Perhaps Morse looks for them as well, as he eats lots of rice
After we visited the Daylesford Market, Wes & I went to Lambley Nursery & Gardens in Ascot, about 30 minutes away, to find some ground covers for the garden. It seems that is what everyone wants at present, to help cut down weeding & they didn't have anything that appealed to us. On our way home, we stopped at Spring Park Nursery, where Chris found three ground covers & two beautiful new daisy bushes, which are all going to fit nicely into our garden.
On Monday, after I did the supermarket shopping, School was spent deciding what vegetables we would grow this Spring. We've decided on Dwarf Purple Beans, Blackjack Zucchini & Baby Carrots. The potatoes we planted last year have come back, and we have plenty of herbs, except for Basil, which we'll try as well. As it was raining gently, we had a short walk around the garden looking for spots for our new plants & admiring the growth everywhere. We even found our first rose hidden in a bush.
This beautiful rose is called Perfumed Passion
Later in the morning, I had an excellent remedial massage with Sarah Hunt, where we discussed the ABC Radio National Top 100 books of this century. We both agreed that the choices reflected Book Group genre - I have only read 15 of them, she & Wes a handful. Very few of the books we voted for made it to the Top 100, and we've certainly never read the No 1 choice - "The Boy Who Swallowed the Universe", which has also been a successful film.
We had an interesting experience last weekend, when someone knocked persistently on the front door. Wes was downstairs and didn't hear it, while I was in bed, and reluctantly answered it. The woman standing there was looking for help - she and 7 other friends had driven down from Echuca to stay for a few nights at Brindabella, @74 Duke Street, and when they went in, the beds hadn't been made or the place cleaned. They had booked through AirBnB a year ago.
I asked Wes to handle it, and he did wonders, getting in touch with the owner, and giving advice to the visitor of how to proceed. Brindabella has been out of action for some time as there have been two separate burst pipes in our street, which pumped water straight onto their property and flooded the downstairs section. The visitor later rang to say they had stayed at a motel for the night, and were moving to another property for the remainder of their stay, and she wanted to thank Wes for all his help.
On Tuesday, I had a good Zoom with Leanne, before doing a few chores in the main street. I had to return home quickly as Wes wanted to wash the car after he did some trimming in the front garden. I went out to chat to him at one stage and looked into our pond, where I discovered we had heaps of tadpoles - looks as though we won't run out of frogs any time soon!
We were very sad that afternoon to read on Facebook that our friend, John Smith, had died last week. We hadn't been in touch over the past month and are sorry that we didn't realise just how close to death he was, as we have known him for 35 years. We shared some wonderful times with him & his wife, Jan, when we were insurance brokers, and then again, here in Daylesford, where they had a caravan, and later, bought a holiday house.
There were all sorts of dramatic weather warnings for Wednesday, and I was very relieved when Judi decided not to drive here from Ballarat for Mah Jong. The rain was very heavy, and everywhere was slippery underfoot. Hepburn Council closed some of their offices and the Daylesford Library in anticipation of the strong winds that were forecast. They arrived around lunchtime, along with the sun, and the rain stopped for a while. We were lucky not to experience any damage.
On Thursday I had a busy morning - first a Zoom with Terry Borg, who was heading out for a busy day; followed by a chat with Old Friends - Kathy, Joyce & Karen S, where we shared some laughs, reminisced and made plans to catch up again later in the hope that Libby could join us. Sadly that didn't occur, but we all enjoyed seeing each other twice in the one day.
Wes had invited me to brunch at the Glenlyon General Store, which we had in between Zooms 2 & 3. It was lovely to go back there, sit at the small oak drop-side table and enjoy yummy meals & hot drinks in front of an open fire. The café area was very quiet for a change, which made chatting very easy.
Friday was busy - Wes gave Morse an early bath, before having a Zoom discussion with the Jackson Group core. He had hoped to get some gardening done, but it rained early which put a stop to trimming & mowing out the back. So we three had a quiet day, which was good as we were off to Strathmore the next morning to visit Leanne.
Our visit to Leanne went well. She was pleased to see us and had made another batch of strawberry jam, which went well with the scones from Gusto. Wes had taken some geranium cuttings to fill an empty spot in her garden, and added good soil and mulch to help them along. I showed Leanne some of the benefits of Phone Link, which we had downloaded on her desktop & mobile on an earlier visit. She was delighted with the ability to send texts & receive phone calls from her desktop.
We arrived home in time to see most of the races at Moonee Valley at the last meeting there before everything changes. The current grandstands & track configuration are being demolished to allow for housing close to Puckle Street. Hopefully the Cox Plate will be back at the Valley in a couple of years time. The racing was exciting & Via Sistina won the main event just, over her stablemate, Buckeroo.
Neck & neck just before the finishing post
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