Everything is so green, and there are puddles of water, luckily not in the kitchen this time
Let our cat Basil out of his travel cage, and he wandered around, re-exploring the house. Fraser closed the door into the room above the kitchen as he likes to get in there, and then burrow down in a hole he's made at the bottom of one of the mattresses - bad cat!
However, he is still strangely reluctant to cross the doorway into the scullery. I wondered if this would change after having got rid of the ratty old lino, but no he still doesn't want to come in and then through to the kitchen.
Justin took a bit longer to arrive - lots of rain on the way from Geelong also.
Once he arrived, we set off for Bendigo to meet Lesley and Chris for lunch at the Wine Bank on View Street. They had gone to see the Royal Portrait Exhibition - from Tudors to Windsor
Had a pleasant lunch, although the coq au vin could have been cooked in more vin - actually it didn't seem as though it was cooked in any wine at all. Was still nice though
Given the weather, and the company, whiled away some hours here, and waited til it had stopped pouring before we left,
Fraser drove back, and we worked out what we were going to have for dinner before going up to Kingower for the movie
Given our large lunch, we decided on simple bacon and eggs
I ended up giving J & F a "hall pass" re the movie, as it was a bit of a miserable evening, so they stayed at home while I drove there very slowly - around 60kph
Arrived at the church, and it wasn't too cold, in fact there was even a bit of warmth. Terry, Arlene, David and June were there, and Terry presented me with a gavel and base which he had so kindly made for me during the week. I was really touched, and very appreciative
We waited a little while, and a few more people came - Chris & Mark, and Jan & Geoff
The movie - the Man who Knew too much - was pretty good (bit corny at times). Terry had chosen it in tribute to Doris Day who had died a few weeks ago
Hung around and chatted for a little while, and then back down the Kingower Road at a stately 60kph - and no kangaroos
Had a little bit of a sleep in on Sunday (took a while to fall alseep)
Toast and coffee for breakfast, and did a bit of planting - some poppies from home, and also a loquat
I hope the loquat survives, as it will be about the 3rd one I've planted (luckily all self seeded from home)
And, the jonquils have just started....hopefully more will be in bloom for my CWA weekend next week
Went up to David and Arlene's around 11am, as David had bought a Mirror dinghy, and Justin had volunteered to help him rig it
Seemed to go quite well, although perhaps a few pieces were missing
Back to the house, and Justin and Fraser chopped up some firewood
And I tidied up inside - and they came and helped with that afterwards, as I wanted it as good as can be for the CWA....
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