Lindsey and Ian needed to be in Melbourne for babysitting duties on Saturday night.
Jim and I were due to be in Mount Martha.
Dilemma! Who will look after Rupert and Hugo?
Freyja and Simon rode to the rescue.
They came up on Friday evening. Jim was already at Hill House, having been on Rupert and Hugo duty during the day. Lindsey and I came back from the surgery. Ian was in the kitchen preparing a mighty feast. Jim and I stayed for dinner. And very delicious it was too. Ian had prepared lobster along with salmon for the omnivores and non-meat offerings for the vegan/vegetarians. I am always pleased to feast on unexpected lobster!
Saturday morning saw Lindsey and me head out for our usual Saturday morning visits to the mushroom farm and the Elaine Farmgate shop. No market on the third Saturday of the month. Freyja and Simon came too. Their inaugural visit to both places. Then Lindsey and Ian headed to Melbourne and Jim and I left for Mount Martha, leaving Freyja and Simon in the care of Rupert and Hugo. Brandy and Whiskey were left to fend for themselves, although I had left extra biscuits for them.
Stella was looking much better. The huge, big lump on her head has decreased to a much less alarming size and she seemed to be in good humour. She had requested stuffed omelettes for dinner. I often make omelettes for Jim, Lindsey and me for lunch on Wednesdays or Fridays and stuff them with combinations of things like prawns, mushrooms, bacon, green things, feta. They make a filling and tasty lunch and can easily be reheated in the microwave without losing their omeletty quality. I had mentioned this to Stella and she thought it sounded like a tasty dinner option. And so it was. I stuffed them with mushrooms, bacon and feta and we had them with sourdough toast and sliced green vegetables on the side. Quick to prepare and tasty to eat.
I was preparing lunch on Sunday, after a lovely, quiet morning, when Jim suddenly said: "Look, there's Matthew. Matthew's coming. Matthew's here!" Stella and I were just wondering who Matthew was and why Jim would know him, when the front door opened and in walked my brother. He had been visiting a friend further down the peninsula and had called in on his way home. We weren't expecting him and didn't know he had been on the peninsula, which explained our mystification when Jim spotted him walking down the road toward's Stella's place. A nice surprise.
In the meantime, Freyja and Simon had been having a good time playing with Rupert and Hugo, and then dropped down to our place to play with Brandy and Whiskey, before heading home. Lindsey and Ian had survived their babysitting gig on Saturday evening and by Sunday evening everyone was back in their usual places.
It rained with enthusiasm all the way from Langwarrin to our place on our way home. The rain gauge was almost full when I checked it yesterday morning. This would have been noteworthy had it not been for the fact that Sydney had almost been washed away. Fortunately, none of the people we know in Sydney had actually been washed away but they were all very soggy. Lots of NSW remains under water and the rain has not finished yet. I know the rain was needed, but you can have far too much of a good thing. Our rainfall was much more moderate
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