Another vintage Peanuts cartoon - love it!
We started our week quietly with a lovely frosty walk on Sunday, followed by a trip to the Sunday Market, where Ken had sliced a pear and made a face of the slices with shredded cabbage for hair! Morse gobbled the pear taking no notice of the artwork I'm afraid. Our friend, Robyn, came over to say hello, and he greeted her warmly, which was wonderful - no barking or growling or shivering to be seen. We then drove to Leitches Creek to pump my favourite mineral water and let him be with us. He could hear & smell all sorts of animals, but didn't react badly to any of them.
On Monday, we had a rare disaster with School. I had found a recent American interview on YouTube with Peter Robinson, author of the DCI Banks books. (Stephen Tomkinson played the title role in the BBC series). We sat down to watch it & discovered there was no video, just audio & after 5 minutes of ads, we turned it off. The next one we found was another American interview, with vision, but with an overwhelming interviewer with a bad cold. We finally watched about 20 minutes of an excruciating English interview, where the male interviewer had not learnt the art of asking questions - to elicit answers other than Yes or No, you have to ask questions starting with How, When, Why, Where or What?
Finally, we watched a very short video, where Peter talked about DCI Banks, the character. Unlike both Donna Leon, who takes inspiration from people, places & events; and Ann Cleeves, who lets her vast knowledge & incredible empathy guide her, Peter Robinson relies on his imagination. Like the other two authors, he doesn't always know what is going to happen & the plot isn't fully formed when he starts writing his books. Peter is a dour Yorkshire man, who has spent most of his life in Canada & is very comfortable with Zoom. He returns to England most years to check that his facts about the area remain correct.
On Tuesday I had three Zooms in the morning, starting with Jeff (my aunt in Lincolnshire); followed by Leanne (my sister in Strathmore, Vic) and finishing with Jan (Daylesford friend now living in Maleny, Qld). Zoom is such a brilliant way of staying in touch & the participants can tell how the others are just by looking at them. These three were in good spirits and both Leanne & Jan enjoyed seeing Morse asleep in his bed, covered by his yellow blankie.
When I arrived home from shopping on Monday, I presented Wes with a brace of freshly caught whole rainbow trout from the Goulbourn River, which I couldn't resist buying. He promptly rearranged his plans for the night & cooked them perfectly with a gentle topping of vegetables. Very yum indeed! He followed that up the next night with a Sri Lanka tuna steak curry, which was perfect. Two items we have collected from Coles when we had the FlyBuys points to qualify for them have proved invaluable - a 3l cast iron casserole & a small chopper/blender make many meals easier - curries, soups & stewed fruit so far.
On Wednesday, the community group, Hepburn Matters, (previously Rethink the Rex,) held a free evening at the Daylesford Town Hall, where a local drama group, Lab Kelpie, put on a one man play, A Prudent Man, before an appreciative audience of 120+. Wes spoke at the conclusion & invited everyone to stay around for scones, jam & cream & hot drinks. Anyone interested in getting involved in the group and/or wanting to donate funds was able to do so. Only two of our local Councillors attended, which is a shame, as this community group is very keen to overturn Council's decision to wipe its hands of the Rex Theatre's makeover into at least a community theatre, library & public toilet space.
I'm continuing my twice weekly exercise classes (SIS) run by Springs Medical Centre & have brought home a ribbon to use with the exercise cards. My big problem here is finding a door handle suitable for slinging the ribbon - we have so many sliding doors & handles that open downwards, I may have to resort to the legs of our old kitchen table, which I sit at to use my desktop & our printer.
This weekend Rob & Dene moved out - removalists took almost everything on Friday to go into storage. Yesterday was spent cleaning up, and they will be back today to collect the last items that didn't fit in their cars. We invited them & our other neighbour, Glen, in for morning tea, which was wonderful - we all enjoyed each other's company, especially Morse who was made a fuss of by everyone. We can only hope they find what they are looking for & that it is within visiting distance!
I was about to take this latest knitting to the Community Op Shop, but Glen let me know it was closed yesterday due to staff sickness - I'll take them & Di's jumpers & matinee jackets on Wednesday
Wes caught the train to the footy yesterday after our morning tea. He was looking forward to catching up with Ben, Jack & Olivia Lazzaro & Ben's best friend, Alex Henderson. He wasn't confident about Carlton's chances against Fremantle with all their injuries. However, after a slow start, the Blues were far too good for the Dockers & he arrived home very happy after a lovely day spent with very good company.
It's raining again this morning, too wet for me to walk, but Wes has taken Morse for a lap of Lake Daylesford. We'll visit the Sunday Market, but then spent the rest of the day here, possibly in front of an open fire, watching Collingwood play GWS & hoping for a win for the Pies. Our most famous recent recruit, Mason Cox, from Texas, became an Australian citizen this week. The ceremony was conducted at the MCG & Mason's parents were out from Texas to witness it. As well as an amazing recruit to Aussie Rules, Mason is a very classy, intelligent & interesting person, who will be a wonderful resident of Melbourne.
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