We’ve seen quite a few wedding
photos of Kyahl & Loz, but this is my favourite. They look so happy
together & must be delighted that they were able to marry exactly the way they
wanted.
We regaled everyone at breakfast
last Sunday with stories from the ceremony – it was a small group, us, Barbara,
Judi & Janine, so we shared our respective weeks while enjoying yummy
breakfasts at The Food Gallery. Today is going to be a much
bigger affair with 11 attending an earlier get-together before the annual
ChillOut Parade in Vincent Street.
Our footy teams had varying
results – Carlton women beat Adelaide for the first time in an excellent game,
while the Collingwood team was well beaten by Melbourne. The Carlton men lost
to Freo, but Collingwood men won their practice game against Richmond in front
of a sellout crowd at Wangaratta. I spent most of the day reading The Age,
and watching the footy & after an early dinner, we were all tired
& ready for bed.
On Monday it was quite cold after
a warm night and people were asking for the heaters to be put on at gym. Wes
got back into the garden again, much to his delight after the past few days had
been spent getting the computer up & running to his liking. Meanwhile I had
a lovely long chat with Jan Pengilley, who we miss very much since she moved to
Maleny.
It was cold enough to have the
heater on & be knitting beanies again for Keeping Daylesford Warm. Thanks
to Barbara & Judi for their generous donations of good wool, which are much
appreciated. I am knitting Fair Isle & other patterned beanies at present
& they look & feel much better when made with wool rather than acrylic.
Lewis & Morse taking advantage of the afternoon sun
On Tuesday we attended Marilyn
Testro’s funeral here in Daylesford at Verey’s. It was a beautiful celebration
of her life, led by Sylvia Johnson, a most accomplished & empathetic local civil
celebrant. Between her words & Glenn’s well-crafted eulogy, they covered
the three phases of Marilyn’s life –
unhappy childhood, blissful marriage & debilitating depression. There were
32 of us at Verey’s Chapel, which was the perfect setting for a small funeral.
Wes spent time with Barbara on
Wednesday, while Dot, Judi & I played Mah Jong and had a surprise visitor,
Gail White, who popped in to say hello. Gail & Terry are headiing to the
Blue Mountains to live, close to family, but Gail has promised to join us for a
game or two before she goes. It’s a long time since there were 4 of us playing
the game.
On Thursday it was Wes’s turn to
visit Leanne and a very wet drive it was, with 50mls of rain falling here. It
was too wet to walk the boys, but not too wet for them to play chasey and get
very muddy, which meant they were confined to quarters until they dried.
We had hoped to socialise them on
Friday morning as usual, but it was very cold outside The Food Gallery,
and we were confronted by a visitor who was keen for us to let her use our
shower & buy her a coffee. We decided to go home instead, but I went back
later to have a pot of Jasmine tea & apologise to Pasquale, who had started
to get our order going when he saw us out the front.
Danny Millman & his friend,
Kim, arrived to stay for a couple of nights & share ChillOut weekend with
us. We decided to invited Rob & Dene to join us for a barbecue, but it was
too cold & windy, so we reorganised our living area & had a dinner
party instead with T-bones cooked outside. It was a great night & we
chatted & ate & drank far too much!
Yesterday morning, Wes & I
managed to walk the boys early, then had tea & toast with Danny & Kim,
before we three drove to the Daylesford Farmers’ Markets, followed by a stroll
around town, soaking up the atmosphere. We had a quiet morning reading the Age until
it was time to go to the Daylesford Station for our trip on Spa Country
Railway Bubbles to Bullarto, which was sold out. It was great fun &
we were regaled with live music (featuring friend, Richard Bevan & two
others), while we ate & drank & admired the countryside.
Above: Wes, Kim
& Karen before boarding the train &
Below: Wes & Kim on the train
Eating our boxed
lunches at Bullarto Station – Wes, Kim, Danny & Karen
Needless to say, we had a quiet
night. Wes made his spaghetti & cooking salmon dish, we watched races,
footy & cricket & went to bed after the Carlton AFLW girls won their
match well against St Kilda.
This morning has been too busy for
me to send this off before we went to breakfast. We walked Lewis & Morse
early, then took Danny & Kim to the Sunday Market with us to see the boys
eating their shredded cabbage. While I bought up big on vegetables (dog &
human), dog bones & dog treats, Danny & Kim went for a walk around the
Market, which was peaceful at 8am.
We had breakfast at The Food
Gallery along with Barbara, Judi, Janine & her friend Darryn &
Janine’s daughter, Peta. Peta was thrilled to discover that Danny & Kim had
been to Ngoya in Japan, where she lived & taught English for many years
& conversation flowed.
Then it was time for the annual ChillOut
Parade and we voted it best ever. It was happy, colourful, loud & inclusive
and a big audience really appreciated it. We caught up with our neigbours, Rob
& Dene, and their friend, Polly. Wes and I left to come home when the
Parade was doing its second sweep of Vincent Street. It can be quite difficult
to get back into our little bit of Duke Street, as everyone is heading past us
to go to Victoria Park, where there is a full day carnival of
activities & entertainment. Danny & Kim were going to Bendigo after the
Parade finished; Judi was on duty at the Daylesford Museum; Peta
was helping Daylesford Rotary, and the rest were going back home
or staying around enjoying the atmosphere.
I’ll have some photos from ChillOut
next week, but now I am looking forward to a pot of tea, the Sunday Age, Greta
Bradman on ABC Classic FM & a double header of Collingwood teams playing in
Morwell this arvo!
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