We started our week well with a visit to the Daylesford Market, where everyone was pleased to see me back. Afterwards we gave Morse a big bone, and drove to Strathmore to visit Leanne. Wes spent most of the time doing the next bed in her front garden, and planted seaside daisies and salvia to brighten it up. Everywhere else is looking very happy with the geraniums, azaleas, camellias, hydrangeas & veronicas all showing growth spurts. We're on track to finish by Christmas, which was our original plan.
Some of our stunning irises, which have been very slow to appear, but worth the wait
Leanne & I spent some time talking through issues, tidying up the pantry, backing up her computer and downloading new photos of Morse for her to enjoy. On our way home, we stopped at Gusto, where we picked up a vegetarian quiche for dinner.
We arrived back here to find Morse had been sleeping happily, and caught the last quarter of the AFLW match between Sydney & Collingwood, which the Swans won well in front of a big crowd of 5,700+, which included our friends, Jane & David Knox, who were attending their first AFLW game.
On Monday, we decided to watch Peter O'Toole in the starring role of the play Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell. We saw it about 20 years ago in London with Tom Conti as the lead, and he was very good, but Peter O'Toole was perfect. It's available on YouTube if you are interested.
Afterwards, we had a lovely Zoom chat with Mike & Linda Kirby in Queensland, followed by a massage for me from Sarah Hunt. I had postponed our regular appointment because I was coughing last week, but Sarah was ready for me with lots of pillows under my head and I barely coughed at all. Meanwhile Wes weeded, mowed and tidied up the back yard, which has surprises at every turn - carnations are appearing, the lavender is in full swing, the seaside daisies are taking over, and any minute now we'll have roses galore.
On Tuesday, I had an excellent Zoom with Leanne, followed by a good catch up with Terry Borg, who has recently returned from a trip to Malta & Italy with her good friends, Helen & Benny. She regaled us both with the disaster stories, but assured me that there were plenty of upsides while she was away. After that I was able to have an overdue facial at EKO, where Julie was very understanding & gave me plenty of pillows which helped stem the coughing.
Colourful beanies!
Finally, on Wednesday, I was well enough for Mah Jong, but neither Dot nor Judi was available, so I had a quiet morning instead. Wes vacuumed the floors, and I took Morse out for a while to make that an easier job. We pumped mineral water at Leitches Creek, visited Muffins & More to apologise for our non-attendance again, and collected the post from our PO Box. Wes then headed to Ballarat to get a haircut, which was very overdue, and returned with bottles of Jameson's whisky & Hendrick's gin, both much needed at present.
Wes had an early Zoom on Thursday with his Overseas Friends, discussing heroes, and I followed with a good chat with Kathy, Lib & Joyce, where we debriefed on Grandparents Day, admired Joyce's beautiful needlework camel, and enjoyed hearing about Lib's happy visit from her brother, Bob. I also got to catch up with our neighbour, Glen, who isn't home very often these days, since her specialist allowed her to drive again.
On Friday, we were without power from 9am to 3pm, while new telephone poles were erected in our little bit of Duke Street. At one point there were 6 enormous trucks, and getting in & out was quite tricky. We were due for morning tea with Rob & Dene in Ballan, and were pleased to escape for 2.5 hours. We had a lovely visit with our old neighbours, admired their beautiful garden, ate yummy treats prepared by Dene, and caught up on their latest holiday stories. Morse was in heaven, he just loves them both, and particularly likes running around their garden to his heart's content.
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