The Weekend - Polly and Pearly

It was a wonderful weekend starting on Saturday (as weekends often do) with breakfast at Sisters. S and I took Pearl with us so she didn't have to wait in the car while M was at Deep Water Running. By the time we arrived, M was there, as were Mouse and Prince. They had chosed a good table - bhalf in the sun, half in the shade, so that allowed everyone to sit where they wanted.

It was a good breakfast and the biggest dilemma was sharing bacon with S and Pearl but not Prince. Both the dogs liked the scrambled eggs and toast although we didn't go so far as to offer them coffee - they probably would have said yes and then it would only be a matter of time before they started to become addicted - and no-one wants that.

M took Pearl around the Dog Park after breakfast and I went along for the walk as well. Then, Mouse, M and S were off to a movie at The Arts Centre: What Maisie Knew. They all liked it very much, as did Margaret and David, the film reviewers. I had read some reviews as well and they had talked about the brilliance of the child actress who quite accurately and heartwrenchingly conveyed what it's like for a child going through divorce.

Where is Polly Puzzler?

S is still working her way through Chagall and the quota still stands ... time is running out though since it's due back early next week. She'll make it; she's determined like that.

M was out tonight (she had swipings to do) so I was in charge of furry feeding time. I'm not sure what was in the cats' cans but neither of them seemed to like it; Maggie took herself down the back to have some cookies there and Tinka demanded some "special cookies" - which I was happy to give her given I had seen what came out of the cans! I'm sure it resembled something found in nature but I'm just not exactly sure what.

There was no call with Tr on Sunday. She and her partner were off to a work event (aka a fair) and had an early set-out time which meant no call.

The Markets were good - and it was a great turnout. We were surprised to see St (back from France) and Ca (up from Melbourne) ... they had popped in to say hello after a very hard week - burying St's father who had died while he and Ni were overseas. Ni will follow in a couple of weeks, as originally planned. St may try to make it to Trivia tomorrow night - it just depends on how he goes with his mother in Brisbane.

It was one of those Markets where the table was again groaning under the weight of food - bread, butter, jam, cheese, olives, Croatian sweeties, blueberry muffins, strawberries ... the list just goes on and on ... oh, and the usual coffees!

They had to be pushed out of the way though when I enlisted the help of some of the others in finding the Polly Puzzler graphic in the Take5 magazine. Mouse had tried,I had tried and S had tried - but to no avail. The others were happy to help, and everyone who was close enough was keen to have a look. Nu, after not being able to find it on his third time through the magazine, offered a cash reward of $10 to anyone who could find it! But by the end of the Markets, Polly Puzzler had still not be found and while I pretend that I'm happy to send the puzzle entry coupon in without all the answers but we all know that isn't so.

Come out Polly!

In the end, it was the interweb that came to the rescue! I found a puzzle answer forum and they talked about Polly Puzzler being unfindable - suggesting she was "invisible" or was now under "witness protection" (we'd suggested she might have been out of sight - in the boot of one of the cars pictured throughout the magazine) ... and then that there had been an entry on the Take5 FaceBook page saying that, owing to a printing area, Polly Puzzler was on vacation for this issue. They would take any answer or no answer on the entry coupon and still deem the answer correct. Truly, up to that point, I couldn't understand why we couldn't find her ... and even when S suggested it was a printing error yesterday when she'd looked, I hadn't believed that was possible ... but that's exactly what it was.

I was hoping for a sunny day so I could sit outside this afternoon but while it was brilliant sunshine in at The Markets, by the time we arrived home it was well and truly overcast. I did sit out the back for a while with the camera but the kookaburras just were not cooperating this afternoon. It might have been too cool for them as well!

S is still making her way through Chagall, helped by Maggie who is staying close.

Pearl was a bit odd when we arrived home this afternoon - she was doing Tinka's usual trick - lying in the carport and not getting out of the way until someone gets out of the car to pat them and move them along. We were worried about her at first, but she seemed to just be fast asleep when we drove up. She was fine after that ... once she'd had another little nap that is. All those furries just love a nap.