4 June

The big day for Katherine and Scott. I took two days off work to cook and cooked solidly for 42 hours. My friend Rosa helped me out by icing the 300 cupcakes while I went to the actual wedding ceremony and then she headed off and I assembled and fed the 5000 (it certainly felt like it). The party was great fun for everyone, even me, mainly because I just love feeding people. Sadly I didn't have a second free to photograph any of the food, but I did get some shots of the Bride, groom and the mountain of cupcakes:

June 12 and 13

A visit by another David. This time my friend David, who lives and sings in Canberra. David is an incredibly talented type, who can sing marvellously and compose and also happens to be charming, funny, caring, polite, and pretty hunky.... some people are just over-gifted aren't they? But anyway, we wandered the fete des Eaux Vives and then spent a very happy evening singing duets, which was a totally wonderful way to spend the afternoon.

I did have time in the morning to go buy a new camera. My old one is only two years old, but the motor is starting to go and getting it fixed would cost more than it would be worth. So I lashed out on a new Nikon P100. It's pretty sexy I have to tell you, and I hope you will all get to see a difference in quality of photos (as I did when I bought the last one).

On Sunday I took my car out for an emergency run to drop a friend off to go rafting in France, and then in the evening joined the Ambassador of Canada for dinner. How pretentious sounding is that? Actually it was anything but a pretentious evening. It was the farewell for my friend Louise and her partner Roberta, who have been posted off to Paris. The Ambassador fired up the barbecue and cooked some very lovely steak and a group of us sat outside in the backyard eating and drinking well into the evening. It was a really lovely evening, even if it was for a sad reason. Oh how I miss having my own outdoor space!  

As you will see from one of the photos, the Ambassador cooked the barbie himself, and is definitely the alpha male... see how he grips those tongs!