These are our brilliant next door neighbours Kirsty and Simon and their kids Gabe, Charlie and Maggie. This photo was taken on Sunday, the day after the wettest Sydney day since the world was created. A day which unfortunately coincided with Simon's 40th birthday and his party, many weeks in the planning, held in their house and garden. As I say, this photo was taken the day after, because if it had been taken on the day my camera would now be a sodden broken pile of electronics so torrential and unrelenting was the rain. Almost 100 people were invited to the music festival-themed party and in spite of the rain it was a fantastic day, the rain only adding to the Glastonbury feel. There was a door list, wristbands and access all areas passes for those allowed in and enough food, wine and beer to sink a battleship. The kids rolled about in the mud outside while the grown ups ran between the house and a small marquee set up in the garden. As we live next door we were able to go home at one point to change into dry clothes, returning with raincoats and wellies. The chairs you can see behind Simon are there to stop anyone now walking on their lawn which has turned into a thick brown soup. I hope this makes Dad and Alexandra feel better about the visit they made here exactly a year ago, when they experienced 11 straight days of rain. February is just a rubbish time to visit Australia. Today was 81% humidity - 81%! I showered and then blow dried my hair this morning and had to get back in the shower again afterwards it was so muggy. My smooth hair-do remained smooth and flat for about 10 minutes before bouncing back into a large frizzy hat shape.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Simon's 40th
These are our brilliant next door neighbours Kirsty and Simon and their kids Gabe, Charlie and Maggie. This photo was taken on Sunday, the day after the wettest Sydney day since the world was created. A day which unfortunately coincided with Simon's 40th birthday and his party, many weeks in the planning, held in their house and garden. As I say, this photo was taken the day after, because if it had been taken on the day my camera would now be a sodden broken pile of electronics so torrential and unrelenting was the rain. Almost 100 people were invited to the music festival-themed party and in spite of the rain it was a fantastic day, the rain only adding to the Glastonbury feel. There was a door list, wristbands and access all areas passes for those allowed in and enough food, wine and beer to sink a battleship. The kids rolled about in the mud outside while the grown ups ran between the house and a small marquee set up in the garden. As we live next door we were able to go home at one point to change into dry clothes, returning with raincoats and wellies. The chairs you can see behind Simon are there to stop anyone now walking on their lawn which has turned into a thick brown soup. I hope this makes Dad and Alexandra feel better about the visit they made here exactly a year ago, when they experienced 11 straight days of rain. February is just a rubbish time to visit Australia. Today was 81% humidity - 81%! I showered and then blow dried my hair this morning and had to get back in the shower again afterwards it was so muggy. My smooth hair-do remained smooth and flat for about 10 minutes before bouncing back into a large frizzy hat shape.
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