Daylesford Spring Daylight Saving Dispatch - Sunday, 3rd October 2021

 

This is a very old cartoon, but one of my favourites

We went to bed early last night to cope with the start of Daylight Saving in most of Australia. After about 3 weeks of being able to see where we were going on our morning Lake Daylesford walks, we are back to darkness and Wes tells me there was no-one else around. Shortly we'll head off to the Sunday Market, where Yvonne will have chopped cabbage ready for Lewis & Morse, as well as bags of produce to feed them for the coming week. Ken will carry my bags to the car while Wes goes in search of eggs, bread & perhaps a new rose. 

I've had a great week of socialising via Zoom, starting with Ian & Robyn Robinson last Sunday; Kathy & Karen on Thursday, & Leanne on Friday. Wes joined me to chat with the Robinsons and also had his own sessions with Barbara Simpson. We were booked to catch up with the Kirbys but I was confined to quarters with bronchial asthma for about 48 hours, so missed out on them, and my Tuesday chats with Jeff & Leanne. 

When we turned around to see where the boys were after our chat with the Robinsons, this is what greeted us!

Our film this week was the other Shane Maloney book Brush Off, which we enjoyed, set as it was around the Melbourne Arts Centre with a wonderful cast & an excellent screenplay by John Clarke, who allowed himself a cameo role. 

On Wednesday we went for a drive to get out from under Sandra's feet. I still wasn't feeling wonderful, but kept my appointment for a trim with Lyndal and let Wes do the driving & delivering that is my usual fortnightly routine. We ended up in Trentham & bought a bag of Dutch Cream potatoes from one of the local farmers. They are so fresh & last for ages.

I've ended up back in bed by mid-afternoon each day - just got no energy at all. This is what happens - you feel on top of things, do too much & pay for it. I was even starting to think perhaps I had shrugged off chronic fatigue, but no such luck. Still, there are much worse things to have wrong & it isn't life-threatening. I'm getting lots of reading & re-reading done & have been watching the Indian Women's team give the Australians hell in our only cricket Test on the Gold Coast. 

While Melbourne is wearing the mantle of most-locked down city in the world, we have some more freedoms, but are treading gently, especially after Coles & Cellarbrations were listed as Tier 2 sites early in the week. I cancelled shopping & will do it early tomorrow or Tuesday & Wes is out of whisky, but drinking brandy instead. We will remedy that this week.  

The garden is looking lovely as I sit here in the study watching the birds fight over their seed & oats. Rob & Dene's oak trees are coming into leaf, our roses are green & healthy, the lavender is out & there are still a handful of daffodils nodding away. No sign of our tulips or irises as yet - we have that to look forward to. 

Double dose of labs - Lewis & Morse curled up together in a patch of afternoon sun