Another great cartoon from FB Off the Leash & so true!
We started last Sunday with a good walk around Lake Daylesford, followed by a fun visit to the Market and then breakfast with friends @ Food Gallery. David Castles was there for the first time this year & we enjoyed catching up with his, and everyone else's news, before hurrying into our cars to get home & into the air-conditioning before the heat settled in.
I forgot to mention last week that Daylesford Rotary has revived the monthly Farmers' Market, which is now held on the 4th Saturday each month. I went along to support their first one, which had chooks, eggs, fruit & vegetables, crepes, a sausage sizzle, mushrooms, plants & some clothing. They are hoping to get back the numbers of stalls that used to attend, but some of those small businesses didn't survive COVID-19. There was a good turn up of Rotarians doing their best to make the Market a fun experience.
Yet another interesting sleeping position - Lewis has his back leg around Morse's neck, but they both seem very happy with the arrangement!
Dot, Judi & I had been eagerly awaiting the start of Mah Jong on Wednesday, but the fates were not kind. Dot wasn't well & couldn't join us, then the power went out in Daylesford & Hepburn, so all the cafés had to close. By the time the power was restored it was too late to play, but Judi suggested she & I meet up for lunch anyway, which we did. Hopefully all three of us will be able to get together this Wednesday, as it will have been nearly 11 months since we last had a game.
On Thursday we had a much busier day than expected. After our usual walk, I did the Coles shopping & chatted to Kathy Lazzaro via Zoom, while Wes had a marathon with his Pommy & Yank mates, also on Zoom. After we had both finished, we noticed that our TV was in Safe Mode and it was impossible to get ABC Classic FM to work.
We consulted the manual, after we had turned everything off & on again, restarted Foxtel, checked every available setting & were defeated. The manual was no help, so Wes rang the help number on the screen & waited about 30 minutes before someone came on line to assist. Wes was very patient (not always the case) and after obeying various instructions and getting nowhere, he asked what else could be done. The male on the other end of the phone offered to send an email with an update that could be downloaded & transferred to a USB port. We did all that, followed the instructions to the letter & nothing changed. We turned everything off & on again & tried again & this time, finally, the TV was out of Safe Mode.
We want those 90 minutes of our lives back - Wes missed a webinar he had been looking forward to seeing, and we both had wanted to enrol in our Hepburn Shire U3A courses. We eventually did the latter, and were relieved to sit down to a very late lunch.
This wonderful photo shows former Collingwood Captain, Gavin Brown with his three kids - Tyler, Callum & Tarni. Tarni debuted for Collingwood in the AFL Women's competition which started on Thursday night, and became the last of that threesome to join the Magpies.
We were both very excited to see the start of footy again, and thoroughly enjoyed the opening game, even though our teams were playing each other. Collingwood won narrowly, and unexpectedly, and we thought we could see a huge leap in skills from last year. They tired in the last quarter, which was to be expected, as there has been no Victorian women's footy for months, which would usually keep them fully fit.
On Friday, we hosted lunch at our place. Br Doug Walsh, an old friend, from Brunswick Rotary days, had rung & suggested he drive to Daylesford to catch up with us, and we agreed. We had then included Bob White, who lives in Trentham, and also knows Doug from Rotary, and Glenda & Joe Rozen. Glenda Rozen went to Manila with Wes in 2008, when he spoke at Daylesford Rotary, asking who would like to go with him to see what could be done for the tip site that was Bagong Barrio. Doug had been playing a pivotal role in Manila, and Glenda was thrilled to catch up with him & hear about the improvements that have been made to date. Joe hasn't been well and spent Christmas in hospital in Ballarat, but he was excited with the invitation, and we enjoyed his company.
Glenda, Joe, Karen, Bob & Doug with his back to the camera - Wes took the photo from our kitchen, where Lewis & Morse had joined him in their roles as sous-chefs.
That this lunch took place at all was a matter of amazement - it was raining all over Victoria & we had 102mls in 24 hours. We were delighted that everyone was able to get here - especially Doug who drove from Heidelberg, and Bob from Trentham.
Yesterday we took it quietly - the garden was still coming to terms with the quantity of rain, but the vegetables were very grateful & the cucumbers & zucchini doubled in size overnight. Even the tomatoes were looking promising.
I've been enjoying watching the AFLW games, and the BBL cricket finals. Both codes have been blooding young players to go with the more experienced team members & it has been exciting to see a few debutants make their mark, especially in the women's footy. This wonderful photo shows the current Western Bulldogs coach (and St Kilda champion), Nathan Burke, embracing his daughter, Alice, after her winning first game (wearing his old number 3), which was against his team.
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