Thank you
everyone for your wishes for my improved health – I think they worked as I have
certainly been much better this week, although I still had to postpone the
week’s activities.
We were
thrilled to be snowed on a few times although it is hard to capture it properly
on camera. This great photo was in Wheatsheaf, thanks to Jodie Duckworth.
Our
daffodils are finally out & giving us joy. I am a traditionalist & much
prefer King Alfred & Golden Trumpet to all the more exotic
blooms. However, this year, we bought some Camelot
bulbs at the Flower Show & they are rather lovely as well.
Gillie arrived
on Sunday morning bearing bunches of frilly yellow daffodils & oodles of
her lemons, which was perfect timing as we had just finished the ones Judi had
given us.
Our pink
camellias are just starting to bloom; the tulips aren’t far off, & Wes has
been able to mow the lawns in between sleet & snow storms.
This
morning’s trip to breakfast is my first outing since 23rd August
& I am quite excited about it. Towards the end of the week I started being
able to stay up long enough to feed Bilbo, and he is quite pleased to have some
normality back, even though Wes has been keeping him very happy in the food
department.
While I
sat around knitting squares & watching old episodes of ‘Silent Witness’
& ‘Midsummer Murders’, Wes showed the film ‘Dunkirk’ on Tuesday morning to
an appreciative audience, and followed up by volunteering to help out on Friday
night by showing ‘Atomic Blonde’ at 8pm. Nobody turned up to see it, as they
were all probably glued to the TV watching Richmond win their first final in
years against Geelong, in front of 95,000+ at the MCG. Sydney & Adelaide
had comprehensive wins & we fell asleep at half-time last night, which
meant we missed the exciting win in extra time by West Coast against Port Adelaide.
Meanwhile, locally, Hepburn won the Central Highlands Football League
Premiership, defeating Beaufort at Ballarat’s Eureka Stadium.
Yesterday
morning Wes very kindly delivered my 49 squares to Jodie in Wheatsheaf &
she was planning to sew them together while watching the various games of footy
on this weekend. He also gave both cars a much-needed serious wash. I baked a
fruit cake as his reward – my first serious domestic activity in quite a while!
Our
friends, Dot & John, have arrived back from their big caravan trip to
Darwin, so Dot & I will be playing Mah Jong on Wednesday, which is the 1st
Anniversary of Valerie Lefel’s death. It doesn’t seem possible that we have
been without her for that long & we both miss her very much.
Red
Illusion, our latest rose
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