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We started our week with the usual visit to the Daylesford Market, where we collected wonderful fresh fruit & vegetables from Yvonne, while Morse devoured his cut up pear. Then back home to quickly put it all away and get on the road to meet Kathy & Gerard Lazzaro for brunch at Code Black café in Brunswick. We spent a very enjoyable 90 minutes there enjoying interesting meals and catching up on each other's news & plans.
Sharing stories with Kathy & Ged
The next morning, Wes & Morse were able to walk in light rain, where the ibises and ducks were ready to play at the Daylesford Cemetery. Meanwhile I did the supermarket shopping, picked up savoury croissants for breakfast, and put out the bins for the street. We devoted School to talking about Christmas, planning our annual letter and email. Then it was time for me to have a massage with Sarah Hunt, where we discussed a range of topics and ended up with me offering to loan her books by Louise Penny & Ann Cleeves from our library. While I was with Sarah, Wes mowed the back lawns, much to the delight of all our birds.
On Tuesday, it was pouring rain until about 9am. I headed into town, then to Juls for a manicure. When I arrived back here, just in time for 11am Remembrance, the new armchair had been delivered and was sitting in the bedroom, waiting for me.
We were pleased to wake to a dry morning on Wednesday, and Wes took Morse for a long walk at Daylesford Cemetery, where the ibises & ducks were ready & waiting. Judi & I played Mah Jong at Muffins & More café, which was full of locals. When I came back home, the floors were sparkling clean, and Morse was sulking as he gets put outside while Wes is doing them.
By Thursday, we were enjoying lovely Spring weather again. I delivered newspapers to Spring Park Nursery early, before Wes & I settled down to our Thursday Zooms - his was on the interesting topic The Decline of Trust in Institutions, while I chatted with Kathy, Karen S & Joyce, mostly about eyes, and Joyce's latest beautiful handiwork, which is now on her bed.
Wes & I continued what has become a Thursday tradition of going out for brunch, and we visited a café I have never entered before - Himalaya Bakery, which serves simple meals - eggs on toast, toasties, soup, home-made pies etc. It used to be totally vegetarian, but I noticed bacon & meat have found their way onto the menu since the latest owner took control, and there were a few tradies coming in for pies & sausage rolls while we were there. We enjoyed the friendly atmosphere, our meals and teas, and will definitely return.
Friday was another perfect day, and although Jan Pengilley and I waited to Zoom with each other at different times, everything else went well. Barry, the fisherman, crossed the road to find out if we were all OK as we hadn't been to Lake Daylesford recently. It was lovely to see him and briefly catch up on his news, before his wife, June, arrived, and needed to be driven to an appointment.
Wes spent the morning in the front garden, where I have been doing a bit of weeding each day, in an effort to lighten his load. He did some serious weeding, trimming and then mowed the verge at the end of Duke Street as a favour for James & Yoko at #80, and Daniel & Tania at #77.
Yesterday we drove to Strathmore to visit Leanne, armed with fruit scones, while she provided homemade strawberry jam & whipped cream to go with them. I had recently gone through my medications and given the out of date ones to the pharmacy for disposal, so suggested we do that together with hers, which was much easier with two checking everything.
Last night Wes was delighted when his AFLW team easily beat Hawthorn to progress to a Preliminary Final next Saturday night in Brisbane against the Lions. The Blues looked very good and are playing great footy at the right end of the season.
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