Thursday

Early Thursday morning:

You may remember our friend Sandy. She, Lindsey and I went to Japan for nearly three weeks in October 2018. Sandy lives in Perth and has a 7 month old granddaughter who lives in Melbourne.  Because of the various state border closures and lockdowns and sundry other Covid related reasons, Sandy has only now been able to come and meet her first grandchild in person.

Yesterday she came to lunch with us.  Lindsey tried to find a cafe, pub or restaurant which would do lunch on a Thursday with decent vegan options.  There didn't seem to be anywhere in Ballarat. The places with decent vegan options only do evening meals on Thursdays.

We gave up and decided it would be as easy (and definitely cheaper!) to make lunch ourselves.

And here it is, courtesy of the local IGA, Shannon Martinez, Jack Monroe, George Calombaris and my kitchen:

Chips and dips to start

Main course:
bean and vegetable casserole
lemon and thyme potatoes
noodles with sliced green vegetables

Dessert:
Chocolate pudding (I didn't make that, it came from the IGA)
with raspberries, blueberries and mango

And here is Sandy. It was her first visit to our place. She's been to Lindsey's before, but hasn't had the opportunity to come to ours

Sandy and Lindsey went up to Hill House so Sandy could admire the new flooring. And the sunny, bright morning turned into a cloudy, gloomy late afternoon which threatened rain which never eventuated.

Jim and I had toast, marmalade and wine for supper.

And that was Thursday. Gone, just like that!