Although our charming guests said not to go to any trouble, I like cooking, had time up my sleeve, and so planned accordingly (back in Melbourne)
Made chicken liver pate, beetroot dip, bagna cauda (red) dip, pita chips, grilled capsicum with garlic, (and also served my own Inglewood picked and cured olives, and bought sundried tomatoes) for starters
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| starters ready to be taken outside |
Then, olive/caramelised onion & anchovy tart, fetta & eggplant meatballs with tzaziki, calamari/red pepper & chorizo salad, grilled garlic/ginger/soy chicken, and fresh mixed salad picked from the garden
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| All ready to go |
To finish - (Inglewood) lemon tart and coffees/teas
And I was so organised - that we had time to spare...(Justin set the table, vacuumed, general tidied up etc)
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| Justin very interested in something or other |
Anyway, Michelle and Richard were our special luncheon guests, and this was their first time to Inglewood - so we wanted them to enjoy themselves.
They came around 1pm bearing lovely gifts :-wine, chocolates, and flowers from Richard's garden, (which I ended up bringing back to Melbourne - and they're still going strong
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| flowers from Richard's garden (you can also see the recipe/photo for the fetta/eggplant meatballs in the background |
Gave them a quick tour of the house and garden, and given that Justin was going to be doing some BBQing we ate the dips etc outside
And then into the dining room for our mains - where food, wine, good cheer and good conversation were plentiful
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| waiting for me to hurry and sit down, so that they can start.... |
Now, all good lunches last til about dinner time, and this was no exception - as we saw our guests off close to 6pm - after having a quick tour of the town's Collectables shops
Ended up at the Charlie Napier Hotel (now Fusspots Collectibles)
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| Charlies Napier hotel, now Fusspots (photo from the internet) |
Catherine introduced us to her husband Barry and he showed us the rather impressive heritage murals which we hadn't seen before. They were in the old front bar, and had been wallpapered over for years
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| Murals #1 (photo from the internet) |
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| Murals #2 (photo from the internet) |
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| Murals #3 (photo from the internet) |
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| Murals #5 (photo from the internet) |
Anyway, I should have said that we had some guest crossover - as Alex and Frank were coming around 4pm, but were early, so sat down with us for dessert and coffee/tea
They were spending the rest of the weekend with us - and it was likewise Frank's first visit
Given that we still had plenty of food left from lunch - we had that for dinner with Alex and Frank, and similarly had a very pleasant time
However, after all of this food revelry, some actual work had to be done.
Justin finished off painting the inside of the front door on Sunday
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| painting master |
And I went back to my digging /redistributing of those bloody piles of dirt...And I remember now that dirt is heavy, very heavy - when piled into a decent sized wheelbarrow and trundled around. It was quite tiring especially in the warm sun. Also, if I wasn't careful, the wheelbarrow would fall over sometimes when I was throwing the dirt into it -piled too high on one side- that was rather annoying!
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| very staged shot isn't it |
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| queen of the "hill" |
Also cleared away all of these snake-trap dead weeds - and no I didn't see any, and I forgot to take a photo of the finished/cleared result. Normally I forget to take a before photo. Oh well.
And lastly, I fixated on this irrigation bloody pipe that had been 1/2 buried in the larger pile.
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| Here I am trying to pull it out |
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| and success - it's finally out! |
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