Animal Caring Tag Team Relay

 I went down to Melbourne late on Monday afternoon and went directly to Clifton Hill where I was having dinner with my brother Simon, and various members of his family, along with Lindsey and Ian. I hadn't seen Simon and his people since Stella's party in August so it was good to catch up.

Then I drove to Ghost's place, where she was very pleased to see me. Anyone would think she had been abandoned for days and days and days, although it was only a matter of hours. However, I think she is aware that she can extort more treats out of me than she can out of Ross 😂

You're back! Finally!
Where are my treats?

Good morning. Hope you are well.
Where are my treats?

I had a Japanese lesson at 8:00 on Tuesday morning, then Wendy came around and we went out to Kissaten for breakfast

A cooked breakfast smells delightful when it is delivered to your table in an under cover outside courtyard

Breakfast for me

and breakfast for Wendy

I made my way home in a leisurely manner in the early afternoon. Brandy and Whiskey were pleased to see me but I had been gone for less than 24 hours so they weren't absolutely excited.

I called in to see Hugo on my way home from work yesterday. He was also pleased to see me, and especially pleased to get his dinner. Not that his dinner was late and nor had he been abandoned for more than a few hours, when Ross left to make his way down to Ghost's house

The animal caring tag team relay is just about to finish. Freyja and Simon get back in the early hours of tomorrow morning so there will be no need for Ross or me to run up and down between Mount Helen and Northcote

I was expecting to be out for lunch today with some interstate visitors who are staying in Melbourne but one of them has been taken ill and is in hospital so the lunch has been abandoned. I am trying to decide whether to do something useful in the house or to do something useful in the garden - or whether to do nothing useful at all and to browse through my library books, both of which are about using native ingredients in your cooking. I suppose I could spread the love and do a combination of all of those things