Dear Everyone, today isn’t as hot as the weather has been
& there is even talk of some very welcome rain later in the day, but I
suspect the wind might blow it away. Wes is in Melbourne for the weekend and
enjoying a wonderful time.
Wes seems to have a
way with babies and Jack looks delighted to have met him!
After lunch, he drove to Macleod to share in Doug Mathew’s
95th birthday celebration. Doug was surrounded by his three
children, most of their offspring & quite a few of their offspring &
although it would have been exhausting for him, he must have been thrilled that
everyone made time to visit and wish him a happy day.
Then he checked into the St George’s Road Motor Inn, where
he no doubt had a sleep before heading to the Brunswick Rotary Dinner at the
Abruzzo Club in East Brunswick, where he sat with old friends, Mick &
Suzanne Leahy, Joe de Simone, Joy & Russel Dale. I found a text message
from him this morning letting me know he had arrived back at the motel around
11pm after an enjoyable night.
Today he had a long breakfast with his nephew, Leon, and
when I spoke to him, he was at Highpoint West in Maribyrnong, where he was
hoping to replenish his wardrobe, or see a film if it all got too much! Then he
will meet up with the rest of the Williamstown
Little Theatre group for a play at 5pm, have dinner & drive back home.
Meanwhile the boys and I have been busy – we went for a
drive yesterday to buy flowers and collect shoes I had ordered from Daylesford
Clothing. The boys love being in the car and quite a few people stopped
to say hello to them. I spent the afternoon reading a new crime fiction author,
Liza Cody, whose main character is a female private eye, called Anna Lee. This
U3A term we are being introduced to 14 female detectives in our Crime Fiction
class & I am only familiar with 4 of them, so I have found the first book
of each of the others, and they are on their way to me from England. I’ve got
quite a lot of reading to do, but if Anna Lee is any indication, it will be
most enjoyable.
Today I got up at
5.45am and took the boys on their usual walk around Lake Daylesford. We set off
in pitch black with a small torch to guide us and as we walked off the footpath
towards the Lake path, someone was ahead of us. Frodo started howling &
couldn’t be comforted, so we went the other way & all was well.
Later we made our usual trip to the Sunday Market, where we stocked up on fruit, vegetables and dog
bones. Wes had asked me to get him another rose, and Ken recommended Barbra
Streisand, which I thought would please him.
We have played golf
twice this week, and on Friday it was magic. As we drove through Musk and
Bullarto, we were engulfed by mist, the temperature dropped to about 9°, and suddenly
the sun rose blinding & golden as we crested the hill before Trentham. We
played the first two holes in mist and were struggling to find our balls, but
we didn’t care. Of course, if you were on the road to Melbourne for work, you
would have hated it all – kangaroos, mist and the sun in your eyes!
On Wednesday afternoon we hosted Aperitifs and had a good
crowd of 50 revellers. Wes had suggested that we ask The Belles, Lee &
Bronnie, to cater, and they arrived at 5pm with trays of yummy snacks, which
everyone enjoyed. It certainly made for a stress-free evening for us both.
Susan Reilly, Deputy Lord Mayor Melbourne and old friend, dropped by, which was
quite a surprise; Al & Elli arranged a baby-sitter for their 3-year old so
they could have a rare night out; David & Steve who are our neighbours in
front drove up from Melbourne; Rhonda dropped by and other friends we don’t
often see, popped in as well. I found the crowd too much indoors after a while,
so sat outside chatting with Frank & Ellis, and keeping an eye on Bilbo
& Frodo, who behaved perfectly.
We all had a very quiet day on Thursday to recover from the
night before and in preparation for lunch on Friday with Jan & Warren
Pengilley. We all met at Mercato, and enjoyed a lovely couple
of hours together. The first lunch we ever had as a foursome went for 5 hours
at their place, but they had to take their grandson swimming that afternoon, so
it was quite short by those lofty standards.
Mercato at night
Apart from those highlights, I also went to gym twice, and
tried to get in a few walks; Wes went to Ballarat with Barbara for the first
hydrotherapy of the year; Wes spent ages getting the front garden looking good,
as well as cleaning under the house; we spent a morning preparing to hand over
all the Rotary Art Show files to the
new committee, and I watched cricket whenever I could!
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