So cute!
We started our Sunday with our usual excursion to the Daylesford Market. It had been raining earlier, but held off to allow us to take Morse and give him the excitement he craves each week. Both Yvonne & Ken make a big fuss of him before he tucks into his pear, and then accompanies Wes through the Market to Jeff's stall, where they buy eggs & dog treats.
Later that morning, our neighbours, James & Yoko, dropped in for a chat. I had left a bag of lemons at their front door, and they wanted to thank us for them, as well as talk about the various things happening in their lives, which includes a short visit next month from Yoko's parents and older sister, who live in Japan. Morse hasn't made up his mind about James, but he loves Yoko, and was happy to be patted for as long as she was willing to do it.
On Monday, we spent a couple of hours doing Christmas card & email School. Afterwards we met up with old friends, Robert & Marilyn Preston, at Bad Habits Café in The Convent. We had a great table, lovely service and ran out of time before we had exhausted all the conversational topics we wanted to cover. The Prestons were staying at the RACV Club in Creswick, which made it a very easy catch-up. Wes was able to give them the history of the complex, as well as point them in the direction of a few must see places in the area.
Thanks to our waitress, Duma, for taking this photo of Robert, Wes, Karen & Marilyn
Later that night, Wes joined a Zoom hosted by Labor Academy - he fed me early, and had his own meal afterwards. Although I had been able to stay up for dinner twice over the weekend, I was very tired after our interesting day and had to retreat to bed.
The next morning, I had an early Zoom with Leanne, who was worried about one of her support workers, who had been unable to visit her for a week, because her partner was unwell. We talked about Nicole, Leanne's garden, and the exciting visit to her last Friday by our younger sister, Paun, and her husband, Brian, who were on a whirlwind visit to Victoria to see Brian's mum, Una, who is going well in her early 90s.
On Wednesday, Wes headed off to Melbourne for lunch with a few of his old schoolmates. Sadly, there are fewer each time they meet, and everyone is struggling with health issues of some description or caring for someone with issues. He was gone for hours, and Morse was delighted when he finally arrived home, having battled with traffic and heavy rain.
Mick Curran, Gary Blake, Alan Trigg, Tom Tyrrell & Chris Meehan enjoying catching up
Chris Meehan, George Traczyk & David Carey
Meanwhile I had a haircut with Lyndal, my last for some time, as she is expecting a baby in mid-January. We had a great chat and I was nearly home again when I realised I hadn't paid her! We had a good laugh about it when I returned to remedy the situation. Afterwards, Judi & I played Mah Jong at Muffins & More, where life continues as normal under the new owner.
The rain encouraged our latest standard rose, Tangles, to finally flower & it has been worth the wait - mauve blooms with a delicate fragrance
We both had Zooms on Thursday morning - Wes caught up with his mostly Overseas Friends, where Jim Brown chaired the discussion on Leaders. Meanwhile I had an early chat with Terry Borg in Burwood, where we talked about the Bluey episodes we had seen, among other more serious topics. Then a catch up with Old Friends - Kathy, Lib, Karen & Joyce - where we were all horrified to discover Karen had never seen Harry Potter, and in her words "wings it" in discussions. We also debriefed on Lib's residential area Christmas Tree decoration, which included grand-kids & great-grand-kids and a visit from Santa. Kathy talked about teaching her 8-year-old grand-daughter, Olivia, to knit, and asked for suggestions, and I put pressure on Joyce to present her framed embroidered Nativity scene for Show & Tell before Christmas.
Then, Wes was on the road again - this time to Geelong, via Trentham, where he picked up Bob White, and drove to Grovedale to have lunch with Ken & Geraldine Wilson. Ken was the Town Clerk for the City of Brunswick when Wes and then Bob were Mayor, and we've all kept up the good relationship since the 80s.
Wes heading out for lunch - navy blue seems to be the colour of choice these days
On Friday, we had hoped to catch up with Rob & Dene at Glen's place for our Christmas get-together, but Glen woke feeling very unwell, so that has been postponed until a later date. We decided to collect a tree from our local Christmas Tree Farm, and Wes was able to fit a 1.6m tree in Sammy - the days of tall trees are over as we no longer own a station wagon!
Yesterday was the annual Highland Gathering in Daylesford. We walked down to Vincent Street to watch the parade of bands from the country, the city & interstate. Our own Daylesford Pipes & Drums concluded the march, much to the delight of the small, but appreciative crowd. Sadly, for the Gathering, it started to rain as everyone was heading to Victoria Park for the day's events. We managed to get wet enough on our walk home to have to change our clothes as we were soaked through.
Karen enjoying the Parade in the gloom! This tradition started in 1952 and is still going strong over 70 years later
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