Weekend Happenings

My brother is getting married in three weeks and on Saturday we had an engagement party for his fiance. It was outside at a local picnic area and the weather was perfect! While waiting for all of the group to arrive, three of us began playing petanque on the large grassed area beside our picnic mat. The only problem was that the grass was quite long and the small golden ball kept sinking into the grass, making it difficult to know where to aim the larger petanque balls. One of us would have to tread the grass down around the golden ball so that it was visible to the others.

Everything was fine until one person (not mentioning any names) decided to throw it in a slightly different direction. The tiny ball disappeared into the long grass and no one knew where to look for it. We spent at least twenty minutes, possibly longer, searching for the ball - which was very similar to the golden snitch except without the wings. As each new person arrived for the party, we enlisted them in the search. We slowly covered the ground, heads down, peering intently at the long green blades of grass. Just when we were considering mobilizing all the other innocent picnickers, my sister finally discovered the ball. Hooray!

We decided to play croquet instead of petanque - those balls are much harder to lose.