Dear Friends, I had some complaints
after my last Dispatch that there were too many photos from 1990 (this from a
St Kilda supporter), so I explained that Wes had just scanned a set of photos
& I was keen to use them, even though it was so long ago. I just loved
looking at photos of us all looking a little younger!
I’ve just returned from visiting
Viva, Leanne & Smokey. Viva is looking good, although she is suffering in the
heat of course. Leanne has been busy redoing the garden with weed mat and mulch
& everywhere looks great. Wes has gone to see ‘Midnight & Magnolias’ at
the Williamstown Little Theatre with Barbara, Judi, Michael, John, Glenn &
Gillie. I arrived home just as he was leaving.
This morning we enjoyed a wonderful
breakfast – special treats included garlic scallops, spinach pancakes &
zucchini fritters, in addition to poached plums & pears, baked bananas,
pikelets, 2 types of snags, bacon two ways, mushrooms & tomatoes. We shared
some lovely stories over the meal with lots of laughs.
I had gotten up early to walk the
boys and it was quite hot & dry as we made our way through town & back;
then after I had showered, I took them to the Sunday Market, by which time the
rain had started to fall; then to the supermarket & it was quite heavy
rain. Back home, where they demolished as much of the celery as I discard. By
the time we drove to Café 3460, the rain was easing and Kim brought out toast
& vegemite on a willow-patterned plate, which I quickly rescued before
rewarding the boys for their patience.
Norma at Lavandula in
July 09 & with me in Feb 12 below
On Monday, Norma had a lie-in and we
played golf with John Smith after Wes had walked the boys. Norma went for a
walk around town & met Gillie at the Post Office, as well as enjoying
coffee at the Gourmet Larder. Wes & I had a late breakfast at Café 3460
with John & Glenn, and then in the afternoon, Norma & I climbed into
Teddy and drove to Kyneton to walk up & down historic Piper Street. I used
to love doing this and it was fun to explore with Norma’s company. We were
blown away by the Stockroom, an eclectic gallery on the site of the old Kyneton
Knitting Mills; intrigued by some of the interesting shops, bought some goodies
at the greengrocer/deli; ran into old friend, Fran Wigley; peered into windows
of closed shops & restaurants & spent quite a while at the amazing
Emporium. The only thing we didn’t do was stop for a cup of tea as absolutely
nowhere open appealed to us at all. The only place we liked the look of was
closed for February.
That night Norma & Wes cooked
venison with sweet potato and we watched the most recent episode of ‘The
Accused’, which I hope everyone has been glued to – absolutely riveting TV series
written by Jimmy McGovern. On Tuesday we took Norma to the Red Star Café to
experience a Hepburn breakfast, detoured to Jubilee Lake to enable her to buy
honey from O’Toole’s stall by the side of the road & spent an hour at
Lavandula Swiss Italian Lavender Farm. There were only a few of us wandering
around & we enjoyed wallowing in lavender and exploring the gardens.
We had a busy morning on Wednesday
moving furniture and getting everywhere ready for the painters who were due the
next day. Then off to Melbourne for our first Melbourne Theatre Company play
this year – ‘Tribes’ by Nina Raine. Wes wrote it up on Facebook thus –
We caught up with Ian & Robyn
briefly during interval & afterwards, which was lovely. Wes very kindly did
the driving so that I wouldn’t be too tired & could finally get to Rotary,
which I did that night. It was fun evening with a Valentines theme, and I did enjoy
catching up with all our Rotary friends & their partners, even if our table
was pretty hopeless in Jan’s trivia quiz.
1997 – Robyn & Ian with Tom
On Thursday the painters arrived about
8.30am and proceeded to take over upstairs, relegating Wes & me to our study
downstairs. I played Mah Jong with Dot & Carol, and Wes went to a lovely
long Men’s Lunch at the Bowling Club. The next morning, only one painter returned
to do the cupboards and the feature wall. Wes stayed at home, while I played 12
holes at Trentham, as early morning exercise is definitely helping my energy levels.
Yesterday Wes collected the boys early
– they were delighted to be home again and to be given big bones, as we were off
back into town to see another play, ‘The Seed’ written by a young WA actress turned
playwright, Kate Mulvaney, about a family named Maloney. Wes posted the following
on Facebook - The acting
performances by Tony Martin, Gleeson & Max Gillies were very good, very
compelling. The play, which is driven by and drives the themes of Ireland, war,
family, genetics, Australian lifestyle, apprehension of violence and desperate
self-reality, hit home to us on many of its layers. The 1st act is excellent. The
2nd act needs a bit of rewriting & tightening of direction. Loved
the set. We were so glad we saw this play & the drive home to
Daylesford was full of theatre conversation. Before our preview session started
the young female director addressed the audience and craved our indulgence as she
had given her cast a big list of new instructions this morning following the
previous night’s first preview performance. Before the play we enjoyed a yum
cha at the ‘Red Emperor’ in Docklands.
Last
night I was delighted to finally see the Magpies playing footy again in a round
Robin match with
Footscray & the newest AFL club, Greater
Western Sydney. We are going to be very spoiled this year as Fox launched a dedicated
AFL station on Friday night with 24-hour footy. All their live games come ad-free,
which is such a bonus. Their commentary teams aren’t as appealing to me as the ABC
radio, so if I am watching a game on TV, I’ll be listening on the radio, just as
I do with the cricket. Bliss.
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