Did I tell you that CNN is going camping with work? He is leaving early Sunday morning and will be back next Friday evening. He is not looking forward to 'going bush' for five nights, I am not looking forward to being lonesome for five nights (I know it sounds pathetic, but if CNN was doing such a trip in London, I would have friends to keep me company) and we are not looking forward to being incommunicado five nights. For reasons that I don't fully understand, mobile phones are forbidden on this trip - even for the teachers.
As camping novices, Saturday was spent procuring items on the extensive list provided by the school. Afterwards, we found we were (shock horror) too tired to go to Mardi Gras. All's well that ends well though (look, ma - another Shakespearian quotation!), as we were invited to dinner at a friend's house. Vegetable and lentil soup, red wine, lovely company and a game of Taboo later (please note, Taboo is much less risqué than the name suggests - the English version of the game is known as Articulate) and we were back home, ready for beddy.
All this is an elaborate way of apologising for the lack of pretty pictures from last weekend. Luckily, my inability to post nearer to the time of the event means I have photographs from the weekend before that I have yet to show you.
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| here we are arriving on cockatoo island isn't the ferry building beautiful? (please note all the people ahead of us) |
Everyone's patience as I photographed the building meant that we were pretty much the last from our ferry to reach the Island Bar. It was (those of you with a delicatee disposition might wish to look away as I am about to use an unpleasant word) a shit-fight at the bar and I think we were all having second thoughts about being there. I know I was, particularly as I had proposed going in the first place. Needless to say, things improved when we found our own patch of grass (all the deck chairs were taken) and realised that we just needed to time our bar runs to avoid the influx from the incoming ferry!
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| many thanks to the lovely melinda for helping us take this picture |
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| leaving cockatoo island i also have some photos of sydney harbour (the opera house and the harbour bridge, etc.) but sadly they are all low-quality camera shots |
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| okay, i guess i did have a photo of the harbour bridge to show you this must have been taken on the ferry but i have no recollection of taking it this is what two margharitas and glass of wine will do to a girl |
I know how much it sucks when you're home alone. My hubs goes away for work a lot and I hate it :(
ReplyDeleteTo answer your questions, no we don't have a backyard. We used to when we rented a cute little house, and those yard photos are all from there. Sadly our landlord sold the place so we had to move and we ended up in a flat. I really miss the yard though, especially living here since the weather's always so nice. And I will share photos of my wedding, probably next month when it's our 2 year anniversary. You should share yours too!
p.s. let me know if you decide to go to Mudgee, I can give you way more tips!
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