I'm sure I can relate to this!
We started our Sunday with a long walk for Morse, made a delivery to Judi and stole some of Sue's lemons on our way to the Daylesford Market. Our neighbour, Glen, was arriving home from Epworth Hospital around lunchtime, so we picked up a few items for her, put fresh flowers on her table, moved her car & put the lights & heater on to welcome her back.
We spent the rest of the morning preparing for our lunch guests. It's been quite a while since we entertained on any scale and there was so much to be done - the lounge needed to be re-organised; the table set; flowers picked; food prepared; the outside decking made comfortable so we could start there with bubbles, and clothes changed after all that was done.
Lovely nest of lemon-coloured daffodils & jonquils in our back garden
Tom, Deb & Danny arrived on time and were happy to sit outside breathing the country air for a while, until Wes produced his wonderful lunch, and we came back inside. He had made a big pot of spaghetti with smoked salmon and umpteen colourful and yummy vegetables. Afterwards, he served a cheese platter, followed by oranges steeped in brandy, and finished up with tea, coffee & egg custard tarts. We all enjoyed catching up, especially over such a feast, and waved goodbye to our guests about 4 hours after they arrived. Morse was well-behaved after his initial excitement, and loved having friends in the house to sidle up to.
The next morning, after I had done early supermarket shopping, and visited Glen, we sat down to talk about our Fire Plan for the coming season. The power was off from 9.30am to 1.30pm, so this was a good activity we could manage without the use of our computers.
On Tuesday, I had an early Zoom with Terry Borg, who is heading for holidays in Italy & Malta soon - I will miss our regular chats, but the time will go too quickly, and we'll be back catching up again before we know it. I then visited Glen, before heading to Springs Medical for my final appointment this year with my doctor, Ellie, who is going on Maternity Leave until March next year. We are both disappointed that Naltrexone hasn't worked yet, and decided I would double the dose from now on, to see if that brings about any improvement.
The next morning, we drove to Kyneton to Springs Medical Centre there, for me to have a pre-cancerous growth removed from my left upper underarm. Dr James, and his nurse, Lee-Ann, were excellent in relaxing me, and the procedure was done within 30 minutes, although I was surprised at the amount of blood and the size of the wound. I have a few stitches which come out on Thursday week. When we got home, I sat around for a while until the pain kicked in, and then went to bed, which was much more comfortable.
Early morning light on our favourite pink camellia
I hadn't expected to be in pain & discomfort the next day, but I was, so stayed in bed, and missed out on catching up with old friend, Hacy Tobias, and her husband, Jim Brown. During the late 80s & most of the 90s, I belonged to a group of women in Insurance, called Adsum, which means We have Arrived. Hacy was one of many wonderful women I met through this group, of which I was Treasurer for about 10 years. We had last seen Hacy & Jim when they were in Daylesford earlier this year and we made plans to catch up on their next visit. Wes took them to Bad Habits Café at The Convent, which they loved, and had never visited before.
Hacy, Jim & Wes
On Friday, I got up and dressed and visited Glen - we are both devouring Maeve Binchy books, as she is exactly right for making you forget about pain and involve yourself in the lives of all her Irish characters. It was a sunny day and Wes spent the morning in the garden, mulching, weeding & mowing, and everywhere looks wonderful. He has also been on hand to collect things from the pharmacy, as both Glen & I have needed extras, such as dressings, tape, Panadol etc.
That night we had fish & chips, which is very easy to eat in bed, and tried to stay awake for the final round of footy, starting with Collingwood & Essendon at the MCG. The Pies got the jump on the Bombers, and it was hard for them to catch up. Wes went to sleep at half-time, and I lasted another quarter, finding out the final margin when I woke yesterday morning.
It was a busy morning - once again I got up & dressed & visited Glen. She needed new flowers from her garden, so I filled a small jug with lovely daffs, wallflowers and snowdrops. Patrick, her gardener, was busy weeding & clearing up, and her friend, Jackie, was there making her breakfast etc. Wes & Morse headed to Ballan to check on Rob & Dene's place, and came back with more parsley.
Rob Griffin sent us this stunning photo of the Edinburgh Tattoo, where he & Dene obviously had brilliant seats
I was back in bed by lunch-time, and spent the afternoon & evening watching games of footy. It was particularly wonderful to see North Melbourne break their drought of 20 consecutive losses with a 5-goal win over the Gold Coast in Tassie. We both fell asleep before the night games finished and discovered this morning that the Doggies had beaten Geelong at Kardinia Park, a very difficult assignment, and they are now relying on Carlton beating Greater Western Sydney this afternoon to stay in the Top Eight.
Morse is talking frantically to us as I write this - he can't wait to head off to the Daylesford Market, where he will be spoilt with a pear, cuddles and chats. He doesn't know we have to pump mineral water at Leitches Creek, steal some more lemons & deliver weekend papers to Judi beforehand!
Just say the word - I'm ready to go!
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