Last Sunday was the inaugural Daylesford Motorfest, held at
Victoria Park. There was a huge crowd in attendance, which meant that we had
trouble getting back home after breakfast. We had to turn left, drive up to the
roundabout & come back slowly that way. The organisers were delighted with
the turn up, which suggests this won’t be the only time this event is held
here.
In the afternoon we watched the Melbourne Stars go from a
seemingly impregnable position to lose 7 wickets for about 19 runs & be
beaten by the Melbourne Renegades in front of a big enthusiastic crowd.
We have managed to get up & walk the boys each morning,
even though it is getting darker & darker daily. We tried walking around
the Botanic Gardens one morning, but there is very little lighting & we
have gone back to Lake Daylesford, which is more familiar & has more lights
to supplement our torch.
Early feeding of the
birds with help from Lewis & Morse
Nick Massaro came with his power saw to remove some
branches from a tree belonging to no 76 which has been obscuring our light as
it grows upwards & outwards. Esther has moved back to Sydney, and the new female
occupant, Glenn(?), is a keen gardener from Queenscliff, who will be moving in
very soon.
Wes took the boys to Ballarat for
heartworm injections. Our vet doesn’t do them as this isn’t a heartworm area,
but Nathalia is & Andrew was worried that the boys hadn’t been immunised.
Meanwhile I was kept busy with walks
into town, a haircut, a manicure, gym sessions, shopping & a visit to
Leanne. We had hoped to go together, but, decided that we couldn’t leave the
boys for 7 hours yet. The longest we have deserted them is 2 hours and we need
to build up gradually. So, I went on Thursday & Wes visited on Saturday. In
between, Tricia Dunlop spent 2 hours doing one-on-one dog training with us,
Lewis & Morse. We are the ones that need the training of course, but we are
managing to put some of her advice into action & hope to get better as the
days go by.
Lewis
& Morse asleep with Morse making sure that Lewis can’t go anywhere without
him!
Other activities this week included
a long Skype call with Jeff & Kev in Lincolnshire to celebrate Kev’s 84th
birthday & introduce them to Lewis & Morse.
I spent a lovely hour or so with Dot
Smith, while John did some shopping, and they gave me a pair of pink pigs for
the boys. The pigs have a grunt sound, which completely mystifies the dogs
& they love these strange toys.
Wes showed & watched the film, Collette,
on Friday night & enjoyed it, along with his audience. We had been sitting
on our decking demolishing a sparkling shiraz with Rob & Dene, while
hearing about their recent trip to Malaysia, when we suddenly realised that it
was Film Night & we needed to have an early dinner to ensure Wes got to the
Town Hall by 7pm.
Congratulations to Greta & Harry
on the safe arrival of Jeremy Ellsmore on Thursday night.
Lovely
photo of proud Grandfather, Danny Millman, with one-day old Jeremy.
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