Saturday was glorious. The first true Spring day of the year demanded our attention. We had a barbeque in the garden, to celebrate a friends birthday, some good news and welcome a new season. And celebrate we did. Griddled courgette, green lentil and pistachio salad, roasted vegetable cous cous, potato salad, home made coleslaw and Chorizo chickpea and feta salad. Home made burgers, haluomi skewers, and squeezing in sausages on the barbeque. We made Sunrise Margerita's, marvelled at them in fact, and I spent the day wondering how I have functioned thus far without them... My wedding bunting enjoyed the first outing of its 6th year in existence. A giddy puppy, home brewed beer, silly games, heart shaped quiches.
The setting sun and the crisp chill in the air called for use of the lanterns, blankets and our beloved fire-in-a bin . We took turns to collect wood from the back of the garden, and also took turns to be bartender, our creative bartending options reducing as the liquor dwindled. We dragged the benches around the fire and passed around tins of delicious home baked marshmallow cupcakes and macaroons. And the moon. The dazzlingly bright moon.
It went on late, much later than we intended, but it was good. Chilly, smokey, tear inducingly hilarious and truly, totally relaxing. Happy Birthday Ozone. Congratulations boys. And hello Spring.
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The moon was indeed huge this weekend. I also loved the sunshine, your feast looks delicious!
ReplyDeletevery envious. I love love wintery type bqqs with good friends and gorgeous food. Fancy sharing any of the recipes?? Looks like you had a fabulous time and that dog is CUTE.
ReplyDeleteNice to see i'm hamming it up in every photo - very proud of myself!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely day! I want one of those days too.
ReplyDeletenope after staring at the second picture of the puppy for a very long time I still can't figure out which bit of the dog it is.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had an amazing day - we also enjoyed the sunshine but it was far, far too cold this far north to contemplate bbqs just yet.
Laura, The moon was icnredible, literally like a headlamp in the sky!
ReplyDeleteSarah- I sort of made the recipe's up but will see if I can remember and stick em in a blog post.
Ray- love the pics of you!
Spare thoughts- its a close up of the puppy asleep with its head burried in the crook of my friends arm, with one paw sticking out, if that makes sense?! It was quite cold here but not as cold as Scotland. It was ok with lots of layers, blankets and the fire though!
The moon on Saturday was amazing wasn't it? I didn't finish work till late, but it was lovely to be greeted by such a sight as I left. Your BBQ looks wonderful, and those quiches... yummy :)
ReplyDeleteAnother perfect day. Love the puppy! And the heart shaped mini quiches look pretty awesome too.
ReplyDeleteSounds absolutely perfect! Hurrah for spring and reasons to celebrate!
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