sweetcorn fritters.
By the time I got back home, I was starting to feel quite exhausted, and after Wes left to take Bob White to lunch at the Pig & Whistle Hotel in East Trentham, I went to bed & stayed there until yesterday morning.
Both our teams won, quite unexpectedly, especially Carlton, who haven't been able to beat Richmond in the opening round for about 10 years. And they did it well, which elicited spontaneous applause from Wes in the lounge watching. On Friday night, Collingwood fought off a very determined St Kilda to pinch a win at the Docklands, not a happy hunting ground for us. Shane Warne's son, Jackson, had been invited to toss the coin, and Shane's family were all there in the box he had organised before his sudden death. Even Michael Vaughan, who hated it when Shane talked about the footy & his beloved Saints, was at the ground to be part of it all.
There was a lot of sport to occupy me while I took it easy yesterday & Wes when he needed a break - in Auckland the Australian women cricketers made history by successfully chasing down India's one-day score of 277; Geelong & Essendon played a one-sided game that the Cats won easily; in AFLW, Freo were too good for North at Arden Street; and at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney, GWS & the Swans played a close, entertaining game which the Swans won, even though Buddy Franklin missed out on kicking his 1,000th goal.
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