It has been a wonderful weekend, celebrating Bec's 40th birthday with friends and family. Wednesday was the 29th and her 'real' birthday, for which we had breakfast and dinner together, with lots of delicious food, then on Saturday a long Asian Banquet lunch. Rain saw us indoors, with the house filled with talk and laughter that fillled the air. The food, which Bec had meticulously planned, was magnificent. Helen and I did our bit, with Bec as the director and main chef. The food was light and tasty, tangy and sweet, aromatic and utterly divine, which meant that we didn't fill up to immovable. Dishes included prawn and beef satay, fish cakes, papaya salad, coconut chicken curry, and many amazing dips and sauces to complement everything, followed by cocnut and lime panne cotta.
Di Diddle and Billy came up from Melbourne, Mat and Jeff from Sydney, as well as Bec's friends from Brisbane. Mum was here as well, so it was pretty special.
Yesterday (Sunday) we went to Mt Cootha Botanic Gardens and walked off the day before in occasional light rain and clear mountain air.
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