Hi Folks,
Today was spent preparing for the evenings party.
Susan says,
Well I would have won the bet as I tumbled out of "the cabin" I saw Ann had been pottering about placing collars on trees attacked overnight by rabbits and sprinklers were twirling about in several locations. There are no water restrictions here and there are 4 massive rainwater tanks and as it rains most days I guess using sprinklers is quite acceptable, although it is an unaccustomed sight for Adeladians.
After some general preparations I was dispatched to buy 15 bags of ice the nearest location Kettering, 8 kms down the road, the woman at the servo did comment on the volume. Whilst there I ventured into the little handmade choclatarie run by Giovanni (known as John) who was a maths/science teacher until he perfected a recipe for making nougat which brought him some international recognition. It was my intention to buy one little chocolate treat, but I was greeted with a sampler so I purchased some nougat for Simon and had a lemon choccy treat to savour on the return drive. One of the reasons for the trip was to ask Giovanni if he would sign my Providore book, which he will oblige on Saturday. Apparently the book is as rare as hens teeth and I was lucky to get the copy at the Margate shop, even more fortunate it was 1/4 of the new price.
Returning "home" we finalised preparations for the party I made some several hundred papadams for the curry themed menu. I also made my signature Asian noodle salad which must have been ok as I didn't get to have any myself.
The party was in full swing by 7pm, I reckon there was more than the 60 people expected, children were kept busy playing cricket and badmington, while the adults chatted, laughed ate and drank. Such a nice bunch of friendly people.
Simon says,
The day started with a chuckle when i found a pack of Lap Huong (sic) cured sausages made by a chinese named company with appropriate amounts of chinese characters on the wrapping. The laugh was that these were made in Australia! Given the Chinese food standards this is probably a good thing.
I doodled around the periphery fiddling with solar lights and trimming grass in visually accessible areas. In fact it was a pretty easy day for me. I took some time to complete some repairs on the electrics in the rear storage area in the pajero.
On to the party which Susan has described above. I was quite surprised everyone had left by 1030. I guess some people are working today and many had children so we had some time to clean up. There were many bottles of wine with half a glass in them from which i sampled. We were back in the cabin before midnight. I spent some time watching music videos on Youtube and was consequently to bed at 2. With the rising acid from over eating, the combination of beer and wine and the late night tomorrow might be a bit of a struggle!
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