Revisiting the Past

I am out of the doldrums today and back into life.   Merv and his support worker are busy today.  Mel and I had a thirty minute power walk in Stirling Park in Guildford before treating ourselves to morning tea at The Lounge Room Café in James Street.  We ordered sough dough fruit bread and the usual coffee for me and Mel's favourite English  Breakfast Tea.  The fruit bread tantalised our taste buds with its generous and diverse fruit and nut flavours.  We later ate lunch at 1:30pm without feeling hungry.  The day was hot but we chose to walk early and enjoy some nostalgic shopping in the quaint and quirky shops in Guildford.  Guildford is one of the few early settlements in WA.  It was a stopping off place for travellers going inland and a port stop along the Swan River in the nineteenth century.  A tunnel from the river was built to the cellar of the historic Rose and Crown Hotel to prevent the barrels from being ambushed and stolen!
James Street is a menagerie of second hand stores and cafés.   Mel and I visited most of the shops this morning.  We commented on the old Singer treadle machines, federation style furniture, crockery and knick-knacks of all descriptions.  Some of the items took me back to my childhood in the 60s and 70s.  Mel fell in love with the amazing collection of cups and saucers.  Not the plain white ones, but the dainty floral ones selling for $26 for a set of one.  We sighed, closed our eyes and moved on as we passed the pretty cup and saucer for $60! We shared a delightful morning together and finished the day with cleaning and sprucing up Mel's room.  Another joy to see her room uncluttered and tidy.