Dear Sally!
We feel as though we spent Easter relaxing in a dog-friendly holiday home in Daylesford. The weather was so cold & wet, and we had no ducted heating, so found ourselves sitting by the fire in the lounge reading, watching footy, and eating our meals. We might have even fitted in the odd snooze.
Meanwhile, in Singapore - Olivia & Jack Lazzaro were looking very warm & relaxed
We drove to Trentham on Easter Monday morning to have a last breakfast at Chaplin's, where Mel has been looking after locals brilliantly for the past 11 years. She had been unable to sell her business, and decided to stay open until she ran out of food & coffee. We enjoyed a lovely breakfast & did School while we were there, looking at ways to catch up with old friends without putting me under pressure.
It's been a big week for chatting - I've caught up with Leanne twice, where the highlight is always the moment when Morse gets on my lap for a treat. I also shared some memories with Jeff, (my aunt in Lincolnshire), who told me that my mother, Viva, was seen as an icon by other members of her family for the way she coped so well with five children, cooking, cleaning, baking, preserving & caring for us all. I continued this theme with friend, Jan, in Maleny, who had a mother who filled her with admiration because of the way she effortlessly cooked for the family and their workmen, baking & preserving & making all the bread.
We had cancelled Mah Jong on Wednesday because of the School Holidays and so many visitors in Daylesford - it didn't seem fair to take up one of Muffins & More's tables. When Lyndal, my hairdresser, messaged me to say she had COVID and would have to postpone my fringe trim, we had a free & very wet morning and decided to use it seeing the Bill Nighy film, Living, in Ballarat. We are so pleased we did - The Age reviewer gave it 5 stars & we couldn't fault it - beautifully written & filmed with an excellent cast. Please catch it if you haven't already.
We were very sorry to read of the death of long-time Daylesford Rotarian & friend, John Egan, who was a gentle soul with a lovely smile. He reached the age of 90, and will be much missed by his family and locally.
On Thursday, after Wes had an interesting Zoom with his Overseas Friends on the topic of crypto-currency, I had a lovely Old Friends Zoom with Kathy & Karen, and we ranged over a number of topics, including the best way to cope with Heathrow Airport. Kathy thinks catching the bus to Oxford is the way to go, I think arriving in Glasgow or Edinburgh is good for us, and Karen is prepared to catch the train into London. Heathrow is like a large city these days & everything takes so long to achieve. I suspect we will try not to land there again, and if we do, we'll catch a bus to Oxford or somewhere lovely like that.
This weekend, all footy matches have been played in South Australia, most of them at the beautiful Adelaide Oval, for the inaugural Gather Round. Adelaide & Carlton were the first to play on Thursday night, and Wes was most disappointed when the Crows jumped the Blues in the 1st quarter & they were unable to catch up. Collingwood is playing St Kilda in the final game later today, and it will be a big test for us again.
Thursday & Friday were perfect Autumnal days, and it was a pleasure to sit outside watching the bees & butterflies being busy. Wes had bought bags of manure to feed the roses and got that job done before the rain arrived yesterday.
Lovely photo of Toby Jug, our second lab who was poisoned at 2 years old in Essendon - he was a very intelligent and handsome lab and his death was cruel & unnecessary - we moved to Brunswick shortly afterwards
We visited Rob & Dene in Ballan with Morse yesterday morning & had a lovely time. Morse was delighted to see them both again, as were we. It was a cold morning, but the rain held off until the afternoon. Rob has been doing wonders in their garden, which we admired, before moving indoors for morning tea & some serious chatting.
Morse recovering from all the excitement of the visit
We're sitting here in our study looking out at our back garden where rosellas are feeding, the roses are blooming again, and everywhere is touched by raindrops and shimmering. Meanwhile, Morse is waiting impatiently in Wes's recliner for us to go to the Daylesford Market.
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