Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Happiest of Days

We just had a fantastic weekend.......

Friday night was an unexpectedly late one. Dad was driving back to the lake with Nanna when the car broke down. So at 11pm Jon and I were called upon to undertake a rescue mission......drive south of Caloundra and extract the subjects from the roadhouse cafe. We successfully completed our mission, arriving back at the lake at 1am Saturday morning. My poor 88 year old Nan!

Saturday dawned too early and warm, but it was to be an exciting day as Nathan and Tatiana arrived, ready for their afternoon wedding. We enjoyed lunch on the deck with friends and family before the ceremony on the shores of the Noosa River by Sandy Cove. It was a great afternoon with family, which turned from a wedding into a dunk-a-thon. All the kids.....the little ones and most of the big ones....ended up in the river (some by choice and others thrown in) for a cooling swim.

The deck at the lake was the venue for dinner and the brothers-in-law manned the barbie, creating succulent morsels for the rest of us to devour.

Many CONGRATULATIONS to the happy couple!

Sunday started with waffles for breaky....on the deck. The fuel of champions, it charged us up, ready to play our first ultimate disc game. Jon, Dad and I got roped into the first round of the BUS (Beach Ultimate Series), organised by Nathan and played at Noosa. Great fun...with Jon proving to be the Ultimate Hero.....catching the disc in the end zone to win the game for the 'darks' 9-8! As fun as the game was, the recovery swim afterwards, was even better. And much needed....both to cool down and wash the sticky sand off.

We're both in recovery mode.....enjoying the breeze by the lake, minding the 'grand-dog' while M & D take a mini-break and packing up to get ready to head south.....again.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Loving Spring

There's just something in the air....

*cough cough*.......

It's smoke!!!!!

Sadly, lovely Lake Cootharaba is covered in smoke today and we can't even see the other side of the lake....most unusual. It smells and is ugly, but we are still sailing and smiling.

Gotta love Mondays.......breaky on the deck (which merged into coffee and cake thanks to the great company and conversation)......a sail.....lunch on the deck.......a siesta........another sail.......a walk........dinner on the deck.

The pics below show some of the fun we've been having in the south-east in late spring.

Looking towards the old jetty and 'or beach' on a clear day at the lake.

Jon carves up the lake on the kneeboard.

And catches lunch!

Kirsty does her best to stay upright.

"Happy Birthday Gran!"

The results of Sally's fab art classes and my niece and nephew's creative streaks.