After the Golden Wedding Anniversary

 I didn't take many photos of the 12th of May, but here are a few that Jill forwarded to me.

Assembling the program, free gift pen and quiz form.

Ready to Celebrate!

30 bottles of wine were opened for 45guests!!

We can do this! - the double act.

But one notable omission from the guests was Simon. However low fares meant that he could make a flying visit 2 weeks later, and having been given the hurry-up on the decluttering front from Jill I decided to make use of the extra muscle power.

Fortunately we had a young couple wanting the old record player, so I said only if they took the tape deck, records and CD player and radio parts too. All the old tapes were thrown out, and I have packed up the CDs for future sorting (eg if I have another health problem which requires much sitting down).

Duncan helps with the clearing out.

All clear and ready to go!

We picked Simon up  at 8am on Friday morning - he had flown the evening flight from Sydney and managed nearly 5 hours sleep at an airport hotel. We gave him some breakfast before putting him to work. These units were make for us in Stout Street and are sold rimu with laminate lining. They are heavy.

Some strategic planning was necessitated which required a dolly and ramps.

Then onto the trailer and off to Habitat for Humanity.

After a bit of a drive, we went to the Vines for lunch.

In the afternoon, after Simon had had a bit of a sleep it was  out onto the farm for nut harvesting and dehusking.

Simon had requested that the three of us play 9 holes of golf. he just couldn't envisage me playing golf! I had a few good holes to astound him.

Duncan had just won this golf shirt - and Simon has adopted it.

We did more harvesting and dehusking this afternoon, and went to Portofino for an easy Italian meal.

Then it was home for a spot of Mumm with his Mum and Simon left next morning to head back to Newcastle.

Truly a flying visit!