Once again, we enjoyed a fun Sunday with a lovely early walk in the dark, followed by a trip to the Sunday Market with Lewis & Morse, and then breakfast with friends at Woodshed Café. Afterwards Judi came back here to be monstered by the boys and to do the last layer of plaster on our Hole in the Wall.
Sadly the Collingwood AFLW couldn't overcome the Adelaide girls, who played brilliantly to relegate us to 3rd on the ladder & a game against North Melbourne. Meanwhile the Carlton girls finished their season on a high, beating GWS by 1 point.
Lewis & Morse ignoring the excitement of the footy & luxuriating on their new pillowcases!
We were about to head off to visit Leanne on Monday morning when I spotted something lying on the dog decking. It was a large, dead possum. Lewis & Morse were busy ignoring it, which was wonderful. It appeared to have died of natural causes, and although I can remove large spiders & small dead birds, I had to call on Wes to do this particular job!
We had a great visit with Leanne, sorted out a few issues for her, chatted over French vanilla slices from Bourkie's in Woodend, and arrived back here in time for Wes to have a telephone consultation with his doctor as he needed new prescriptions. Neither of us has suffered any side effects of our first COVID vaccine and we look forward to receiving our second injection & feeling more positive about mingling in society again.
We have decided to make another, much shorter trip to Melbourne next month, and will visit with Leanne at the start & finish, as well as catch up with a few of those friends we had hoped to see back in February. At present, touch wood, Victoria is COVID free as far as local infections go. We realise that will change as more International flights arrive here, but hopefully the hotel quarantine will work & all those dealing with new arrivals will have had their vaccines.
Once again, I have enjoyed a busy week of computer face-to-face chats - twice with Leanne, and once each with Jeff in Lincolnshire & Jan in Maleny, where masks are being worn again & there was a three-day lockdown. As well I visited Brian Nash, our wonderful local artist, to order some more of his beautiful cards.
Just when I thought our roses had finished, up popped these beautiful blooms
Judi, Dot & I played Mah Jong at Muffins & More where we had to contend with a couple of young women shouting at each other & their young son - all very friendly, but not conducive to good concentration. However, it is always fun to be together & we are such an institution that one of the early diners, Tommy, shifted table when he saw me arrive as he realised we prefer to play at the table he was occupying. I bought him a coffee, which will be a nice surprise for him next time he visits. Meanwhile Wes took the Mazda 6 in for service, mainly because he couldn't open the driver's door from inside, which was quite inconvenient!
We've enjoyed Easter - on Thursday I obeyed instructions to get some clothes & consulted Matt at Creswick Natural Fibres. I walked away with a couple of pairs of pants, a good woollen vest & a couple of tops to wear under it. I've done the right thing & binned two pairs of pants & two tops won't be far behind them! When I was shopping at Coles Supermarket, they were offering $20 WA lobsters again, so I bought two & we had them for dinner that night. Wes did a wonderful chili sauce & Dutch Cream potatoes to accompany them.
That night the Pies were beaten by a point after the siren by a Brisbane side that refused to concede, even though they were never ahead after the first three minutes of a most exciting game.
This wonderful cartoon was on FB this week & it reminds us of Lewis, our super-intelligent Labrador
On Good Friday, we took the boys on an extra long walk before socialising them again at The Virgin Café. We bought some oysters at Daylesford Fish Supply and enjoyed them that night, after overdosing earlier on Cliffy's Hot Cross buns.
Yesterday, Wes & I drove to Woodend to their monthly market, mainly to get some seedlings from Allandale Nursery. We met up with a couple who used to run Harvest Café, and bought some Dutch Cream potatoes from them. The market was well-run with lots of genuine farmers' stalls & plenty of patrons, without being too crowded. We came home via Kyneton & particularly enjoyed the colours of Lauriston.
The afternoon was spent watching footy - first getting the AFLW Melbourne team into the next week, & then, against all odds, watching the Collingwood AFLW team come from behind in the last quarter to book a spot next Saturday against Brisbane in the other Preliminary final.
Another beautiful sunset - we've been very spoilt this week
We finished our day with chili prawns sitting on the deck enjoying a sunset like this one. And all our talk to Lewis bore fruit - the boys slept through the night & coped with an extra hour in bed.
This morning we've enjoyed walking in dawn light & appreciating the beautiful Autumn tones around Lake Daylesford. We're all off to Sunday Market soon & then breakfast at Woodshed Café with friends.
A glorious Easter bouquet from Bronnie & John Scarffe - thank you both so much for this lovely surprise
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