Weekend

 I went and picked Stella up on Friday. I have to say that I hadn't expected her to be quite as battered and thoroughly bruised as she was. She looked as though she had been in a most terrible accident. 

We got back to Hill House and managed to get her into the house without incident.  Rupert and Hugo were pleased to see her, although rather puzzled by all the bandages and dressings and bruises.  Lots of gentle sniffing, especially of her head.

Lindsey, Stella and I went out and about on Saturday, although Stella didn't get out of the car. She is supposed to be taking things quietly and not to be dashing about in the shops but didn't want to spend all day sitting on the couch. At least this way she could go out and still remain fairly quiet.  We got more dressings for her at the big, new pharmacy that opened up in Sebastopol last year. We went out to the mushroom farm. We headed to Bunnings and had sausages from the sausage sizzle. (This wasn't why we went but, while Lindsey was looking for what she wanted in Bunnings, I might have been drawn by the siren song of barbecuing sausages to the sizzle tent. A late morning snack to keep us going until lunchtime!)

We all went out to the Swiss Mountain Hotel in Blampied for lunch yesterday. It takes around half an hour to get there and is a lovely drive through beautiful countryside. Plus, the hotel does really lovely food. The dining area is also large enough to make social distancing easily possible. All in all it seemed like an ideal place to take Stella for lunch. And she seemed to thoroughly enjoy it. Jim and I certainly enjoyed it.

Jim

Stella and me

Ian, Lindsey and Stella

Stella is heading back home today. Lindsey will take her back and her carers should be back on deck from this evening.  Let's hope for no further dramas!