Dear Friends, we
enjoyed a very chatty breakfast last Sunday morning. Judi arrived looking
resplendent in gear given to her & Michael as part of their trip on The
Ghan, which went from Darwin to Adelaide. David & Sandy were there with Bam
Bam, and Aileen popped in briefly for a coffee and catch up.
We dropped Bilbo home
as he was tired after his early walk, socialising with Bam Bam & straining
to see Margot through the glass! Then we headed to St Michael’s Catholic
Primary School fête in Smith Street, Daylesford, where we met lots of friends
and acquaintances. The fete was very well organised and we picked up some
books, bought berry jams from Emma Ford that she had made, and tried our luck
with the silent auction & the wood raffle.
Crowds enjoying the sunshine & spinning wheel
at the fête
Back home, Wes got
into the garden, and I put my precious tomato seedlings into the greenhouse to
grow a bit stronger before being planted.
When I had woken early
that morning, I found an email from a Barbara Ward, asking me if ‘Wes’ in my
Blog was Warren Maloney, as they were probably related. I couldn’t wait for Wes
& Bilbo to get back from their walk, and Wes was very excited to find
another 5th cousin. Not only are they related, via Catherine Nairn,
who was transported with Margaret Mackintosh, but Barbara & her sister are
keen to share their Ancestry research, and have found and visited the graves at
Franklinford where Catherine & her husband, John Wayman, are buried.
It was a blustery
afternoon, perfect for Ancestry.com for Wes, and for catching up on the weekend
papers, Logic Problems, ironing & phone calls for me.
Can you see the beautiful flowers on our shiraz
peas? So, exciting watching them grow!
We all slept in on
Monday as there was no gym for me and I was happy to walk Bilbo around the
Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens at 8.30am. Wes mowed the lawns and helped Barbara
Simpson, and then it was time to go to the Hepburn Sound Shell & meet up
with old friends, Joe De Simone & Karen Synon, who were here to see their
son, Johnny, play the trumpet in his school band, as part of their concert
celebrating the Murray River.
After the concert,
which went for 75 minutes and was most entertaining, especially when rain fell
just when the drought broke in the scene before us, we headed to Boathouse
Daylesford, where we fluked half a long table and had a long, leisurely lunch
with Joe, Karen & their younger son, Tommy. Wes & I had the mussels
& felt we were in St Malo again!
We came home to find
Bilbo wide awake after some serious sleeping and very happy to see us back with
him. Leanne had left a message with our horses in her Melbourne Cup Sweep, and
we settled down to enjoy a quiet few hours.
When I woke up the next
morning I had a very sore throat and knew that I was in for another bout of
bronchial asthma. This meant that I missed seeing the Beatles Film that all my
friends had told me I mustn’t miss. There were 23 at the session and Wes was
able to watch it with Barbara, as the other volunteers had already seen it or
didn’t want to.
That afternoon Wes and
Barbara went to a Cup Day function at Sailors Falls Estate Winery – an annual
event, which is good fun, and once again I was sorry to miss it. I wasn’t in
the mood for putting on silly bets, so didn’t back anything other than our
Melbourne Cup picks, which came nowhere. Wes won $40 in one of Rob’s sweeps and
arrived home having enjoyed a fun afternoon with good friends. He was kind
enough to make me some dinner before relaxing.
You would swear Nurse Bilbo had been on night shift
the way he slept all Tuesday afternoon!
I stayed in bed again
on Wednesday and Wes had a big morning helping Barbara, before coming home to
make lunch for us.
The next day I had
hoped to be well enough to get up, but after a shower and sitting up for a
couple of hours, I found myself exhausted, so back to bed to reread Ann
Cleeves’ Shetland Series, watch the Oaks Day races & enjoy the cricket from
the WACA. The Oaks was an amazing race, won by 120/1 outsider, who was boldly
ridden from the front & stayed there. The Aussies had a good first day
getting the South Africans all out and having a handy lead at stumps.
Friday, I was able to
get dressed and stayed up until 5pm – no races, but the cricket was very
entertaining and the South Africans turned the tables on us after David Warner
& Shaun Marsh had started so well. Wes did the Coles shopping and was
probably able to buy a few things he wished were in our pantry for a change!
Yesterday I woke with
a sore throat still, but much better than I had been, and finally able to speak
with Leanne, although I encouraged her to do the talking. It was another day of
races & cricket. We finished about $2 up over the Cup Carnival and had lots
of fun doing it. The cricket wasn’t so good, with the Proteas completely on top
– let’s see what today brings.
I’ve had a bad night,
so am back to bed again. I’m heartily sick of this current malaise and I am
sure Wes is too, although he cheerfully went off to the Sunday Market with Bilbo
and is at Breakfast now – dragged there by Bilbo who gets very upset if we are
not in the car and ready to go by 8.45am.
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