The wedding

We went to a lovely wedding in the town park at 11 am on Saturday. The service was conducted in a sweet little rotunda set in a large circular lawn, surrounded by white roses, with 4 white stone paths intersecting the circle.

Tracy, Lindy's youngest sister, married Scott in a simple and beautiful ceremony. Tracy's little girl, Lilly, aged 6, was the ring bearer.


Tracy's parents gave her away. Marion and Richard run the kiosk here at the caravan park.

Scott's "best man" was his cousin, Rachel, who did one of the readings.

The bridesmaid, flowergirl and ring bearer all looked stunning and carried glorious bouquets.

At the end of the service, Scott, Tracy and Lilly all poured different colored sands into a decorative glass urn. This was to symbolise how their unique personalities blend together to form a beautiful new family pattern.

I don't know how we failed to get photos of Emily and Carissa who were looking lovely in their new clothes. (We might not be forgiven for that oversight in a hurry!!) They hastened to show us their hair styles --- Emily had her gorgeous curls straightened and Carissa had hers set into a cluster of golden curls.

Lights

Steve has installed ceiling lights in the lounge and the kitchen. Twin fluoro lights, they run off mains electricity, 240 volt, at present, but also off 12 volt.
This meant cutting through the steel ceiling with the angle grinder. Now there's a sight, sound and smell in a caravan!!

Pool Views

As always, there are "pool views" on everything under the sun. I told Neville that I will get all the caravan park news from him and publish it the next morning.----- but that would halt a lot of discussion!!
The new pool being built is the greatest source for stories. It's hard to believe that people can loudly pontificate on a subject, with all the wrong facts. Neville can tell us at 1pm what they are doing with the pool and at 2pm, we can hear the opposite! Don't they realise that if they haven't heard a thing first hand, from someone who knows, that the information is not necessarily correct??? Steve and I say nothing. We don't want to get into an argument with the loud-mouths, so we just smile inside.

Gardening

Neville and the gardener Wayne have been mowing the grass across the front of this site, ever since we left here last December. They removed the logs that had made it into a garden bed and apparently it made quite a nice lawn. All of a sudden, the rain came and up popped the bulbs ---- lilies, iris and jonquils.
Steve was persuaded to dig up the bulbs and replant them elsewhere. Now they are are free from lawnmowers! It made for good discussion in the pools ........ all the men agreed with Steve and Neville, that concrete lawns and brick hedges are the best kind of garden. The women were of my opinion. I'm hopeful that the bulbs will still flower this season but if they don't, they will next year.

The repaired ensuite

Neville has beavered away on repairing the ensuite and has made it look like new. Today, he re-installed the toilet, stuck down some new vinyl and gave the walls a lick of paint.

All of the ensuites are doubles, so now Nev has to start work on the other side of ours. He thinks that the termites weren't quite so hungry on that side.

Library

The Library has new faces but our friends, Jeanie and Sherryl are still there.
When I was a kid, we had to whisper in libraries and got the big glare from the librarian if we spoke even a little bit loudly. Now, we speak in normal tones.
People have more resources now so I suppose they don't need to study in libraries as much.
Even so, I still wonder if there really was the need for such hushed tones.
Was it all only a hangover from the early days of Mechanics Institutes?
Or a way of perpetuating the mystique?

I took out a book called Trouble by Jesse Kellerman. I can never resist the books they put out on display! Featured on the front cover is a Publisher's note, "Love this book or your money back." How intriguing! I wonder how many people took up the offer?!!

Shopping

I found a swimsuit. It's chlorine resistant so I paid a bit more for it but that doesn't necessarily mean that it will last longer. Heated mineral water chews up swimsuits.
There are 2 shops here that I knew would have bathers. There's also Target but they only stock clothes in season. Never mind that it's always swimming season here!

Mrs. Heffernan's shop is very small and in the back streets but close to the public pool. It is tightly packed with ladies' clothes, shoes, jewellery and accessories plus one room full of used books. She is a sweet, friendly lady, closer to 90 than to 80. She told me that she has 2 sons who are retired but she has no intention of following them. She has run the shop for most of her life and doesn't know what she would do without it. She lives at the back and finds life very easy that way. She had a few pairs of bathers for me to choose from, whereas the big, classy shop had none in my size.

NO photos provided this time!!!!
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