Victor has two brothers and they both live here in Tasmania. We have all 'migrated' from Brisbane. One brother is married and has two adult children and the other is a bachelor. We meet for family dinners at each others houses each week.
Today it was Basil & Leonie's turn. They have their daughter and grandchildren living with them as well. So there is always a table of eight if it is just us. Leonie always cooks a beautiful roast with all the trimmings and we always look forward to it. I am very close to Leonie and their daughter Steph. I am so thankful that they are close by and I have someone close to talk to.
Before we went there, we needed to go into Launceston to get some of Victor's medication. He is supposed to be going camping with his brothers next week and I wanted to make sure that he had enough medication to take with him. I also wanted to go to the Evandale Market, which is probably about 20km away from Launceston and quite an interesting market.
It is high season in Tasmania at the moment and the place was packed with people and therefore, lots of goodies, freshly home baked stuff, home grown produce which included lots of Apricots, Cherries and Strawberries, Raspberries etc. I wanted to get kilos of them, but with just two of us I had to contain myself and just get a few. I did fleetingly want to buy a bucket of Apricots so that I could make some jam but at the last minute decided against. Too much sugar, too much time etc etc. But NOW, whilst writing this, I am regretting it. I love cooking. I should have bought it to make jam. This is what the whole move to Tasmania was about right ? Making jams & chutneys, growing your own veges ?
Anyway, got to Basil & Leonie's, and lunch was gorgeous as usual and I let the dessert get the better of me and had two helpings of sticky date pudding with ice cream. I will be sorry when I get on the scales tomorrow but......
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