another birthday - Daisy's this time

21!
Unbelievable! Where have those years gone?

 

and doesn't she look gorgeous!

photo booth with grandparents

 

Alison arranged a party for her and a hundred guests at the Main Corner in Mount Gambier.

 

It was a terrific occasion! Good food, happy people, loud music, balloons, photo booth, life story in photos  - all the ingredients for a success.

Daisy made an emotional speech thanking everyone especially her mother and boyfriend Chris.


The tablecloth under her cake was made over a hundred years ago by her great-great-grandmother Daisy and brought from Perth for the occasion by cousin Judith. Thanks Judith!

Chris B and Daisy

Gran

 

Daisy's birthday week included the good news that she has a 2016 nursing placement for her grad year at Mount Gambier Hospital.

We celebrated (again!) at home with the first crayfish of the season, caught by David.  

a selfie: David, Christopher, Alison, Helen, Chris, Tildy the cat, Daisy

 

 

weekend in Adelaide

We had an enjoyable trip to Adelaide - it seems a long time since we left the beach...
Willow went to boot camp with 7 other cats.


I shopped, we saw a film, The Martian, which was refreshingly free from bad guys and sex, had dinner at The Apothecary, celebrated my birthday with High Tea and caught up with relatives.

It was hot - the first days of summer - so lunch at the beach with David's sister Tonie was a great option.
 

Tonie and David at Christie's Beach

 

 In company with Judith and Les from Perth we had dinner at Jamie Oliver's Italian restaurant. It's in a former bank building with high ceilings and a buzzy atmosphere: everyone was there to have a good time which is infectious.

 

David, Helen, Judith, Les

 

 

The toilets in the old bank vaults are well worth a visit:
David says it puts a new slant on leaving a deposit...

 

David and Judith hoping they can escape



birthday week

My birthday celebrations lasted 10 days - there are a few perks in reaching a Significant Milestone.

 

 

It started with a surprise dinner at Goodwood organised by Di Cameron who also made a superb Black Forest Cake:





Helen, Di and Mick Rudd

We went to Adelaide for the main event, a family High Tea at the InterContinental, where we also stayed.
High Tea was magnificent!




There were 27 of us including great-nieces Tigerlily, Evie and baby Beatrix.

 

You can see what a wonderful spread they turned on

 

My cousin Judith and her partner Les came from Perth, nephew Ben, Rachel and Tigerlily came from Canberra, Alison and Christopher, Daisy and Chris B from Mount Gambier, granddaughter Hannah and all the rest from Adelaide.

 

Cousins Tigerlily and Evie were pleased to get together

and so were cousins Isobel and Judith

and cousins Alison and Alex

 

 

baby Beatrix with Uncle Ben

 

 

Thanks to niece Rachel for the photos.