I suspect most kids have been through this - I know I did! However, I am sure I knew more than Peppermint Pattie!
We enjoyed a quiet start to the week last Sunday. Wes & Morse were greeted well at the Daylesford Market, and we came home laden with produce. I caught up with the weekend copies of The Age newspaper, but didn't have much energy, so watched footy all afternoon. There were three close games with all three having unexpected results - West Coast had their first win, North their second, and Melbourne hung on to defeat last year's premiers, Brisbane, at the Gabba.
After our early morning walk on Monday, which was freezing, and supermarket shopping, we discussed the garden as our School project. We agreed to replant the strawberries in wheelbarrows, and reuse the strawberry patch for Golden Beauty roses with Golden Marjoram as ground cover. Wes bought me a polytunnel for my herb pots that live on the decking, so I am going to give them all a facelift before we put protection on them from the cockies & possums. As well, we decided to move our bar fridge back into the study from under the house, as we often need milk for visitors, and water for us, when working downstairs.
Wes was able to walk without the aid of a crutch early on Tuesday morning, where the weather was -3° (felt like -7°), but it wasn't windy like the day before, so we coped. Afterwards, when the sun came out, he cleaned both our cars after we emptied them of all their possessions in preparation for collecting Snoopy the next day.
We were very excited heading off to Ballarat Mazda the next morning and even more excited when we met Snoopy for the first time. It is 4 years since we bought Pearl and the changes to the safety of the car and the ease of driving were immediately apparent. Andy spent ages showing us how to use Google Maps, how to lock & unlock the car without the key fob, and heaps of other useful pieces of information we hope to remember. I drove the car home and couldn't believe how comfortable it was and what a difference a bigger maps screen made.
After we had a cup of tea and a chat, we opened Morse's new dog hammock and put it in the back seat. Amazingly he was very happy to hop straight in, and had to be persuaded to come back out again. Everything fitted perfectly and all we had to do then was check our diaries and change anything that required two cars!
Thursday mornings are now Wes's time to drive Snoopy, so I've spent some time changing the eight appointments I had on that day of the week for the remainder of the year. While I was Zooming with Terry Borg and catching up on her news; and later with Lib, Joyce & Karen S, he took Snoopy out for his first drive, adjusted the seat to his liking and added his mobile phone. He also returned Glen's crutches to her and gave her a beautiful country garden bouquet of flowers to say thank you. It was 5 weeks on Friday since his fall, and we are so grateful to Glen for her loan of the crutches, as well as her lessons in how to use them.
We were thrilled with some overnight rain on Friday and even a few drops while we were walking Morse early in the cemetery. After I had a good Zoom with Leanne, I set off in Snoopy to pump mineral water, buy some herbs and get a lettuce for lunch. I forgot the lettuce, but did everything else, and Wes & I had a productive morning in the garden. He swept up all the Autumn leaves in the front, did some pruning & watering, while I refreshed our herb pots on the decking and added rocket seedlings to our greenhouse.
Yesterday we woke to discover we had enjoyed 6mls rain in the last 24 hours, the best for some time and weren't the tanks & the garden pleased. We decided this was the best time to install the new greenhouse to cover the herbs and we started with some trepidation, but were very excited to find easy, clear instructions. This meant we did the construction with no arguments and a minimum of fuss, although we do have 4 cords left over with no idea where they belong!
Yesterday was a mixed bag in the footy - Carlton went down to GWS at the Docklands. Both teams started well, but the Blues didn't put in as many second efforts and the result was a big disappointment. Last night, Collingwood lost Pendlebury & Hill before the game started, and Maynard in the first 3 minutes, which had us out of sorts and enabled North to be ahead at half-time. We got our act together in the second half and managed to win. I'm looking forward to watching the replay, as we were too tired to last beyond half-time.
First of all those Autumn colors are so beautiful! Congratulations on the new car and what a great Mothers Day gift! And.. I am also a Carlton Supporter although they weren't much chop this weekend.. Have a great Week ahead Karen! Great post!
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