Summer BBQ

I have been carefully watching the weather forecast for days, worrying that the promised heavy rain and thunderstorms would spoil our Women's Club BBQ - the final event before the summer break and my last as Special Events Chair.

As last time the event was in the outdoor covered pavilion and when we arrived to set up it was extremely warm and muggy with very black clouds gathering.

We had a beach party theme with nibbles in buckets with spades and toy inflatables to decorate the edge of the seating area.

One of our members had brought a 'corn hole' game - a traditional Amerucan game where teams of two test their skill at throwing bean bags onto a board with a hole.  A tournament was soon under way.

Another member brought the game tic-tac-toe in a garden version..

We celebrated three birthdays - one on the day and two from the previous day, with a very large (there were 50 of us!) and vibrant cake..

Many people had their photos taken in the seaside themed 'Aunt Sally' (not sure if this is the right name as no sponges were thrown!).

This is the lady who painted it with her husband.

Mysteriously, the picture of David and myself as mermaid and octopus seems to have disappeared.  Here I am as octopus with last year's Special Events chair..

It was a great afternoon in the end with very little rain, the clouds passed us by..