Australia Day Weekend

We have just had what might have been the perfect weekend from a weather point of view.  The sun shone. There was a light breeze. The afternoon temperature was in the mid to high 20s.  It was just lovely.

Lindsey brought Stella to Hill House on Saturday, just in time for lunch.  Hugo and Rupert were very pleased to see her.

Photo by Ian

Jim and I went up after lunch to say hello and to do a few things.  It was a gloriously clear afternoon. We could see right across to the Grampians

I was filling Hugo's paddling pool when I noticed that it had developed a crack so wasn't filling up properly

The water on the grass isn't just from the leak in the pool-
I had tipped the old water out.  But the pool was definitely leaking.

I mentioned this to Lindsey and suggested that he needed a new one.  She pointed out that the bath he had played in last summer was still on the other side of the fence, where it had been tipped at the beginning of winter to get it out the way.  Cautiously, not wishing to be bitten by any snakes which might have decided it made an excellent summer home, she and Jim tipped it back over the fence (there were, fortunately, no resident snakes).  We filled it with water.  Hugo was delighted to see the return of his summer swimming pool

Yesterday was Australia Day.  Lindsey, Ian, Stella, Freyja, Simon and our friend Pat joined Jim and me at our place for lunch.  It was another lovely day so I fired up the barbecue to use as a second oven.  In the kitchen oven I had roasting potatoes, roasting vegetables and a chicken pie that Stella had brought from Mornington.  Lindsey had brought cheese and dips. In the barbecue I had sausages and chicken legs. It was a mighty feast.

Here are the feasters:

Freyja and Simon

Stella 

Pat

Ian and Jim

Lindsey, hiding her phone behind a box of delicious
cherries

It was a good afternoon.