The (almost) Perfect Day!

So........today we headed up the Bruce Highway and firstly stopped off at Eumundi to visit the markets there.The Eumundi markets are fabulous and even I wish I could spend, spend spend when there. Talk about leading Anne into temptation.....but she was very restrained and bought nothing apart from some Turkish Gozleme for lunch.We carried on up to Tewantin to visit Cutty, Will's Mum, Dulcie's best friend who is in a retirement village there. We have been meaning to visit Cutty for ages since we promised on our last visit to take her a picture of Dulcie but have not had the time or opportunity until now.Cutty was not well and another resident in her block told us that she had had a bad turn a few weeks ago. She recognised Will and I, saying our names and was pleased to see us. She loved the photo of Dulcie but whether it was her medication or her illness she was able to say very little and seemed very, very weak.We did not stay long as we had woken her and wanted her to rest but it was very sad to leave her after finding her so weak. We said that we would be in touch and visit again when she was feeling better.She had said to us on our previous visit that she felt she would be with her best friend (Dulcie) soon and after today I feel she might. I am so glad we were able to give her the picture that we had promised her today.....but the visit coloured the rest of the 'Perfect' day for me.(It was all such a shock that I went and left my hat there, in her room, and only discovered it was missing when we got back home.)We drove to Coolum Beach and had a lovely dip in the ocean and then an ice cream before we carried on down to Caloundra watching the storms move in from the west and the forked lightning in the distance.We stopped at Shelly Beach and had a paddle....the storm clouds and seascape made for wonderfully atmospheric photographs and the whole thing was quite breath taking.We continued back to Brisbane via the Glass House Mountains......but Anne slept most of the way and I nodded off a few time too!We saw more storms and lightning over the city as we approached and parked at The Cliffs to watch the sunset over the city. We missed it by about 15 minutes but caught the last rays reflected upon the storm clouds and again the sight was just 'awesome.'Will cooked kanga bangers and kangaroo steaks on one of the free electric barbecues that are along the top of the cliffs and we watched the city lights come on. Over on the Riverstage across the river in the Botanical Gardens we listened to 'The Vaccines' playing their set as support act for Mumford and Sons who are in Brisbane tonight.It was (almost) the perfect day!