Icelandic Sculpture
Dear Friends, we are thrilled to announce
that Spring has arrived in Daylesford this week – we’ve enjoyed some very nice
temperatures and the lack of heavy rain has enabled everyone to get out into
their gardens, to walk again, or to just feel better for having the options.
We played our first game of golf in months
on Monday morning – as we drove through mist and rain to Trentham, we were
starting to wonder if we would be coming straight home, but once we were on the
course, the mist lifted and we enjoyed a very quiet 10 holes with no-one
around. We have played much better (and much worse), but we have rarely enjoyed
a round so much.
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Us at
Trent Bridge
Tuesday we went to gym, where we caught up
with Bill & Steve, who haven’t been seen there in a long time (doesn’t mean
they haven’t been attending of course), and came home to washing, ironing and a
henna, put on me by Wes, and done very smoothly. We think we finally have the
process licked and Wes is delighted with the result.
The next day Wes accompanied Barbara to the
Royal Talbot Hospital in Melbourne where they had a day listening to and
learning from other paraplegics and quadriplegics. Meanwhile I met Valerie for
Mah Jong and caught up on all her news.
Wes had been put on notice for jury duty in
Ballarat, but wasn’t required on Thursday, so we decided to go there anyway and
have lunch and look at the Photo Biennale, which originated in Daylesford, but
quickly grew too big for us and moved to Ballarat. Wes had chosen a Japanese
Restaurant for us to try, but a policewoman was blocking the road as we drew
near to it and we wondered if there was either an accident or filming going on
at Sovereign Hill that day. Instead we had an inexpensive but enjoyable Thai
meal at Brown Sugar in Sturt Street,
which meant we were in walking distance of many of the photos.
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Sadly we were a little underwhelmed by most
of the photography, which was either self-indulgent or pornographic or both.
Some of the best works were in small cafes, rather than the Art Gallery or
Mining Exchange.
Wes was required on Friday, but was never
empanelled, much to his dismay as he was looking forward to the experience. I
have been called up quite a few times, and although I have been empanelled
twice, I have never sat through a trial either. The first time, my neighbour in
the jury box knew the first witness in the trial, and on the second occasion, I
knew the defending solicitor, (Michael McGarvie), well enough to be going to
his birthday party the following Saturday night.
I met Judi for lunch at Liena’s Kitchen, a little Chinese café in
Vincent Street, and we shared a fish hotpot dish before heading out to Barcaldine House to see The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, as part
of the U3A Flicks on Friday. I think
everyone there had seen the film, but we were all keen to see it again – it is
beautifully, written, filmed and acted and I laughed and cried simultaneously
through it. We had invited John & Jan to join us as they are U3A members,
and it was John’s birthday, but Jan wasn’t well enough and ended up visiting
the doctor instead.
Yesterday was busy, Wes had a long Art Show
meeting with Sharon Nicholson, we spent some time in the garden, planting
vegetables and lavender bushes, the dishwasher decided not to empty water any
more, and Carlton decided to get a move on after a sluggish first half against
Port and fell in by a point – a result that Wes declared was never in doubt!
Today the boys have given Wes a bottle of
his favourite Jameson’s whisky, which is good timing as he finished the
duty-free allowance last night getting the Blues over the line. After the Sunday
Market and breakfast, we are heading to Melbourne for the Collingwood vs North
Melbourne game, where I have a Long Room pass for Wes, and am hoping we get
seats on the Balcony and enjoy the game in comfort. We are hoping to catch up
with Loud Gayle, who is usually there with her friend, Heather, and to see a
win, of course!
Stunning Pine Tree at Threave Gardens, Scotland
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