Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.
Terry Prachett
I have 3 friends who are blessed with the same name as myself (well technically one is a real Jill, but that only confuses everyone). Like all my friends they are completely different from each other but amazingly the same in the things that matter to friendships. One of the same things is that no matter how long, how far away from each other we have been, or what has happened to us in the intervening time we still get together as if only one day has gone by.
Friday night was a catch up with two Ladies Gs, who love to party and entertain. So an invite to Lady G’s house included the promise of cocktails and a sit around her newly purchased fire pit. Lady G is no wilderness girl she likes her comfort but the fire pit offers a nice feel to the end of a warm summers day and protects against the coldness of the northern nights, perfectly. Lady G had been busy making cocktails and unusually for her she has followed the recipe for Pimms to the letter, which meant including cucumber!!! Which we all agreed was…….now what was the word we had ??? Ah yes ……. YUK! So lessons learnt stick to “no veg in the drink rule” (is cucumber a veg?).
Between the giggles, drinks and funny photo taking (which can never be seen in public) we caught up on our lives, hopes, fears and dreams. If ever you need to remember why friends are important you just need a catch up time with them but (as we learnt) minus the cucumber!………
wherethehellisgillian 