When I left you last Sunday, we were heading to the Daylesford Market - my first outing since the cataract operation. It was lovely to be out & about, but I had to be careful and watch my step. I caught Yvonne pinching pieces of pear from Morse's breakfast - her need was greater than his it seems. We bought plenty of fruit, vegetables, eggs & dog treats before heading back home, very relieved that we didn't have to turn around and drive to Strathmore, having done that the previous weekend.
That night Wes cooked a brilliant meal - grilled swordfish with honeyed carrots plus steamed bush peas from our garden. It was absolutely perfect and much appreciated.
On Monday, Wes drove me to Coles Supermarket & pushed the trolley around, while Morse waited in the car. We met Jeff Bain in the carpark & had a quick chat, before heading home to unpack. I put out all the bins before we had School looking at our diaries for the rest of the year. Then we went back out again to Tonna's for pasta, juice & tomatoes, and the optometrist, where Catherine removed the left lens from my distance glasses, and I made an appointment to see Sarah in December, after we return from Adelaide, to get new reading glasses.
While I spent the afternoon resting, Wes tackled Qantas Insurance as we have a water damage claim. It appears that a pipe has broken, probably under the concrete in the front, which explains why water is still seeping in under the house. His experience as an insurance assessor, salesman & broker over 30 years comes in very handy at moments like this!
For some reason, I had a bad night and was unable to have my usual Zoom chats with my aunt, Jeff, and my sister, Leanne. I rang Leanne later & we caught up then. Her support worker is on holidays for three weeks, and I am conscious that she is missing the contact. I send her texts every day, but she really gets a lot out of our Zooms.
Qantas sent an estimator to have a look at our problem and he was in agreement with Wes, that it appears we have a broken water pipe. He promised to send a leak detector, who has made an appointment for Tuesday morning. That afternoon, Wes went for a full check-up with his doctor, James & got an excellent report, which was very reassuring indeed.
Leanne sent me the photo of her Just Joeys in full bloom, and on Wednesday morning I responded with our first rosebud - freesia
While I am resting, which is every afternoon at present, I have become hooked on a wonderful AI series of music & images on You Tube based on Hogwarts. The music suits me, and I am entranced by the tours of various parts of Hogwarts, including the village of Hogsmeade. It brings back memories of sitting with Tom Tyrrell in Cinema Nova watching the very first Harry Potter film (Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone), and being constantly amazed and entertained. JK Rowling changed the world with her incredible series of books, and the films were the next logical step. Fortunately they were brilliantly conceived and very well cast.
I was unable to play Mah Jong with Judi this week, as we had a follow up appointment with my eye doctor on the same day, and i didn't have the energy to do both. I spent the morning keeping out of Wes's way as he vacuumed and washed the floors before we drove to Ballarat.
Dr David gave me the good news that my eye was recovering beautifully, and that we should continue with the eye drops until the bottle was empty. On our way back home, we stopped at Ballarat Seafoods to stock up on gummy shark, swordfish & Atlantic salmon pieces, and at Dan Murphy's to replenish whiskey & gin supplies.
Spring in the back garden - waiting for the roses to bloom
I did enjoy being able to drive again on Thursday morning - picked some lemons from Sue's prolific tree for us, for our neighbour, Glen, and to take to Rob & Dene when we visited them the next morning. It was good to stroll up & down Vincent Street without having to rely on Wes to drop me off and pick me up afterwards.
Wes had his fortnightly Zoom with the Jackson Group, where they discussed various individual issues brought by members, and then I was pleased to be able to host Old Friends and chat with Kathy, Lib, Karen S & Joyce. Cataract operations filled centre stage for a while and we caught up on other news as well.
We woke to pouring rain and dire weather forecasts on Friday morning, and after consultation with Rob & Dene, decided to postpone our visit until yesterday, when it was dry and sunny. It was too wet to do anything except computer work, reading the paper & crosswords, with fish & chips & Cofield Sparkling Shiraz for dinner.
Finally, our double Japanese wisteria aka Black Dragon is flowering on the back fence
Yesterday morning we drove to Ballan to catch up with Rob & Dene. It was a lovely visit, as always, and we left wishing we had more time to chat. Morse loved every minute - he runs around their backyard in excitement, jumps up at them in turn, and finally settles when Rob invites him onto the couch with him. Rob & Dene's garden is looking great, more advanced than ours, and the view from their new extension is very relaxing.
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