It feels like we've been feasting non stop for at least five days now - starting last Thursday night at the L. family's newly renovated house in Yarralumla: a Christmas worthy feast of seafood, turkey, amazing salads, handmade sourdough bread (and French butter!) and desserts to die for. Judy and Jurgen's new kitchen and family area shone for the occasion and it was lovely to be able to catch up with all the young ones as we ate (and drank) our way through this feast of Christmas riches........
Ros and Pete arrived on Friday afternoon after the long drive from Geelong. We set up pre-dinner drinks on the "village green" at the front of our apartment to start a night of celebrating together. It's been a long time since we've had a late afternoon warm and dry enough to do this in comfort in Canberra!
Saturday was another beautiful warm day. We enjoyed a picnic lunch on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin (at the Yarralumla swimming hole) and did evening Christmas Eve drinks in our Hassett Park, just opposite the neighbouring apartment block - in perfect Canberra summer weather.
Christmas Day was quite sedate for us with no young ones around (they're all interstate) - a day of eating beautiful food, drinking wonderful wine and having plenty of time to appreciate each other's company and lots of extended family messaging, particularly later in the afternoon (morning in London).
After the excitement of Christmas Day we started off Boxing Day with a walk to the Kingston Foreshore (Rob and Pete rode via the Wetlands). We were relieved that "Bean & Table" was open and ready for some coffee business.
Rod hosted lunch for us yesterday at his house - quite a gracious affair with beautifully flavoured and presented food, served in the beautiful surroundings of his art filled house and lush gardens. We were very impressed with the standard of Rod's hospitality!! Lucky us!
We had time for another walk to Braddon and a slap up breakfast at 80/20 this morning before Ros & Pete started the countdown for their departure.
We felt so lucky we'd had their company over the past three days to help us with all this feasting - but also for the joy they brought us - of being with beloved family and all those memories of the joys (and pain) we've shared together over the years - and especially at Christmas.
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