We started our week
with a long early morning – the Sunday Market was busy when we arrived at 8am
& so was the Food Gallery Café when we turned up 45 minutes later. Seven of
us enjoyed yummy meals, hot drinks & good conversations together.
Wes showed the film Storm
Boy early that afternoon to an appreciative audience. I hadn’t
particularly wanted to see it, as I really loved the original, but he assured
me it was very good.
During this week we’ve
been busy again, catching up with friends & enjoying being able to see Lake
Daylesford when we walk around it early each morning with Lewis & Morse.
Here are Tracye & Leo being greeted rapturously in
daylight by our boys. We don’t know this couple except that we meet early most
mornings walking around the Lake & that Lewis & Morse met them on their
very first walk & get most excited to see them.
I drove to Ballarat on
Monday morning to see my podiatrist, Victoria Armstrong, which is always a
pleasure. However, the drive took about 10 minutes longer than usual both ways
because of all the roadworks on the Creswick Road. It will all be much better
when it is finished, but I had forgotten to allow that much extra time &
was worried I would be late for my appointment.
We cancelled golf on
Tuesday morning because of intermittent (and very welcome rain), which gave Wes
time to do some gardening (replanting things that had been dug up & finding
hiding places for precious plants). In the afternoon he drove to Woodend to
catch up with old political friend, John Connor, at Bourkie’s Bakery. On the
way he dropped off the latest crop of beanies, berets & mittens to Jodie in
Wheatsheaf. Judi had given me some warm
clothes she found when she was de-cluttering and he took them as well. I had
added pom-poms to the toddler’s beanies & hope they prove a winner!
Devonshire teas at Chaplin’s last week, where the boys
enjoyed the view from the veranda, as well as any crumbs that fell from the
table!
After our walk on
Wednesday, I went to gym, followed by a lovely catch up with Judi over a pot of
Jasmine tea & warm muffins at Muffins & More. Wes &
Barbara went to John Hungerford’s Newlyn Nursery in a successful search of some
plants for her garden.
Wes headed off early
on Thursday to visit Leanne & then to have lunch with old friend, Gerard
Lazzaro. I enjoyed looking after Lewis & Morse & only took time out to
have a cuppa with my “boyfriend”, Joe Rozen, who has had a pacemaker fitted
recently & is firing on all cylinders again. We went to Muffins
& More, as it is close by & convenient, warm & welcoming
& serves Jasmine tea!
Lewis & Morse coping with a
blanket over them for the first time!
It was my turn to drive
to Melbourne on Friday & I went to Northcote to stay with Danny overnight
& go to the Collingwood/Western Bulldogs game at the MCG. It was a
beautiful day and night & although I took a jacket, I didn’t need it. When
I arrived at the G, I went looking for Gayle Gibson (AKA Loud Gayle), and found
her in the Members’ Dining room with her husband, Fraser, their daughter,
Gabby, and Gabby’s son Fraser, celebrating his 20th birthday.
My next stop was the
Library, but I turned around to find David & Daniel Lazzaro behind me, so
went to the 4th level with them, where they got brilliant seats
& we had time for a drink & catch up chat. We were joined later by
David’s best friend, Matt, who lives in Tassie & gets to the footy whenever
he can. It was a scrappy game of footy & the Pies only drew away in the
last quarter to record a narrow win in front of 60,000.
Yesterday, like most
of Australia, and some of the world, we were glued to the TV to see Winx run
her last race before retiring. This was the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Royal
Randwick in Sydney before a capacity crowd. She duly won and recorded her 33rd
consecutive win, of which 25 were Group 1 races.
Today we are off to
the Sunday Market shortly, followed by breakfast with friends. Wes is showing
the lunchtime school holidays film, Missing Link, and then we’ll see if
Carlton can beat Gold Coast up there. Fingers crossed.
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