Visitors Arrive

The weather has remained more 'as we should expect' for this time of year with cool nights and sunny days. My chest cold has slowed us a little but that now seems to be on the improve.

When we first moved to our new home back in Victoria almost 30 years ago now, we became good friends with a young newly married couple Barry and Rainy who lived down the road. This friendship has held up over the years and it was great they decided to visit us here on the Sunshine Coast after flying up from Melbourne. I could not possibly guess the number of beers and glasses of wine we have all shared in the intervening years!

Barry and Rainy both enjoy their AFL footy so our first day was spent close to the TV and the beer fridge! A disastrous performance by Barry's Magpies was the only disappointing thing for the day! The recycling bin is almost full of empty stubbies though. Rainy has developed a taste for my "Black Ale" as this photo shows.

Two of the games we wanted to watch clashed with one being on Pay TV and the other on Free To Air. Because of our TV setup, the FTA covered match was Barry's and he was confined to watch the game in the bedroom. However as his Magpies fell further and further behind he decided to join the others in the lounge room watching Rainy's Sydney Swans cruise to victory.

I am sure we had too much to drink but we certainly had a great day!