Summer days

Sat 7th Jul 07

We had our 2nd ever BBQ at Kittery... Just gotta make use of our time in summer to hold outdoor gatherings and to use our pit one more time... the turn out was pretty good... initially we were quite worried because the weather seems pretty gloomy... but it cleared after a while.. and we were able to start BBQ-ing according to plan... but half way through.. it started to rain a little... so we shifted our pit into the garage and continued BBQ-ing from there... managed to clear quite a bit of the food before we decide to head back upstairs for indoor activities... play games... drink... and more eating...

Sat 7th Jul 07
Today is the day for strawberry picking... went to the same place we went for apple picking last year... there were rows of strawberry... wat u call those? plant? shrubs? watever... so we took our containers and started our search for ripe strawberries... there weren't many strawberries left since it was nearing the end of the strawberry season.. most of the strawberries have been plucked... those left behind were either small... or weirdly shaped... nonetheless.. we were still able to fill up our containers.. but this time we tried to keep from picking excessively... so as not to waste as well as to save some strawberries for others to pick... Strawberry picking wasn't an activity that would last long... we were done in about one hour plus... then we busied ourselves with taking pictures of ourselves... flowers... ladybugs...

went home... washed the strawberries... and counted... a proud 57 of them... haha... 56 red ones and 1 small albino one... they were pretty sweet though...

Sat 7th Jul 07
Today's the day for our annual QC outing... as usual... it's BBQ at Newcastle... we got to go off work early and headed for The Great Island Common... it's the usual boss Adam BBQ-ing for us... while we just sit around eating.. chit chatting.. playing frisbee... volleyball... hang around with colleagues... this will be our last QC outing before we go back to Singapore soon... so tried to take as many photos with colleagues as possible...

Boss cooking...

Volley ball...

With Mary...

With WL and Chris...

So proud of myself too... managed to drive to Newcastle and back all by myself... haha... and i agree with jas it feels good to be driving around esp the Newcastle region... winding down the window... having the wind blowing on ur face and the sun on ur skin... music blasting in the backgroud... this is life! haha....

Sat 7th Jul 07
Today we have got nothing better to do... so we decided to go to the Wildlife Refuge near our workplace... from the brochure... it seems to be an area rather similar to our nature reserve... with diff plant and animal variety... when we get there... the place was very deserted... and there wasn't really much to see... but we decided to walk into the refuge nonetheless... and our findings for the day... a frog... a couple of squirrels... some birds that we can hear but not see... and lots of insects buzzing around! So much for some encounter... we left for dinner after the walk through... no wonder pple say our nature reserve has more variety of animal and plant species than the whole of north america.... it's true! haha...

The many things we do or try to do outdoors during summer.....

-jiahua