We started our week with a great visit to the Sunday Market, taking Lewis & Morse back for the first time since mid-March last year. They were thrilled to bits & Yvonne had shredded cabbage waiting for them. A young girl came up to play with them & they were in heaven, as were we.
Breakfast was most enjoyable with 7 of us at Woodshed Café - Janine was giving out free lemons; Sandy, (prompted by David), regaled us with stories of the various local jobs she has, as well as a big painting project; Wes & Judi debriefed on the Indigenous History U3A talk they had attended; Glen told us about her newest grand-dog, Lennie, a 10-week old cavoodle, who is now best friends with her 1 year old grandson, Donnie, and I negotiated leaving a small tin of Jasmine tea behind the counter for our future visits. Local friend, Jenny Dickson, dropped in and may join us intermittently.
We visited Leanne on Monday & had a most successful visit. We went armed with French vanilla slices from Bourkie's in Woodend, and had a lovely chat at the dining room table before spending time helping her with various things that need more than one person to be done successfully.
Lewis & Morse doing what they do best!
On Tuesday, after a lovely walk & two excellent chats - one with Jeff in Lincolnshire on Messenger & the other with Leanne on Zoom, I headed next door to inspect the piles of DVDs, CDs & LPs that Glen was taking to the Op Shop. I couldn't resist Chariots of Fire, probably my all-time favourite film, and a wonderful BBC History of Scotland that I thought would appeal to Wes. Glen & I chatted until it was time for her to go to her knitting group. Meanwhile, Wes did some gardening before heading to the Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre for a U3A poetry session, which he loved.
While Wes painted some more external windows & a door, I spent the morning at Muffins & More with Judi, having breakfast & playing Mah Jong. Kelly, the owner, very kindly allowed us to sit inside while the rest of the patrons had to stay outside, as she was spending the day with her grandson & Isabelle was running the cafe on her own, with Trevor in the kitchen.
Stunning sunset from our balcony
On Thursday, I had a very busy morning. We did an hour's walk around Lake Daylesford, followed by a shopping trip to Coles, and two loads of washing, before a wonderful chat with Kathy & Karen on Zoom. We do enjoy catching up with each other's news & this is the next best thing to face-to-face. Then it was off to The Virgin Café @ Bellinzona for breakfast with friend, Gillie - always good to spend time with her.
That night, inspired by Jeff Hoolihan's Sunday Roast story, Wes produced a roast for us. Mine had smoked cod & his had a lamb steak. Amazingly we polished it off, while watching the opening game of the AFLM season - Richmond vs Carlton at the MCG in front of 50,000 spectators (50% capacity, which was the agreed limit). Even Scott Morrison found his way to Melbourne to watch it, and managed to look bored, as he is a Rugby League man.
The Blues played out of their skins, but were finally overrun by the Richmond machine, lead by their star player, Dusty Martin.
The Blues played out of their skins, but were finally overrun by the Richmond machine, lead by their star player, Dusty Martin.
Casual dining in front of the footy on TV
On Friday, after our 75 minute walk around Lake Daylesford (doing the entire circuit twice) I had a Zoom chat with Leanne before we took the boys back to The Virgin Café, which was a perfect spot for socialising. Two waitresses chatted to them, as well as a couple of friends, Liz & Brian, who appeared just as we were about to leave.
from the top - Wes cuddling Lewis, our French pastries & the view across to Bellinzona, the hotel housing The Virgin Café
Late afternoon we watched the Carlton women start slowly before recording the highest ever score (87 points) for an AFLW game against the luckless Gold Coast Suns. Darcy Vescio was unbeatable with 5 goals, which made her the first AFLW player to have kicked 40 goals in total.
That night, Collingwood turned up to play the Western Bulldogs, but were torn apart by a faster, fitter team, who made us look very slow & unco-ordinated (with the exception of Darcy Moore, who saved us from a 20-goal defeat with his long kicks out of the backline). The final margin of 16 points didn't reflect the lop-sidedness of the game!
Newly painted windows with beautiful reflections of our garden & the Wombat Forest
Yesterday, we decided to have a break from house & garden activities. Wes spent a good part of the day in the study, while I indulged in the Coodabeens, Saturday's Age & endless footy - both AFLW & AFLM. The Collingwood women were too good for their St Kilda opponents & kicked their highest score ever to keep us in contention for a top 2 finish with the last home & away round next week.
We woke to pouring rain this morning, which meant feeding the boys at 5.30am instead of walking. Wes very kindly looked after them while I went back to bed with a cup of tea & The Age - bliss! It's too wet for us to take them back to the Sunday Market, but we will make sure they don't miss out on shredded cabbage on our return.
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