When I left you last week we were heading to the Daylesford Market, the highlight of Morse's week only to discover - quelle horreur - Yvonne had mislaid his pear, and had resorted to cabbages strips instead. Morse refused to eat the cabbage, even though he has some with most meals, but condescended to demolish an apple instead. It was so funny - when this tradition started many, many years ago - Yvonne's late partner, John, would throw cabbage leaves to Woody, the Irish Water Spaniel, and Casper, our Labrador, who were the best of friends. Over the years it has become more & more gentrified & now Morse expects a pear, cut in slices & served on a piece of cardboard!
Here's Morse waiting for a pat before he gets stuck into breakfast
Our visit with Leanne went well. Part 3 of her garden, a small area near the garage was done, and while she & I handled indoor issues, Wes watered everything in the front & side gardens for her. We've settled into a formula of tea & toast on arrival, a good chat, then off doing what is needed. It is so hard when you live on your own, as many of you know - so often a second pair of hands makes all the difference.
We came home in time for Day 3 of the 2nd Test in Delhi, but nothing had prepared us for the catastrophic collapse of the Australian batters, who seemed to have been programmed to sweep no matter what & many lost their wickets to that shot. The Indians keep the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and we can only hope that we approach the 3rd Test with a killer instinct & a focussed team.
As we had been so busy over the past 8 days or so, we decided on an easy Monday School Session & watched a wonderful Walk Through History by Tony Robinson, where he followed the Norman Conquest of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It whetted our appetites to go back to that area, which we had visited briefly, when we found ourselves in Tenby eating oysters & mussels in a restaurant by the beach back in 2013.
We've given ourselves a quiet week after our very busy one, so lots of gardening, watering, reading, cryptic crosswords, logic puzzle solving & Zooming has gone on. One of the best things to come out of COVID lockdown has been Zoom, and I have stayed in touch with everyone who Zoomed with me during that time. Wes still has most of his Zooms going, with the exception of Old School Friends, as they can now meet in person again. We both get so much out of this regular contact & can't thank you all enough for keeping going with us.
While Wes vacuumed & washed the floors on Wednesday, I headed out for a lovely morning of Mah Jong with Dot & Judi at Muffins & More, which was doing a roaring trade - we could hardly hear each other speak! Dot's husband, John, joined us for a late breakfast, which was a good way for us to catch up with him before we started playing.
We heard from old Daylesford friends, Graham & Jenny Ellender, that they were here & wanted to catch up, preferably on Thursday morning at The Convent. As Wes was having a blood test that morning, and I was Zooming with Old Friends at 9am, it suited us to get together for brunch with them @10am@Bad Habits Café. Tina, Marija & Beck all gave the Ellenders a very warm welcome, as well as other friends, Bill & Steve, who arrived for their morning tea ritual. We left Graham & Jenny heading to the Convent shop to make some purchases after our yummy breakfasts & good chat.
Lovely photo of Graham & Jenny
As we had a 1pm Zoom chat booked with the Kirbys on Friday, we decided to have breakfast at Pancho Café after my early Zoom with Leanne. We enjoyed our sardines on toast with poached egg & fennel very much & decided, with the help of the owner, Lauren, to take back an almond soy chai latte to Glen, our neighbour, who loves everything about Pancho! Glen was thrilled with her surprise, and we headed back into town, where Wes managed to get a haircut at the Daylesford Barber, where the main attraction is Daisy, the 5-month old Labrador. I had chores to do as well & we were both pleased with our successful morning.
Beautiful Daisy
Yesterday was finally another quiet day for me after visiting Glen with books, roses & another latte. Wes had a huge day in the garden - pruning, weeding, mowing & watering while we waited patiently for the promised couple of mls of rain, which finally arrived in the afternoon.
We are thrilled that the Australian Women's Cricket Team is in the final of the ICC T20 Cup yet again, playing South Africa at midnight tonight. We haven't seen any of the matches live as they have all been played while we are sleeping, but have caught up on the highlights & are so proud of this very focussed, talented & close-knit team.
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