Snoopy can't help being a dog!
We had a most successful visit with Leanne last Sunday. We had bought her a magnolia to put in the lawn in her front garden, and had our fingers & toes crossed that she would love it, which she did. Wes worked hard digging down into the couch grass, successfully planted it and surrounded it with deep purple lobelia. Let's hope Strathmore gets lots of rain and the magnolia settles in happily. We had fish & chips for lunch to celebrate Leanne's birthday, with bon bons & poppers for extra colour!
The next day we had School, after I had done the weekly shop at Coles Supermarket. We watched a YouTube lesson on Windows 11, which is on our laptop, but not able to be updated onto our desktops. We particularly liked the ability to hover over icons to alter the screen size, and reverse clicking offers a lot more options than Windows 10. After that we saw another YouTube lesson, this time a webinar from Dottotech, all about the changes to Google Calendar. This was mostly related to Reminders & Tasks, which Wes uses, but I don't, preferring Keep Lists instead. However, we both enjoyed learning all the new tricks and especially the ability to move email details into your Calendar.
Then it was time to sit staring at our screens while we tried to get through to Ticketek to book reserved seats for the AFL Gather Round in April 2024. It took an hour before I successfully had seats for us both, for our games on the Saturday & Sunday. It was especially infuriating as the first time I got into the booking site, I kept being told there were no available tickets, which led to mild panic on my part!
It's been a busy week for Zooms for us both - Wes has had two chats with Barbara in New Zealand; an enjoyable catch up with Cousins, as well as a fun pre-Christmas session with the Jackson crew from overseas and Australia, which involved a lot of preparation work on his part. Meanwhile I caught up with Leanne twice, still excited by the magnolia; had a lovely chat with Old Friends, and my last Zoom for the year with Terry Borg in Burwood.
We solved this at our place by putting in a couple of extra power points!
I've had fun giving thank you gifts to various people and places this week - Luke & Steve at the Post Office; the crew at Pancho; everyone at The Convent; the Muffins mob; my hairdresser, Lyndal; our garbos, and Tim, Kelly & Romy Streat, who are all wonderful in their different lines of work. There are seven more to go, which will be delivered today & during the week - Yvonne, Ken & Jeff at the Sunday Market; Sarah who gives me excellent massages; Juls who does manicures, and Julie & Emma at EKO, where I have facials.
The 1st Test against Pakistan started on Thursday in Perth and I have been glued to the action. Warner certainly made a statement with his 164 on Day 1, and the Aussies capitalised on his good play with an excellent total. On Day 2, Pakistan defended stoutly and were 2/132 at stumps. Last night, Australia were 2/84 with a lead of 300, which they will hope to increase today.
Yesterday morning, we met Les & Fiona Groundwater for breakfast at Pancho café. They had been back to WA to spend time with their daughter, Chloe, and we had lots of news to catch up on. As usual, we were looked after beautifully there, with very yummy meals and lovely service.
Glimpses from our back garden from the top - rose & petunia patch; fernery; standard Glorious, and standard Red Riding Hood
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