christmas celebrations....
so the pictures here run the span of christmas time celebrations. the images all down the left are from andy's apartment where i spent all christmas day. his family came over for christmas lunch: we ate prawns, oysters, pork, ham and turkey with stuffing that i made (and manage to make taste quite good)! andy, oh so kindly, told his whole family it was a recipe passed down from generation to generation in my family - in reality i found it on epicurious.com the day before!
the two dogs below are andy's cute bichons named ferris and georgie - adorable. we took the dogs on a nice walk to three different parks in the area post feasting and pre dessert.
lara s, rav, david, simon and ajita joined later in the afternoon and thus ensued an evening of card games, vino and even some dancing - possibly by just me. also down towards the bottom is a pic of the molasses cookies lara s made for christmas - so delicious. and also the wind up monkey mum sent as part of my stocking and was an amusing hit throughout the evening.
the picture of lara and i at the very bottom is from lara s's paddington inn christmas party where the whole staff was dressed in holiday atire: elves, santa, mrs clause, and lara dressed as an angel! good fun evening.
the bloody mary's above were from boxing day afternoon, woke up and spent the day relaxing and watching test cricket, which is a five day match between australia and south africa. i now actually understand the sport thanks to wikipedia, so it was much more interesting to watch then my past attempts.
was a nice holiday period, though you all at home were certainly missed!!!
tomorrow is new years eve and lara and i will be going to simon's office in the city, which overlooks a place called darling harbour. some bbqing and beers, should be nice and relaxed with a balcony view of fireworks.
pictures to come...
lara f.
