Another Peppermint Pattie special - quite topical these days!
We enjoyed our New Year's Day, especially as there had been no fireworks at the Lake House & I didn't even hear car horns tooting or any other disruptive noises, so happily slept through until 5.25am when we rose to take the boys on their walk. We noticed a warning light on the dashboard of our elderly Mazda 6 & discovered it needed engine oil. After two bottles of the correct oil didn't stop the warning light, we read that we couldn't drive the car as it was too dangerous. Pearl was getting quite a workout as a result, until we checked again after a couple of days & the light had gone out.
Last Sunday, we walked the boys to the Lake and they coped with our hill, probably better than we did. I went to the Sunday Market on my own, having warned Yvonne that we wouldn't be bringing Lewis & Morse, as she usually has a tray of chopped cabbage ready for them. She gave me some to take home to them, which they appreciated. Meanwhile, Wes watered all the pots at #80, as well as our vegetables & seedlings, which were all suffering in the heat.
At last I have a photo of us with Manny & Joyce at their 50th Wedding Anniversary in November - thanks to their grand-daughter, Mia, who sent this to me
Morse ushering in the New Year with one of his contortions!
New Year's Eve at the Maloneys - crayfish, fresh bread, prawns & broccolini with glasses of Cofield Sparkling Shiraz
Glorious photo of our dear friend, Tom Tyrrell, catching up with all his girls in Calliope, Qld, post Christmas - Becky is nursing Violet, Tom has Alice & Emily is holding Matilda
We had a most enjoyable lunch at Jackie's on Vincent with Judi & Michael - something we used to do more regularly than once every two years. Jackie & Lisa were putting the chairs up on tables to clean before we realised it & two hours had flown by.
The rest of our week has been most relaxing, before we get back into routine - lots of gardening, with Wes doing the lion's share & me managing to deadhead the roses & occasionally fill a vase with a new selection.
Here is a vase of apricot & yellow roses with the odd pink tinge!
I came back from the cricket with a very stiff neck & managed to get a massage appointment with Sarah Hunt, daughter of our neighbour, Glen, on Tuesday afternoon. She did wonders and I walked out feeling much better & have made regular appointments for the rest of this year. After 20 years of having remedial massages, I haven't had one for 18 months, since Nick Massaro retired, mostly because I hadn't found someone that I felt comfortable with who would be able to help me.
On Wednesday afternoon we finally had our Pfizer booster shots at
Springs Medical Centre, at a time when Daylesford has 60 cases of COVID, including most of our local pharmacists. We thought our appointment would interrupt watching Day 1 of the Sydney Test, but it kept being stopped by rain, so we missed nothing but amusing repartee from Kerry O'Keeffe & Mark Howard on Fox. Our only reactions were slightly sore spots where we had been injected & a good night's sleep!
We were very sad to read of the sudden death of old friend, Russell Badham, after a short battle with lung cancer. We had some wonderful times with Russ & his wife, Marg, as well as taking prestige Australian wines to Raffles Hotel, Singapore, on Russ's behalf.
It's been a busy week with Zooms - I spoke to Leanne twice, Jeff in Lincolnshire, Jan in Maleny & Kathy in Burwood, while Wes had his twice weekly chats with Barbara in NZ & a lovely cousins catch up with overseas & Australian rellos. I usually cook when he has this Zoom as it is at 5.30pm our time & he knows he will get special fried rice with prawns or pasta with pine nuts & mushrooms.
We had been due to catch up with Rosanna & David this morning, but they were close contacts of friends with COVID after attending a New Year's Eve party & we have had to postpone. We're off to the Sunday Market shortly & will have a quiet day at home watching the last day of the Test, (where the Poms have shown some spirit at last as exemplified by Bairstow's fighting century), as well as the opening round of the AFLW, where Collingwood & Carlton are once again meeting at Princes Park.
Wes watching the cricket with Morse & Lewis
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