The Party That Never Was ...

I saw a photo of one of these drinks thingies months ago

right back at the beginning of Summer

and had visions of filling it with all sorts of wonderful Pinterest worthy drinks

and setting gorgeous tables in the perfectly manicured back yard

and having interesting people wearing glorious white clothes

swanning aorund discussing world affairs and literature

while the amazing food would be talked about for the rest of the summer

this soiree would be legendary

The reality was that every time I saw one of the drinks dispensers in a store

I already had arms full of packages or was in desperate need for tea

so it never quite made it home

and lets be honest that soiree was never going to happen here

for one thing the garden isn't manicured

and in fact has developed jungle overtones due to the recent rains

and is downright scary in places,

small animals or people with a poor sense of direction should enter at their own peril

As to the impressive platters of food and pretty drinks

let alone white clothes, well that was pure fantasy

white clothes are likely to be smeared with little doggy footprints

or paint splatters in about two minutes flat and

and the closest we got to summer entertaining and fascinating conversation

was lounging in the pool

while trying to teach the dog to get us more ice blocks from the freezer

darn lack of opposable thumbs really sucks

though it led to many conversations as to how you would go about getting a monkey butler

all hypothetical of course as the whole animal cruelty thing is disgraceful

but a fascinating topic none the less...

So as Summer rains itself towards a close

I decided to pay homage to the fantasy party that never was, and is never going to be

and just paint up the drinks container

which is probably more fun that lugging the thing home, making the drink

not to mention having to clean the sucker and find room to store it

so in my book it all worked out for the best

have a great weekend all, especially my  Paint Party Friday peeps...xx

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