Maureen & Graeme
Dean joined us for breakfast last Sunday at Food Gallery. They walked
in and discovered five of their friends sitting together & were very happy
swell our numbers. We have known them for many years & Maureen’s dinner
parties are legendary. She is a wonderful hostess, who can cope with any number
of friends & their dogs all under her feet in the kitchen while she
produces magic meals. We will miss them when they move to Kilmore later this
year. They have decided to take a unit in a retirement village there because
Maureen’s daughter is already living there.
Sorry these photos are so dark – above, Maureen & Judi
chatting; middle, Graeme, Wes & Barbara & top, Barbara, Janine
& Maureen.
We were all feeling
flat after the election result, so cheered ourselves up with some funny
stories. Wes had the best. He was on duty at Yandoit with Ian Tinetti, who was
giving out Liberal votes. According to Ian, his wife, Trish, asked him not to
forget to vote this year, as he talks so much while he is at the polling booth,
he finds himself back home having neglected to vote himself! We could all
believe this story about Ian, who is a well-loved local character & owner
of Cricket
Willow in Shepherds Flat.
Wes, Sundance & Ian – doing horse minding duty at
Yandoit
In the afternoon, we
met up with Judi & Michael again, as well as many local friends who had
been invited to Jeff Bain’s 70th birthday celebration. It was a
lovely relaxed occasion and we were pleased it had been catered for, so Di
could enjoy mingling with the guests as well.
We arrived home in
time to watch Carlton play GWS Giants at the Sydney Showgrounds. Sadly, the
game was all over in the first few minutes, as the Blues looked hopelessly out
of touch & not a patch on the team that took Collingwood to the wire the previous
Saturday.
I’ve had lots of
appointments this week – blood test, hair, nails and teeth. All were done
locally except for the dentist & I drove to Ballarat on Tuesday morning to
see what it would be like under new management. My dentist, Jon, was still
there, and he gave me the unwelcome news that I had split a tooth! When I
finished with him, I met the dental hygienist, Lauren, who cleaned my teeth
beautifully and sent me off with a free dental care bag containing toothbrush,
paste & floss. I left her feeling quite clucky after she looked at photos
of Lewis & Morse.
Wes spent his
Wednesday morning with Barbara, as usual, but Dot & I couldn’t play Mah
Jong, as her husband, John, had an appointment for his eyes. We hope to be back
to normal next week. Wes also had a blood test & his flu injection. My
biggest worry was getting good tickets for the Pink Ball Test against Pakistan
at the Adelaide Oval and I was ready to go at midday when they went on sale.
Jane & David are joining us for Days 1 & 2, and I was pleased to get us
good seats in the shade for all four days.
We were very excited
to have Tom & Deb visit us on Thursday to meet Lewis & Morse. It did
involve a bath for the boys & subsequent floor washing as everywhere is
impacted by wet Labradors post bathing time. We took them to Jackie’s
on Vincent for lunch and it turned out to be a good choice, quiet, warm
& welcoming.
Deb, Tom & Wes – the visitors
dressed more warmly than the local!
We managed our usual
good walk on Friday before Daylesford was deluged with some heavy rain followed
by light showers. I did the food shopping, then met up with Gillie at Food
Gallery for a very enjoyable catch up chat over hot drinks. Afterwards,
I delivered two lovely boys’ jumpers that Di Lyttleton had made &
contributed to Keeping Daylesford Warm. My reward was some brightly coloured
12 ply wool in small quantities – not enough to make jumpers, but certainly
beanies & mittens & perhaps a scarf.
That night,
Collingwood was lucky to win against Sydney at the SCG. We were outplayed for
three quarters but managed to get our act together in the last 10 minutes &
take the points in a very close & exciting game.
Yesterday was quite
cold & we didn’t need any persuading to light the fire & spend our time
sitting & reading, knitting & watching footy.
Wes & Morse reading The Age
It’s a cold, misty
morning here and the Lake is shrouded in fog. We’re off to the Sunday Market
& Breakfast. Carlton plays St Kilda this afternoon & we can only hope
they will be competitive.
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