Perhaps I should try my hand at quilting 🤣
What a wonderful breakfast we started our week with last Sunday after an enjoyable visit to the Sunday Market. There were 8 of us & the conversations flowed. Gary Thomas, the owner & chef of Woodshed Café, was also our waiter & barista as Zari was studying for exams. Our meals were lovely, very generous serves & the young waiter was attentive. Thanks everyone for making it such a fun time together.
On Monday morning we discussed our trip to Adelaide for the Ashes Test & decided it is looking most unlikely at present, especially after increased cases everywhere & the absolute stupidity of 69 people gathering in a private home for an engagement party over the weekend in Melbourne. So selfish, when everyone else has been cancelling their parties & celebrations & wakes.
In the meantime, our lovely neighbours, Rob & Dene, have put their home on the market again. If you would like a treechange with great neighbours & friendly labradors, please consider it - https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-daylesford-136998886 We are really going to miss them when they move.
Lewis making sleep tricky for Morse, who doesn't need to contort his body to get comfy
We've both been busy with Zoom again this week, especially with the extended lockdowns. I've chatted twice to Leanne, had a long catch-up with Jeff in Torksey Lock, and cheered up old friends in Melbourne. Wes has spoken with Barbara in New Zealand twice & sent/received copious emails from the Jackson 8.
Wes hadn't been feeling well & ended up spending Wednesday & Thursday in bed, mostly sleeping, which is the way he recovers from illness. Lewis & Morse nearly went crazy looking for him & had to be given quick visits when he was awake. They love me because I feed them, but they adore him because he cuddles them & chats to them more than I do. He had a COVID-19 test on Friday morning just to be sure & received the all-clear 24 hours later.
Meanwhile, I played Mah Jong with Dot & Judi, shopped, took Thursday's Herald Sun back to Kim at the newsagency in return for The Age - Steve very rarely makes a mistake in delivering our papers, but neither of us is interested in anything the former paper has to say!
It's been sad to hear stories of people from Melbourne being refused entry in local restaurants & shops. I understand that after 200+ days in lockdown over the past 18 months, people are getting stir crazy, but we only have to look at the numbers in NSW, which reached 825 yesterday to know that hard lockdowns are the best ways to stop the spread. We just have to try to obey the rules, get vaccinated, wear masks indoors & outdoors & care for each other.
On Saturday, after COVID cases were found in Shepparton & Bendigo, our Premier, Dan Andrews, decided regional Victoria should go back into lockdown until at least 2nd September. This makes sense & should help stop the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant. Masks for children are now considered useful as so many of the current cases are young people & children, unlike last year when the older ones were most vulnerable and died.
We cancelled Sunday breakfasts, Mah Jong, USA Classes, a get-together with Ian & Robyn Robinson, a trip to Ballarat to see the film, Respect, and looked at all the jobs & projects we can get stuck into here.
Thank God for the footy to keep us entertained, even though both our teams bow out this weekend. What an exciting set of games we've watched so far - the Doggies just failed by 2 points in a thriller to beat Port Adelaide; Melbourne won after the siren against Geelong to take top spot; Hawthorn & Richmond played a draw to celebrate Alastair Clarkson's last game & Brisbane managed to score enough points against West Coast to make it into 4th place on the ladder. Carlton weren't disgraced losing to GWS by 14 points. I can only hope the Pies put up a good showing against Essendon this afternoon.
Lovely photo of Carlton's much-loved Eddie Betts who retired yesterday - GWS wore their indigenous jumpers in his honour
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