This week has been
incredibly wet with the rain gauge full to overflowing, especially after Sunday
night through Monday where the rain didn’t stop & was accompanied by strong
swirly winds. Our backyard is now officially a mudheap covered in oak leaves
from the two trees next door. Every time the boys went out for a loo break,
they returned looking like bedraggled guttersnipes!
Lewis & Morse cosy
under their blanket at night
After breakfast last
Sunday, we drove to Castlemaine & enjoyed 90 minutes with Marie Anderson.
We chatted about mutual friends & updated each other on all we could as it
has been some time since we caught up properly.
Back home we watched
St Kilda & Port Adelaide playing in Shanghai, which was a disaster for the
Saints with some players & the coach falling ill, the remaining players not
sufficiently acclimatised to the heat & faltering & captain, Jarrod
Geary, back from injury appearing to break his leg when he accidentally kicked
it instead of the ball. I didn’t think anything could be much worse than that,
but Carlton provided very little opposition to Essendon, and on Monday, the
club finally sacked Brendan Bolton, as the Blues have gone nowhere in the 3.5
years with him at the helm.
We’ve had a very
special week with lots of highlights:
- An overnight visit by cousin, Amanda
Testro, who came bearing gifts, fell in love with Lewis & Morse, tried to
persuade us to drink Margaritas, chatted happily & was delighted to be
taken on the inexpensive Daylesford tour which included visiting the sites
where various ancestors lived, worked & are buried.
- Breakfast at Cliffy’s
where Wes indulged in his love of porridge & I did the same with a very
yummy omelette. Cliffy’s is such a good spot to visit now that Liam
Thornycroft, son of Donna & Jeff, (who run the local nursery & florist
next door) has taken it over.
- Another breakfast, this time at Chaplin’s
in Trentham, where Mel Thomas runs a brilliant café much frequented by locals.
We had mushrooms & spinach with poached egg & home-made feta. Mel &
Bettina came over to chat & we had hoped to see our good friend, Bob White,
but were probably a bit early for him.
- Cuppa at Muffins & More
with Dot, catching up on all her family’s news.
- Pots of tea & muffins with Judi,
again at Muffins & More, as we had lots to talk about &
this is a perfect spot to do it.
- Phone calls to friends celebrating
special birthdays.
- Open fire to ward off the chilly
mornings & nights, which involves moving the boys’ beds in front of the TV
cabinet.
Me & Wes at
Cliffy’s
Me training
Lewis & Morse & glorious colours of Rob & Dene’s oak trees
On Friday afternoon,
we delivered 9 boxes of books to the Daylesford Primary School for their Book
Fair on the first weekend in August. It was a Corrrections Day at the school
with no pupils in attendance, so we could drive up to the front entrance, which
made delivery easier.
Yesterday we had a
lovely visit from our neighbours, Rob & Dene, and shared morning tea with
them. Much to everyone’s surprise Lewis & Morse appeared to be more
interested in Dene than Rob, even though they usually give Rob all their
attention.
In the afternoon we
were thrilled when Carlton overcame a slow start to beat the Brisbane Lions at
the Docklands in front of a good crowd of 30,000+. Wes was delighted, as were
all our friends who support the Blues. And overnight, Australian Ash Barty, won
the French Open, her first Grand Slam title. She took a break from tennis to
play Big Bash cricket in 2014 (aged 18) & returned to tennis two years
later. I was amused to read that she prepared for the Final with an impromptu
game of cricket yesterday.
It’s the Queen’s
Birthday Long Weekend in most of Australia & tomorrow I am off to the footy
to the now traditional game between Collingwood & Melbourne at the MCG. For
the last five years, this match has also included The Big Freeze,
where well-known people connected with footy have been persuaded to launch
themselves into an ice bath. The cause is in aid of finding a cure for MND,
which afflicts so many. Neale Daniher has outlived everyone’s wildest
expectations as he continues what he started in 2014 when he was diagnosed
& decided not to ‘go gentle into that good night’ (Dylan Thomas). Fight
MND has raised millions of dollars and every year the run of special
beanies released sells out before the game.
We are off to the
Sunday Market shortly and it is cold enough for the boys to wear their coats
& attract even more attention as they hoe into their shredded cabbage. Then
breakfast at The Food Gallery with Barbara, Judi & Jan.
Hope you enjoy this
Snoopy!
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