Thanks to Judi for this wonderful follow up to last week's Snoopy
Last Sunday, after an extra hour of sleep, we were up & about enjoyed finishing our Lake Daylesford walk in daylight, so we could admire the colours of the trees as they turn red, yellow & orange. After the Daylesford Market trip, where Yvonne & Ken had sliced pears again on top of the cabbage for Lewis & Morse, we came back here to find room in the fridge & fruit bowls for all our produce, before Wes set off to the MCG via Leanne in Strathmore, where he was dropping in for a catch-up chat.
Sadly, he was unable to get within cooee of the MCG & there was no parking available anywhere, caused by the 66,000 at the G & thousands more at the International Flower Show. He arrived home at half-time in the game, having missed the exciting first quarter, when the Blues were unstoppable. Fortunately, they prevailed to win by a point against the fast-finishing Hawks.
I had been glued to the Women's International One-Day Cup Final between Australia & England in Christchurch, where Alyssa Healy hit 170, the highest individual score in a Final by a male or female, to anchor our innings. In spite of a swashbuckling batting display by Nat Sciver (148n.o.), England were unable to resist our bowlers & we won by 71 runs.
We decided to play hookey from School on Monday & headed to Cliffy's for breakfast, which is much easier to do now you can book online again. I don't enjoy queueing up & it was worth it as we were ushered straight to a table. Wes had the bircher muesli, which looked very inviting, and I lashed out on Laksa eggs, which was a light, but fiery combination of flavours, very reminiscent of Sri Lankan cooking.
Afterward we collected the boys & headed off in search of Autumn leaves. First stop was Maldon, where we were disappointed, but found a wonderful place to sit with our thermoses. Then we drove to Castlemaine, but the beautiful old trees there hadn't reached their potential, so we drove back home via Hepburn Springs, which easily had the most colourful selection we had seen anywhere.
Karen at the Garden Room at Blackwood Ridge
Wes with Morse & Lewis at Darky's Hut, Maldon
One for the Morse & Lewis fans
Laksa eggs at Cliffy's
The rest of the week has gone smoothly. Wes has emptied 4 compost bins & spread the contents down in the bottom garden. He finished pruning, did some mowing & has everywhere looking lovely, especially with our lovely Autumnal days.
I've had Zoom chats with Leanne, Kathy, Lovely & Lib as well as played Mah Jong with Dot & Judi, where Judi continued on her winning way until the last game when I prevailed for a change.
We had decided our lounge needed freshening up and ordered some new cushions & a throw rug, which arrived on Thursday. We are delighted with the result after we re-arranged everything. Even the boys have new pillowcases courtesy of Auntie Leanne.
From the top - new sage cushions; Lewis enjoying the fresh pillowcases, & lovely photo of Judi with more than her share of Flowers & Seasons at Mah Jong
We had arranged for both of our cars to be serviced together on Friday at Ballarat Mazda & set off early in Pearl & Sammy. We had been offered a courtesy car, which we accepted, as Mazda is in Wendouree, quite a way from Ballarat proper. First stop was Café Lekker for breakfast. We have been visiting this café for many years & it is always the same - great staff & yummy meals at reasonable prices. Since we were last there, they have converted more of the floor spaces to cubicles, which feels very safe indeed. Wes had Tuki lamb sausages with onions, tomato & potato roesti, and I had Matt's Special, which is poached eggs on smoked salmon with lemon & capers on Turkish bread.
We had a few chores to do in Ballarat, so set off after breakfast and accomplished them all fairly quickly. We had been given a Mazda 3 to drive & it was just like Pearl, so very easy to manage. We made our way back to Mazda & sat in the waiting room, which gave us a chance to speak with Andy, who sold us Sammy, and he said things were quiet at present, mostly because they have a shortage of cars, especially the CX3, which has a waiting time of 8 months! The boys were thrilled to see us when we returned home & got extra cuddles to make up for our absence.
Yesterday Wes drove me to the Docklands in Melbourne to see Collingwood lose to the West Coast Eagles - a game we should have won easily as the Eagles are so depleted through COVID. However, I did enjoy being at live footy again & it was wonderful to find my chauffeur outside the exit. We realised it was the first time we had driven Pearl at night & were amazed at the technology that had her turning our lights on & off high-beam when required.
Thanks to Judi for this stunning mask, which kept me feeling very safe in the 30,000+ crowd
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