We hosted a Christmas picnic today and miracle of miracles it did not rain!
After the coldest to summer in 51 years (not that I am complaining - not sweating in December is such a gift!) and lots of rain with it, I was worried we'd be rained out; and if we weren't that the ground would be so waterlogged that we couldn't sit down on it. But the day, though mostly cloudy, stayed dry and even on a few occasions got sunny. Imagine that!
We also had a lovely group of friends rock up - Warren (who helped us set the tent up, which included my beautiful man's amazingly creative abstract Christmas tree, which naturally everyone loved), Fahmi, Ian, Bill & Ian, Tricia (from Optus days) and her hubbie Gerald, and their darling daughter, Vivienne, and Essie, and John, and the twins, Ben and Sophie. It was just what I had hoped for - a long languid afternoon (12 noon to 7pm) of eating and chatting and catching up with people in one non-stressful place in the usually frantic lead-up to Christmas.
A perfect blissful day.
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| I am standing in the glorious shade of the tent |
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| Steve watches over the table |
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| A Shag drying its wings |
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| Everyone chilling out |
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| My gorgeous guy, Warren and Ian |
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| Ian and Bill and their dog Jack |
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| Warren, Ian, Essie and Aroha (Essie's dog) |
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| Full table spread |
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| One of my fabulous lolly trees |
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| My chicken & chick pea mini-burger patties with mango chutney to dip in |
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| Delectable patisseries that Ian and Bill brought along |
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| Essie's delicious rumballs |
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| My gorgeous guy's delicious quiches - YUM! |
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| Ian cheese and pineapple sticks |
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| Essie preparing her bruschetta |
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| The view across the lake - overcast yes, but no rain! |
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| Brett eats his fish n chips while Bill and Warren talk |
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| My gorgeous guy with that beautiful smile of his next to his creation |
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| A table of plenty |
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| Brett wards off the sun, not rain! Yay! |
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| Food! Yeah! |
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| Ian chilling in the tent |
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| Ben testing out his model plane |
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| Ian and Bill's dog Jack |
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| John S and my guy testing out paper planes |
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| Ian and I |
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| The group including me |
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| The group including Brett |
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| Essie with Ben and Sophie |
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| Sophie in her gorgeous hat |
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| Tricia and Gerald |
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| A peahen strides across the grass |
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| Ben saluting...I am not sure who! |
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| Tricia, Warren and my gorgeous guy |
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| The beyond cute Vivienne |
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| My guy poses next to his beautiful tree |
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| Native pigeon... there is so much birdlife in the park! |
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| Waz stretching out the stress... |
Labels: Bill and Ian, Christmas 2011, Essie, Fahmi, Ian, John S, picnic, Sydney Park, Tricia N, Waz
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