Last
Sunday morning Danny Millman sent us a message to say his eldest daughter,
Lauren, had given birth to a second daughter, Pippa Veronica, & all was
well. He was very touched that her middle name was his mother’s name.
Breakfast
was fun – Margot was back complaining of the cold after 6 weeks on the Gold
Coast; Gail & Terry joined us for a very rare visit; Janine & I were
wearing the same colour possum jumpers (-3˚ when we woke), and we happily
covered all sorts of topics. Later that day, Wes discovered he had Pasquale’s
keys in his pocket, so we had to go back to the Food Gallery, where they were closing up for the day. Pasquale was
very relieved.
Wes had
volunteered to show the film, The Time
of Their Lives, starring Pauline Collins & Joan Collins at 1.30pm that
afternoon. I decided to join him & was very pleased I did. It is a romantic
comedy with some serious life lessons along the way. I don’t know much about
Joan Collins, but I have loved watching Pauline Collins ever since Shirley Valentine.
Our Mazda
2 was due for its 80,000 service, as well as a new passenger air-bag, so I
drove to Ballarat on Tuesday morning to get this done. It was my first big
drive in over a month, so I left in plenty of time as I tend to get lost
finding Mazda now that it has moved to Wendouree. The car was needed for 6
hours & I managed to fill them in without tiring myself out. I started with
breakfast at Café Lekker, a
favourite spot; bought some knitting needles as I have worn my 4.00mm sets out;
picked up a bottle of Edradour whisky for Wes to say thank you for looking
after me, and booked a ticket for the 11.15am session of Hampstead, starring Diane Keaton. I loved the film & was so
pleased I had seen it.
Gym has
been good – I have been taking it easily with Barry’s guidance, and feel much
better for the exercise, as well as some walking. I’ve caught up on all the
paperwork & computer stuff that needed doing & am feeling back on top
of things at last.
The latest crop of beanies & berets for
Keeping Daylesford Warm
Dot &
I played Mah Jong again this week, which was most enjoyable. We are so lucky
that the new owners of Muffins &
More are just as obliging as Ann-Maree & are happy for us to occupy a
table for a couple of hours.
On
Thursday, I had a very relaxing & enjoyable facial with Emma at EKO, as my
skin had suffered through my being sick & inside for a month or so.
Afterwards, (the wrong way round), I finally had a fringe trim with Lyndal
after 6 weeks. I was definitely looking like Cousin Itt by the time I got to
her.
Our niece,
Jessie, was allowed to come home from Monash Hospital after 33 radiotherapy
sessions & her rehab will be done from home. Jessie & her family have
been amazing & everyone is so thrilled for them all. However, our friend, Fraser
Gibson, had a fall in his backyard & broke his hip, which has him in
Epworth recovering. Also, Malcolm Stevenson’s mother, Maureen, did the same,
but at age 96, she was very fortunate that the doctors could operate
successfully. Malcolm flew to Caloundra to be with her.
Yesterday
we drove to Melbourne, where Wes dropped me off at Leanne’s place as it was 6
weeks since I had visited her. We spent a couple of very happy hours together,
before Wes arrived back. He had hoped to see Fraser, but couldn’t. However,
they had a good chat on the phone.
The chef about to serve one of his
beautiful quiches
Along with
most of Victoria, we had our fingers & toes crossed that Richmond would
beat Greater Western Sydney & progress to their first Grand Final since
1982. They duly did in fine style in front of 94,000+ at the MCG –
approximately 3,000 of those were GWS supporters, so it was a wonderful, if
one-sided, atmosphere. We were at the MCG when the Tigers last won a flag in
1980 – they beat Collingwood by the then record margin of 81 points, in a most
disappointing game if you were a Magpie supporter. I’ll certainly be barracking
for the Tigers next Saturday against the Adelaide Crows, who easily accounted
for Geelong on Friday night.
On Friday,
Wes helped Brian set up the Wood Shed Gallery for their Villages of Hepburn Shire Exhibition, which opens on Thursday
night. We are very excited about it, especially after all the work both of them
have done to produce a lasting written & pictorial history of the area.
This week’s new rose is called Shirley’s
Rose
Bilbo
& I are about to set out to the Sunday Market to fill up with fruit &
vegetables, dog treats, eggs, wool & perhaps another rose. Then we will
join the others for breakfast at The
Food Gallery, where our friend, Glenn Mack, will be a welcome guest as he
is house-sitting in Daylesford this week.
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