Morse has similar feelings when Wes is reading - we could be doing something better than this...like sleeping!
Our Sundays seem to follow a familiar pattern - up for a walk early, breakfast for Morse & the birds, send the Dispatch, and then try to occupy Morse until 7.45am which is the earliest we can go to the Sunday Market. He starts making noises around 7.15am just in case we've forgotten & is so excited when we put on his warm green coat & invite him to jump in the car. Life then goes on hold until 5pm when he starts giving me looks in case I'm going to forget his dinner.
I had to feed him early that night, much to his delight, as the Collingwood AFLW team were playing at 5.10pm & I didn't want to miss a minute. We had a good win, although our kicking wasn't very accurate, but it was a suitable celebration for Steph Chiocci's 50th game. She became the first AFLW player to captain her team for 50 games, which is a credit to her ability as she has been our Captain from the very start.
These beautiful photos of black & white tulips & the memorial to Maurie Fields & Val Jellay in St Vincent's Gardens, Albert Park, came from Karen Stevenson
For School on Monday, we had decided to investigate Google Lens, which Jenny Beacham had told Wes about & suggested we try it. It is an amazing programme that can read out words (even hand-written ones), translate them, tell you what you have taken a photo of (e.g. an unknown plant) & find similar images to the ones you have taken. I used it on my recent kookaburra photo & it immediately sent me information about Laughing Kookaburras. If it's available with your mobile phone camera, give it a go.
Wes then told me how he is using Microsoft One Drive to keep all his Documents on his phone & we proceeded to try to do the same to mine. However, my One Drive already had a whole lot of folders that it took ages for me to copy & remove before I could copy my Documents & see if it works for me. I have often wished I had access to my Documents the way I can access Excel spreadsheets & now I have.
Our neighbour, Glen, took this beautiful photo of a pair of red-browed finches in her backyard
We've had a few Zoom chats this week & I never fail to be thrilled by the technology that allows us to see each other as we chat - singly or in groups. It is so much more personal than the other end of the phone. As well, Judi & I played Mah Jong, where nearly everyone else in Muffins & More was keen to know what we were doing & who was winning. I got home just before the rain got heavy, but we didn't get quite the storm we were expecting then. That arrived later in the day.
Morse wasn't going out in the rain for anything!
We stayed put on Thursday while the rain flooded the gauge (100mls in 36 hours)as well as everywhere else. Our Gold Coast friends, Mike & Linda Kirby, had planned to visit us at the end of this week at the finish of their holiday in Victoria, but were worried by the weather forecast & decided to give Daylesford a miss & drive back to Melbourne from Bendigo.
We cancelled everything we had booked in anticipation of their visit, except for brunch at Bad Habits@The Convent & invited local friends, Di & Jeff to join us. We don't see each other as much as we would like since Sunday Breakfasts stopped & this was the perfect way to catch up. We spent nearly 2 hours sitting chatting together & only stopped when I realised I was going to miss an appointment with my podiatrist!
Di Lyttleton, Wes, Karen & Jeff Bain
Later that day we were both very sad to read of the death of Clive Rutherford, aged 86, a very popular man, who had been a much-loved teacher here. We met him & his wife, Janet, through U3A activities & spent many happy hours together, giving us some wonderful memories. He will be sadly missed.
Yesterday was Caulfield Cup. We decided to bet in two races - The Tristarc Stakes & the Cup - box quinellas, trifectas & the running double. We got the jackpot in the first race, which gave us a profit for the day, but didn't expect the emergency, Durston, to win the Cup ahead of our first pick, Gold Trip. As well, there were AFLW games to watch & WBBL matches to enjoy - a feast of footy & cricket all day with some exciting results.
Along with most of our St Kilda supporting friends, we were shocked when the Saints sacked Brett Ratten after extending his contract mid-season. Every team is anxious for success & not prepared to wait - with 18 AFL teams, you just can't expect to play in Grand Finals as often as you would like. Carlton sacked Brett in 2012 after he got them to the Finals during his tenure, but haven't played in them since.
We're off to the Sunday Market shortly, then to Strathmore to visit Leanne. Morse has been eying off the huge marrow bone that will occupy him while we are away!
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