When I left you last Saturday, we were both
recovering from a busy and emotional week and our ennui lasted through Sunday
as well. Wes got up early and walked the boys before I took them to the Sunday
Market and we then joined Judi, Barbara, Gillie, John & Jan for breakfast
with Danny & Min as guests. Danny had brought Min to Daylesford for the
weekend and taken him to some of his favourite spots – Tuki for the fishing experience and the yummy roast spuds; Hepburn
golf course for the kangaroos; Vincent Street for shopping; the Daylesford
Hotel balcony for a drink, and Jimmy’s
Bar for dinner as they couldn’t get into The Lake House. We discovered also that John & Jan have decided
to move back home to Sandhurst and visit Daylesford in their motor home,
instead of living in Daisy-Lea.
On Sunday, Daylesford turned on the four
seasons in one day for them – it was cool and overcast early, then the sun
shone, before we had a very serious hailstorm and strong winds followed by more
sunshine. It’s a good thing the boys aren’t scared of storms!
The next day was another quiet one – we had
hoped to play golf with Gillie, but it was wet early and rained intermittently
all day. While I did some shopping, Wes found a castle that was given to his
family by William the Conqueror (Coughton
Court, Warwickshire), so Bilbo,
Frodo & I had to tug our forelocks for the rest of the day. These days the
castle is owned by an Indian cricket fanatic (and wealthy person we assume).
Finally on Tuesday we heard from Celia that
she had given birth to a healthy baby girl, Isla April Durie. We are so
thrilled for her and Cory that all 6lb 11oz of Isla made it safely into our
world.
Wes and Secundus (aka Warren Pengilley)
went to Brian & Roberta’s home that night for a Cowboy and Whisky Night. I dropped them off and Peta Hawker brought
them home in her taxi. It sounds as though it was a brilliant night and
Secundus has been put in charge of the next one. Wes’s contribution to the
evening was a bottle called Writer’s
Tears, but there were so many whisky bottles that it didn’t get opened!
On Wednesday after playing Mah Jong for an
hour, we headed off to the Springvale Botanical Cemetery to attend the service
for Alan Edgoose. Lib was flanked by her children, Becky and Paul, as well as
Paul’s wife, Helen, their two children, Oscar & Macy, and Tom. Her brother
Bob & his wife, Geraldine, had driven down from Lockhart, and there were
plenty of old friends including us, the Stevensons, Doug & Margaret, Bob
& Gayle & Glenda. Wes had worn a shirt closest in colour to Geelong’s
dark blue and I had on my best jeans in honour of Alan. He would have been
thrilled with two renditions of We Are
Geelong at the end of the service.
We drove straight back here afterwards as
Wes was taking Barbara as his guest to a special Rotary meeting that night to
raise money for mental health. The Guest Speaker announced the frightening
statistic that more than $2M is lost per annum on poker machines at the two
venues in this area.
Rotarians & Guests wearing hats of every kind
We were both totally exhausted on Thursday
after gym, and as the weather went from cold to very cold to hailing, decided
to have a very quiet day inside keeping warm and catching up on Ancestry (him)
and knitting and reading (me), in front of the fire. The boys just love days
like that.
Meanwhile there were terrible fires in NSW
and especially frightening for Gail & Terry, whose family live in the Blue
Mountains and for Judi & Michael, whose best friends live in Blackheath. We
were very relieved when there was no loss of life or property for them.
On Friday Wes caught the train into town
try out Myki at Ballan Station; to visit the Registry Office; to have a coffee
at Pelligrini’s and lunch in Little Bourke Street. I took the boys out to pump
water at Leitches Creek, and then visited Dot & John to see if the Fair
Isle jumper I am knitting him is going to fit…and it is too small. I am using a
pattern book that is 20 years old and we think that wool has changed a lot in
that time, which is why the tension is so wrong. So I will pull out the back
and start again with the biggest size and cross all my fingers and toes that I
get it right.
Wes had a most enjoyable day and was very
impressed with the help given him by the Births Register and the Adoption
Register. Both bodies will see if they can trace his mother’s parents.
Emily
Knox with her mother, Jane, just before Emily flew out on Wednesday to take up
a job in London
Yesterday I was extremely fatigued and went
back to bed after about an hour up trying to do things. This CFS is a most
insidious thing and I am only grateful I didn’t get it when we were running
Maloney Insurance Brokers. I spent the day reading, doing crosswords, watching
the races and resting and feel much better this morning. Let’s hope it stays
that way for a while. Wes worked on Ancestry, did some gardening, fixed Barbara’s
internet, cooked lunch and helped set up for a Rotary barbecue at St Michael’s
Primary School today.
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