How to spend $1200 and be happy about it!

Excuses for my garden looking ragged:
1.  It has been raining solidly for about 4 months, interspersed with hot sunny days so everything grows
2.  I work full time
3.  I am over 50(!)
4.  I am going to get a new hip in August and the old one is very sore

So when I heard that the brother of the man who mows my nature strip had been retrenched from his job at the Harbour I asked if he would like to come and help me for a couple of days.
This is the result:

Everything has been clipped and weeded........

And the path down the side is now visible for the first time in about 6 years!

The possum scarer I paid $80 for has done it's job and I even have a passionfruit.....

He worked for 11 hours over two days and took away 5 huge bags of rubbish in his ute so I think that $500 is quite reasonable.

 And the balance of the spending ($700) went on a new back fence which is looking very raw but will be rather nice in a few months when I get some more soil and plant some trees along it.

So I'm on bread and water rations for a while but will enjoy walking around the garden eating an apple!!!

Girls Night Out

Last night we had thirty ladies here for a night out to celebrate Suzanne's forthcoming nuptials.  F themed the party in pink - roses and other sorts of greenery.

here is a visual:

I shouldn't have my photo taken when wearing glasses!!!

Fairy lights, cup cakes, lollies etc.  and masses of flowers and hanging things....

The waiters arrived in tracksuits but then changed into their uniforms - pants and the cuffs of shirts.....plus what looked like a lot of body oil!

 The bride to be and her mother and sisters

The female side of the bridal party.  I think by this stage, the cocktail machine had been working overtime!

and the party was for Suze.........

and the next morning, down it all came!