Love it - back to the 70s!
We started our week with a wet visit to the Daylesford Market, before driving through wind, rain & fog to visit Leanne. The skies were blue from Sunbury onwards and, of course, it was dry in Strathmore. We had an excellent visit - some chatting, some decluttering, and a discussion about Christmas, which we three will spend together as usual.
We arrived back home in time to watch the Carlton/Hawthorn AFLW match, where Wes was most disappointed to see his team looking unfit & nowhere near as keen as the Hawthorn women, who won easily in dreadfully windy weather. Later I watched North Melbourne record their first ever win over last year's Premiers, Brisbane, by 44 points, in an awesome display of teamwork, speed and accuracy. They look like the team to beat after Round 1, although anything can happen!
It was still wet, wild & woolly on Monday morning, but Wes & Morse got a lap of the cemetery in before the rain got too heavy. I was lucky to put out the bins, and get our supermarket shopping done in between storms as well. We were due to clean exhaust fans, lint filters & our bedroom for School, and discovered we needed new filters for the lounge air-conditioner, which I've ordered. It was quite a big job by the time we moved ladders around, cleaned ceiling fans, shifted the bed (no surprises this time), dusted, polished, vaccumed and washed windows & floors.
Amazingly, this drift of daffodils survived the wind, rain & hail
What a thrill to wake to a windless morning on Tuesday. Wes & Morse had a very early walk around Daylesford Cemetery, while I chatted to my aunt, Jeff, in Torksey Lock, Lincolnshire. She was excited at the impending visit of my younger sister, Paun, and her husband, Brian, this week. It is 20 years since Paun last visited and they will be delighted to see each other in person again.
My next chat was a Zoom with Leanne, who is feeling very relieved with the decluttering we did, and we chatted about our next visit, where shredding will be the order of the day. I was glad to know that Leanne had no damage with the strong winds, and Wes checked our neighbours' homes, where everything looked fine, apart from #77's heavy metal letterbox, which toppled over.
The latest crop of beanies & a beret
I finished up with an appointment with my doctor, Ellie, who booked us in for our next COVID boosters in 3 weeks' time, and took a photo of my "geographic" tongue to discuss with a couple of other doctors, who might be able to help, as it just isn't going away.
Two sheltered beds out the front also got through the storms unscathed - daffodils & hyacinths, and hellebores
Jono, the specialist plumber arrived while I was away, and was able to clear our drains and the blockages to the water tanks without too much fuss or mess. It took him 2.5 hours and he attached a lever to the bottom of our big tank, which will make cleaning it easier in the future. Morse was worried about all the activity, but Jonno has two labs (one super intelligent and the other gets around with a bunny rug in its mouth all day, even when being taken for a walk), so Morse was not a problem at all!
Wes participated in a very interesting early chat with the Jackson Group on Thursday morning hosted by Graham Hubbard - the topic was "The Purpose of Life" and, as you can imagine, everyone had a different take on it. Afterwards, I chatted with Old Friends - Kathy, Lib, Karen S & Joyce, where health issues were the order of the morning. I then drove to Hepburn for a manicure with Juls, who talks non-stop, has a heart of gold, and does an excellent job with my nails.
In the afternoon, our friend, Les Groundwater, arrived to check out the next lot of handyman jobs we have for him, but had to spend the first 10 minutes with Morse, who was thrilled to see him again after quite a break.
That night we were amazed when Geelong easily accounted for Port Adelaide by 16 goals at the Adelaide Oval in their Qualifying Final. The Cats now go straight to a Preliminary Final and Port plays again next week.
Wes spent most of Friday morning under the house, now that the water is no longer dripping through, he was able to move the freezer back in position, as well as all the other items he had put out of harm's way. I chatted with Leanne on our regular Friday Zoom, before going for a walk around town.
That night, Hawthorn proved far too good for the Western Bulldogs in front of a crowd of nearly 98,000 at the MCG. There was a Grand Final like atmosphere and the Hawks supporters were delighted with their young, exuberent team.
Yesterday we had a lovely visit from Judi, who collected the remaining items we had been storing for her & Michael since they packed up to move to Ballarat last October. Morse was delighted to see her again, and only settled down when we all sat for a cuppa. Wes had worked hard in the garden all morning, getting ready for the handyman, another Jonno, who cancelled his appointment to clear our gutters, much to our chagrin!
Time for the lightweight doona cover!
In the afternoon, we watched a stunning Qualifying Final between Sydney & GWS, which the Swans won in the last minutes in front of a huge crowd at the SCG. Greater Western Sydney led for most of the game, but the Swans proved to be fitter & didn't panic, as befitted the team that finished minor Premiers.
Last night, Carlton were completely overrun by Brisbane in the first half of their Elimination Final at the Gabba, before re-grouping and outscoring the Lions in the second half, losing by 28 points. Wes is disappointed, but hadn't expected the Blues to win, so the fightback was a plus.
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