I'd love to see inside Snoopy's kennel!
We had a wonderful time at the Daylesford Market last Sunday - gave gifts to Yvonne, Ken & Jeff - all of which were well received. Yvonne & Ken had gone to a lot of trouble with Morse's pear as you can see from the photo below. Our neighbour, Glen, made it to the Market for the first time since mid-January, and loved being able to walk around the stalls and chat with the owners & other locals there. As well, a couple of locals, Wendy, and Jan, both made a fuss of Morse, so he was in 7th heaven by the time we headed home.
After we had washed all our produce and put it away, we took Morse with us to Daylesford Cemetery to see if we could find my Burman relatives that are buried there. We didn't have any luck, but as there was no-one else at the Cemetery, and as it is fully fenced, we let Morse run free, which he loved. So many smells to sniff and places to explore - he didn't want to leave.
The 1st Test finished with an easy win to Australia on a scary pitch, with players from both teams being hit on the head & body. Thank God for helmets! It was wonderful to see Nathan Lyon take his 500th wicket and join an elite group of Aussie bowlers comprising Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath & him.
Morse asleep after his perfect Sunday
I have had quite a week of pampering, which started with an excellent massage from Sarah on Monday morning & finished with a facial with Julie on Friday morning. It's been a week for last Zooms for the year - wishing Jeff a Happy Christmas on Tuesday early, and the same to Old Friends on Thursday morning. I've had two chats with Leanne, and we have tomorrow very well organised between the three of us.
We visited Kathy & Gerard Lazzaro in Burwood on Wednesday, leaving here around 9.15am & returning at 4.45pm. Ged broke his ankle a couple of weeks ago, and we were very keen to visit and see how he was going. Ged is managing his wheelchair well, now has a moonboot, and has accepted he will be somewhat out of action until next March. Kathy gave us a lovely lunch - I had ordered lettuce & tomato sandwiches, but we had quite a few more ingredients added to the help yourself array! It was so good to sit around chatting for 3.5 hours and we covered quite a few topics before it was time to go.
Sorry the quality of my photo is so poor - Ged & Wes chatting at the table & Kathy bringing more food from the kitchen
Kathy gave us this fuchsia to take home, which is a cutting from a cutting that Kathy took when we had a holiday house in Blairgowrie with Paul & Sherryn Danaher, back in the late 80s, early 90s
On Friday, our neighbour, Glen, left a bag of goodies at our front door, and amongst them was Manny the Mammoth, a new friend for Morse. He was quite thrilled with Manny and inspected him from every angle, before settling down for a serious snooze.
Yesterday was busy - Morse had a pre-Christmas bath, and I washed all his bedding - about 4 loads of washing in all. Wes also washed both cars and we are feeling very clean & virtuous. It was a perfect morning for all these activities, but we were all exhausted by lunch-time and happy to sit quietly with the Saturday Age newspaper.
We were both very sad to read of the death of Ron Brown this week, as he was a friend here for many years. We met him when we joined Daylesford Rotary, where he was always contributing, and even this year, when he was quite frail, he turned up at the Farmers Market, helping with signage & greeting everyone as they turned up. He will be missed.
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Ron at "Clean Up Daylesford Cemetery Day"
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