Lewis & Morse had given me a big box of bulbs for Mothers' Day - mostly daffodils, so we planted them as School on Monday morning, as well as some Bush Peas, Broccoli, Freesias & Grape Hyacinths. Right on cue the rain came down just as we finished the planting, feeding & mulching & it continued on & off all day.
We enjoyed a great chat with Mike & Linda Kirby on Hope Island, Queensland, and discovered that Linda is the new Head of Entertainment for where they live. Their daughter Lauren's current boyfriend is a Victorian who barracks for Melbourne & has not known the Demons to play like this in his lifetime!
On Tuesday we took the big step of going to the Regent Cinemas in Ballarat to see a film. They offer a Senior's Card membership for $15, which covers you for 5 years & gives you reduced prices, opportunities to earn points & free films. We chose to see Six Minutes to Midnight, mainly because of Judi Dench & agreed afterwards that the title of the film was the cleverest part of it. It was very underwhelming, and although based on the true existence of a girls' school, the storyline was quite unbelievable & untrue. However, we celebrated having an outing & taking Pearl for a long drive in the rain!
Later that day, Wes visited Jeff Bain for a good catch-up chat, no doubt over a bottle of red, while I relaxed & started watching the wonderful series, Miss S, set in Shanghai, which Judi had alerted me to. It is a Chinese version of Phryne Fisher and even paid homage to Australian red wine in the very first episode.
The sun came out on Wednesday, so Wes tackled some more painting of the sliding doors on the decking, while I delivered newspapers to Eganstown & Epicures & jars to Porcupine Ridge, before spending a fun morning with Dot & Judi playing Mah Jong. We had decided last week to try a few hands we've not attempted before, mainly because there are no illustrations for them. Judi proved the best at this, and both Dot & I are determined to get better & beat her next week!
We're running out of roses finally, but I managed to pick this small posy & a similar one for Dene this week
The time of the fortnightly Thursday morning chat that Wes has with Paul, Barry, Mike, Bill, Bala & Raghu has been changed to 6.30am, which means that we now get up at 5am to walk the boys. By the time we feed them breakfast & Wes gives them a quick post-prandial cuddle, he is ready for the Zoom chat, which he really enjoys.
Meanwhile I went supermarket shopping at Coles, bought Dutch Cream potatoes & various pastas at Tonna's & arrived back home in time to put everything away before enjoying a 45 minute Zoom catch up with Kathy. Usually Karen Stevenson joins us, but she had another commitment, and we hope she is able to chat with us next Thursday.
Lewis & Morse have re-instituted their serious game of chasey since we had some heavy rain. This involves Morse chasing Lewis until he gets him in a headlock & removes his collar. This game is only played the one way - Lewis never does the same to Morse. They are both so thrilled when the game is over & we have to scour the backyard looking for Lewis's black collar!
Typical post chasey behaviour!
On Friday morning, although it was cold, we did our two complete laps of Lake Daylesford (75 minutes), and during that time Morse managed to get his front foot through the neck of his coat. We decided to remove the coat altogether & I'll have to make sure it fits more snugly next time it's worn. Fortunately they have a supply of jackets & there were plenty to chose from yesterday. It was too wet to do socialising at Virgin Café, and they were very disappointed! Like their mother, they love routines.
Collingwood started their game against Sydney very well & then fell in a heap, unable to kick goals & totally outplayed at the SCG. We were delighted to see North Melbourne finally have their first win for the season & for the Doggies to beat Port at the Adelaide Oval last night. Fingers crossed the Blues put up a good showing this afternoon against the Demons.
Lovely photo of Jane & David Knox with Terry McDonald in the middle at the SCG before the game
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