Wild Hope Homestead

Friday brought the passing of another milestone. I am now officially old, a member of the ‘old club’ and entitled to refer to outings to Bunnings as ‘social’. Yes, folks, I turned 30. The event passed with a whizz and a bang; the whizz being me racing around like a maniac trying to do everything and the bang being me almost having a nervous breakdown.

The end result was pretty good though, being surrounded by family in a rustic-themed home and enjoying lots of good, home-cooked, winter food. I even made my own orange and apple juices (mostly) by hand and some mulled cranberry. The home-made food prepared by us and our esteemed guests included potato wedges, aioli, rosemary bread, garlic bread, soup, chicken pie, roast veges, chicken tagine, cous cous, mussel fritters and cranberry sauce. Then came a dessert of chocolate cake, apple pie, cookies, brownie, truffles, muffins, ice cream and coconut sorbet. Ice cream was one of the few items not homemade. All-in-all it was a marvelous cooking effort by everyone.

Here are a few photos of the night.

Who needs coloured streamers and balloons when you can have burlap and rope? The Husband didn’t understand why I wanted to decorate with brown stuff, but I could see its greatness in my head and love the finished product.

My candle lantern project using jars filled with pinecones and coloured stones from my travels. I gave The Husband the ‘manly’ job of doing the wire handles for me. Men like manly jobs.

DIY rustic birthday decorations.