Beautiful Peppermint Pattie
After our big Grand Final day last Saturday, I was exhausted and spent Sunday in bed. Wes & Morse visited the Daylesford Market, and pumped water at Leitches Creek for me, and had a quiet day themselves.
I felt much better on Monday and was able to put out all the bins, shop at Coles Supermarket, cook rice for Morse, and be ready at 9am for our first School in ages. Wes had found two excellent tutorials by Steve Dotto, of Dottotech, and we enjoyed them both. The first discussed multiple ways of making the most of Google Maps, including Location Sharing, which we knew existed, but had never investigated. Now we are both sharing our locations with each other, which takes the worry out of wondering where the other is when they are late arriving home, or when we have arranged a pick up spot.
The second one showed us how to plan a trip with several stops, using Google Maps. Steve suggested doing the work on the desktop & sending the link to our mobile phones. We both think that is another very useful tool - especially when we are driving to Adelaide for example and know exactly where we want to stop for a rest, the toilet or to grab a meal. Since we bought our latest Mazda 3, Snoopy, we tend to use Google Maps to direct us, rather than the sat nav provided with the car.
Afterwards I went back into Vincent Street to post letters, buy bread and look for an empty spray perfume bottle for Wes to use when he makes his after-shave. When I came back home, Wes knew exactly where I had been, which was a sensible way of checking that the location sharing was working.
On Tuesday morning we were due for our six-monthly COVID boosters, and met a different doctor & nurse for the occasion. Dr Alex, a Pom, was very thorough, and Rebecca, the nurse, who lives in Ballarat, was a delight. She hasn't worked anywhere that she has loved as much as Springs Medical, which is a wonderful endorsement of our local centre. While we were there, I received the very welcome news that both biopsies taken from my face last week were benign. Later that afternoon, Wes & Helen Hanrahan had a good chat, which included Helen's eldest daughter, Brigid.
Judi & I played Mah Jong the next morning and she took the honours on a very cold Spring day. Wes did his usual vacuuming & washing of floors, and then spent much of the afternoon chatting. He and Jenny Beacham spent time catching up, and then he hosted a most enjoyable Cousins' Zoom, which talked about Sporting Heroes in the families and unearthed some beauties!!
Jim ran an interesting post-COVID discussion for the Jackson Group on Thursday morning. while I was pleased to host an Old Friends Zoom, where we compared notes on forgetfulness, health issues and happy thoughts. Wes & I then drove to Hepburn Springs to try the newish cafe there, Lotte, which is an offshoot of the much-missed Pancho, which used to be just around the corner from us in Daylesford. The tea & coffee were excellent & I loved my omelette, but Wes found his anchovy and leek breakfast a little rich. However, it was great to go out & do something normal!
On Friday, it was wet again, so we enjoyed a quiet day inside. The birds were extra hungry and had to be fed a few times, and Morse was excited as he knew it was fish & chips for dinner, which he loves as Wes always buys extra chips which I add to Morse's meals each morning & night.
Yesterday, we visited Leanne on a warm day in Strathmore. She was in good spirits and we shared scones, jam & cream for morning tea. Leanne had made a second batch of strawberry jam, which is even better than her first! We were able to solve a couple of computer problems, reconnect her Kayo and discuss some health issues.
When we arrived back home, I made some minestrone soup, which we had for dinner that night. What a thrill - it's been quite some time since I made a meal, and we had lots of vegetables just begging to be put together!
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