Up early this morning for the weekly Skype call with T and then off to the "Summer" Farmers Markets. M and S had gone earlier to meet up with the others and I followed when I was able. They had already finished coffee and banana cake by the time I arrived but there was still time for a quick natter before M, N and A left.
Surprisingly, we didn't do that much actual marketing. As S said when I indicated to her empty bag, since we had both been lurgy-bound last week, we hadn't managed to make it through last week's produce so she thought we could concentrate on that for a start and then do fresh fruit and vegetable shopping as needed. It seemed like a good idea.
The group at the Markets gets bigger and smaller, depending on who's around, but last week there was a new face - and this week she brought her husband along as well. S and I weren't sure if they were new starters or folk who had been away and then come back ... But it seems they are "new" and had known someone at the table last week and even though they weren't here this week, had joined in and then (she says, seemingly and rather uncharitably) proceeded to dominate the conversation. Ah well, maybe she will have calmed down by next week - or found other people to play with.
Post-markets we did a quick detour via JB Hi-Fi but left there with no new purchases, then via the Carrara pharmacy to have a prescription filled for S, then lunch at the aforementioned "Groper and His Misses". It was nice, as always, but perhaps not quite as nice as the Ferry Road Markets. Butnback to Mrs ... according to the inter web, Mrs is short for Mistress but not "mistress" as in "the other woman" but Mistress as in a woman with some power. It's suggested this date backs to Colonial times but in the source I was using, it also said there was no reference to it in Colonial times - so it's a little hard to know for certain. You have to love the English language.
Beasley was trying to show off last night. It had started raining again and despite the adverse conditions he had managed to hunt down and capture a small creature with which to impress his mother. M was on the phone with her sister at the time so did her best to acknowledge his catch of the day so he could be separated from it. Luckily M is good at multi-tasking.
Even though I wanted to stay up late, S has an early appointment with her doctor in the morning and since we want to go whale-watching later in the week, we have to make sure she is as well as possible for that - so an early night was had by all again here at Latimers.
