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Sunday, 2 June 2019

Daylesford Winter Dispatch - Sunday., 2nd June 2019



We were joined by David & Sandy, Jan & Janine for breakfast & talk centred around Sandy’s recent trip to Russia, which she organised for 97 female artists from around the world. We are most impressed with her skills and enjoyed browsing through the catalogue of paintings which she brought with her. Before breakfast we had walked the boys around Lake Daylesford & watched the mist come down everywhere. At the Sunday Market everyone was delighted to see Lewis & Morse in their coats (which once belonged to Bilbo & Frodo, when they were fully grown, not 7 months old).


Back home again, we revved up Saturday’s open fire, I made a big pot of minestrone & we stayed inside & let the fog & rain do whatever it pleased. Sadly, the Blues didn’t do the right thing by themselves or their supporters & after a promising start, let the Saints dominate the game. Wes was most disappointed yet again.
We were thrilled to have a few falls of snow on Monday morning. It was so cold when we walked around the lake, we were convinced that snow was imminent. Wes had hoped to spend the morning in the back garden but that was impossible in the rain. I went to gym, where everyone was moaning & planning their Winter breaks in warmer climates.

When it was foggy and raining again on Tuesday, we headed to Regent Cinemas, Ballarat, as we were very keen to see the Kenneth Branagh film All is True. We were so pleased we did. We arrived in time to have a hot drink in the café before joining about 10 others in a very comfortable Cinema 2 just before the film started. We were spellbound for the hour & forty minutes, enjoying the stunning acting of Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh & Ian McLellan. It was a great storyline, beautifully written, directed & acted.

On Wednesday, Wes spent the morning with Barbara as usual. Dot couldn’t play Mah Jong, so I went to Muffins & More after gym for my usual muffin & pot of tea, allowing Sandra to clean the house without me under her feet. It’s bad enough having to work around Lewis & Morse, who love her to bits.

Andrew Mengyel & his partner, David Smith, drove up from Melbourne to have lunch with us & Barbara at Boathouse. We enjoyed lovely meals, non-stop conversation and yummy drinks, including mulled wine, which was perfect for the very cold day. Andrew is looking well & is very happy again after losing Syd, his partner of many years.

When we arrived home, Lewis & Morse were thrilled to see us & punished us for leaving them by doing their own decluttering of the library shelves. I heard a strange noise coming from their bedroom & was in time to rescue one of my many versions of Robin Hood. Sadly, the Golden Book version had already been torn to shreds outside!

Thursday saw Wes drive to Strathmore to help Leanne before then visiting Dee Bonavia, who is in Epworth Hospital. I caught up with Judi over pots of tea at The Food Gallery and she let me know that a film being shown at the Town Hall that night (for which Wes was projectionist) had been cancelled. This took some pressure off him to get home & eat dinner before going out again.

Yesterday I caught the train into Melbourne to see Collingwood host Fremantle. Our next-door neighbour, Dene, was on the same train, so we enjoyed a good catch up chat before I met up with David Lazzaro in the MCC. We celebrated 40 years of going to the footy together and watched a very exciting close game that the Pies didn’t deserve to win. Freo overcame injuries & a partisan crowd to take the four points.

Selfie taken by an inexperienced camera person – moi!

This morning after breakfast we are off to Castlemaine to visit Marie Anderson. She & her late husband, Joe, were very special friends when we first arrived in Daylesford & we miss her since she moved to a warmer climate & the train line.

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