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Our week started very quietly as we were still tired after our trip to Melbourne last Saturday. Wes & Morse did the Daylesford Market for me, and came home with lots of goodies. I spent the day in the lounge, watching footy & sewing up a jumper I have been knitting with some lovely donated wool. I dropped it into the Salvos on Monday and the manager very kindly told me she looks forward to Winter & my knitted offerings.
The main colour is actually pumpkin, rather than yellow, and blue & green stripes seemed the best fit
We have enjoyed quite a lot of rain this week, although we were able to walk on Monday morning, and Wes did some pruning before it set in. Everyone I met in Vincent Street agreed that last Saturday's fog was the worst they had ever driven in - particularly in the aptly named Pleurisy Hill, christened by Gail White when she & Terry lived in Lupin Cottage, Grenville Street, near the Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens.
Once again, we have discovered we have lost a friend - this time, Sheila Hollingworth, who died in WA in 2024. We spent many happy hours with Sheila & her husband, Vaughan Brown in Daylesford. They lived in a wonderful home in West Street and were very generous hosting U3A & Words in Winter Events. Sheila was a cartoonist & writer, and the last we know she was volunteering at schools, helping young people develop their skills & interests.
On Tuesday, I visited Springs Medical Centre to see my GP, Dr James Smith. He listened to my breathing & suggested I have a CT Scan to check my lungs to see if that would explain why I have been coughing all year. I'm booked in for next Tuesday morning.
Wes has been busy with phone calls, Zooms & WhatsApp chats this week - he's spoken with Barbara in NZ twice; Helen in Lower Plenty; Danny in Queensland, & Paul in Oxfordshire. He had planned chats with Sam in Brunswick, and Wendy in Clifton Springs, but both are looking after very unwell spouses and couldn't fit Wes in. Meanwhile, I chatted with Leanne in Strathmore, Shar in Heathcote, Terry in Burwood, and Old Friends - Karen in Port Melbourne, Kathy in Burwood & Joyce in Reservoir.
Meanwhile Judi & I played Mah Jong on a rainy morning in a packed & noisy Muffins & More café. I won most of the games, but Judi tried some interesting hands and enjoyed the challenge.
By Thursday, it was three days in a row since we had been unable to walk Morse and the rain was persistent, and occasionally heavy. I imagine this weather has been good for our new volunteer-run Cinema, named the Phoenix, as it has risen from the ashes of the previous one in The Rex Arcade. The local developers of The Rex, Eddie Comelli & David Bromley, have made good on their promise to re-open the Cinema, and it seats 64 in comfort with excellent elevation. We haven't been yet for various reasons, but I am hoping to get to The Sheep Detectives before it disappears from the screen.
The rain finally stopped at 3am on Friday morning, but everywhere was so wet underfoot & full of puddles that we didn't walk Morse. However, I had a lovely Zoom with Leanne, missed out on a WhatsApp chat with Jan in Maleny; and headed into Vincent Street to complete all the chores that had been building up during the week. I overhead one shopkeeper telling another that they, too, had closed early the day before, as no-one was venturing out in the incessant rain.
Yesterday we woke to discover, in spite of the Bureau's predictions, Daylesford was wet & misty yet again. Morse missed out on his walk, and a bath - the latter didn't bother him too much. We settled down to listen to the ABC Classic Top 100 Greatest Music of all time, punctuated by footy games, including minis of the two close games already played - Adelaide's 1 point win against Geelong on Thursday night, and the Western Bulldogs' amazing 8 goals to 1 second half to beat Hawthorn on Friday night.
So far we've not had many of our selections make it into the Top 100 - we both chose Chariots of Fire by Vangelis, which came in at 75, and I had O Eccelesia by Hildegard von Bingham, which was 84. Fingers crossed for better luck today when 50 through to 1 will be played.
