Bushdancing

Spring came early last week. Bizarrely high temperatures had all the library users talking about the glorious weather. I was, of course, indoors for most of it and, not being a summer person, was rather suspicious of it. If it starts getting hot in early August, what's going to happen in January and February? I needn't have worried, winter came back on the weekend with rain and cold. Perfect weather for a bushdance.

Our friend Narelle had her fortieth birthday party at Downside Hall which is only ten minutes from Wagga but in the middle of nowhere. A ramshackle old hall with a long, skinny room off the side with tables for three parties. There were children everywhere and we had a fabulous dinner. It was quite hard to take photos as it was packed. Jossie did manage to take this lovely portrait of me.

At eight o'clock the band started. I understand that this band has been playing once a month at Downside for thirty years! Now, I'm not naturally inclined towards bushdancing but it really was a lot of fun.

Bethany was in her element.

Jossie even had a tall, handsome partner with an earring. She knew we were going to tease her about it.

Even Toby danced! It was such a great night out for the whole family, which sounds like an ad, doesn't it? I mean that everyone had something fun to do - the parents weren't putting up with something that the kids enjoyed and the kids weren't asking to go home while the parents were having fun.

It was a late night too. We were amongst the first to leave and got home around 10.30. The car trip was also confirmation of how much fun Toby and Bethany had outside, playing with the fire - the whole car smelt of smoke!