Earth Hour

Earth Hour for us was spent at a candle lit BBQ at Weng's. Incidentally the lights in his backyard were out so the candlelight was not solely the result of trying to be green! But when 8.30pm rolled round, we dutifully turned off the lights and continued our chit-chat in the darkness.

I must confess that we were willing time to go a little faster at the end just so that we could turn on the fans! It was HOT, with only the occasional breeze bringing a little respite. Noah though managed to feed, and pop off to sleep in his stroller. Looking at him I wondered, would it make a difference to his generation? (The whole cutting back on energy usage thing, I mean. The 1 hour is just symbolic.) I don't know. Would I make more of an effort if it did? Probably.

In the meantime however, a fun time was had just catching up. We don't quite meet our friends and family -- and they are both at the same time -- quite often enough!