After the Daylesford Market last Sunday, I paid Glen a quick visit with produce, before driving to Ballarat to see the British film, Allelujah, based on the play by Alan Bennett, starring Jennifer Saunders, Judi Dench and Derek Jacobi with lots of cameo roles by other good actors. I was blown away by it, as we usually are by anything written by Alan Bennett and was happy to arrive back home in time for lunch & a debrief with Wes who had seen it two days before.
Once again, that afternoon, Collingwood staged a last quarter revival to scrape home against the Adelaide Crows by a point, kicked in the last 20 seconds of the match. If the Crows had been more accurate, they would have beaten us soundly, but kicking 7 goals, 16 behinds was very wasteful and allowed us to get back into the game after an indifferent first three quarters.
Autumn colours in our garden
We've enjoyed a busy week with Zoom chats - Wes has caught up with his Godson, Danny, in Queensland & Barbara in New Zealand, as well as had phone calls with recently widowed friend, Carole Hardwick; his sister, Denise Anderson, and old school friend, John Atkinson. I've chatted with my sister, Leanne; with old friend, Terry Borg, and 50 year + friends - Kathy Lazzaro, Libby Edgoose & Joyce Spiteri. It still seems like magic that we can remain close & chat while seeing each other, even though there are many kms between us all. I also had phone calls with Gayle Gibson and Dot Smith.
One of the highlights was a sleep-in on Wednesday morning. It poured with rain all night, then we lost power for an hour, and at 5.20am the two-legged people in our bedroom made a decision to go back to sleep, which was accepted by Morse, who obediently climbed back into his bed and waited patiently for us to emerge. Wes cancelled washing the floors, but did the vacuuming, while I did some chores for Glen, had a fringe trim, and spent most of the morning playing Mah Jong with Judi at Muffins & More.
School was giving our bedroom a thorough clean, and when we moved the bed, as well as finding dog hair, Kleenex, dust etc, we also found a brass castor. On Friday morning, when I stripped the bed to wash everything, we unscrewed the bases to discover where the castor belonged and replaced it.
Friday was the first Anniversary of Lewis's sudden death and we decided to have breakfast at Pancho's to chat about him, as we miss him still. He combined intelligence with good looks and a lovely nature and his death at 3.5 years was very hard to take. He is buried in the front garden & we think about him every time we go in and out.
Yesterday was Spudfest at Trentham, a wonderful annual event of many years, and the place we first discovered Dutch Cream potatoes. We had hoped to go, but Wes was invited to John Hungerford's 80th birthday party in Castlemaine (the opposite direction) and I am planning to get to my first Collingwood footy game this afternoon, and didn't want to get too tired and scupper my chances.
I visited Glen with what could be her last bunch of roses from our garden - it's wonderful that they have lasted so long & now that Glen has been given the green light to get up and about more, she won't be needing them in the same way.
My brother, Peter, and his wife, Anka, arranged a great family get-together in London last week and I am looking forward to chatting with my aunt, Jeff, to hear all about it. They all stayed at the grand Hotel Kimpton Fitzroy, saw the Agatha Christie play Witness for the Prosecution, and had lunch at The Ivy, Covent Garden, with Jeff's son, Mike, his wife, Kelly, and their kids, Archie & Amelia. Jeff's daughter, Leigh, and husband, Simon, drove Jeff to London and were part of all the celebrations.
Mike Hoolihan, Anka Saundry, Jeff Hoolihan, Peter Saundry & Leigh Murrin in London
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