Lucky

We were very, very lucky with the weather on Sunday.

It was a beautiful day, high 20s, sunny.The strong winds of the morning had dropped to gentle breezes with occasional strong gusts.

The gazebo was up and we put lots of chairs under it. The picnic tables were filled with tasty things and looked lovely.  We had Pimms, fruity soda water, wine. We had dips and cheeses; veg sticks and cheese crackers. We had meats to barbecue and salads and roast potatoes. There were apricot tarts and apple tarts for after.

We had guests. Stella had come from Mount Martha, via Hill House. Lindsey and Ian came down with her. Freyja and Simon came from Brunswick. Robert and Susan came with Rod from Melbourne.

Our garden looked lovely. The picnic area was very pretty. Ian deployed the barbecue to good effect.

We ate well, drank well and had a merry catch up.

It was a very lovely Sunday Lunch Party.

And I didn't take a single photo!!!!!!!!!!!

(I had thought to myself, before everyone arrived, that I must remember to deploy my camera and then in the loveliness of it all completely forgot :-S )

Since then it has been hot and humid. Yesterday was a Total Fire Ban day across the state.  If the lunch party had been yesterday we wouldn't have sat outside and we wouldn't have used the barbecue.

Sunday was a glorious summer's day.  We were very lucky.