Another excellent weekend was had in our home-away-from home at Smiths Lake. The food was outstanding, the company excellent and even though the surf was a little lacklustre, we made the best of it in on our little break at Seal Rocks. The best part of the surf was sitting out there in the rain with Champagnekate after the wind dropped and the little fun waves kept rolling in.
Once again the fauna was spilling into the house at Vainui. First of all a monster spider jumped out of the power box when I reached in to get the key and nearly landed with a
thunk on my foot, then after dark, Mumma Possum (whom we have met a few times before and is a close friend of Grommie) showed us her bub. Cathy had another interlude with some spiders in her bed on Saturday night but was swiftly rescued by Laura (not shy of a big, hairy legged spider, that one!)
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Mum and bub
This is the mega spider that was hiding in the power box. He was the size of a dinner plate! |
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| Fran flat out |
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| a cuddle |
Photos don't do the food justice, but suffice to say it was devine! Smoked salmon, barbecued eggplant and lamb salad with feta and mint, asparagus salad, various cheeses, blueberries, wine, chocolate, eggs, polenta pizza, salmon mornay, carrot and coriander dip, chocolate brownies and cream... you get the drift?
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| finished puzzle satisfaction |
No surf on Sunday morn but CK played Where's Wally? in her striped shirt on the beach with the cairns. We laughed.
