The drive home from Kirsten’s yesterday was spectacular. With the sun bright in an autumnal blue sky, the brightly coloured trees were vibrant bouquets artfully arranged along our route. Cries of ‘look at that one!’ were punctuated with the silence of appreciation for all that Nature gives us.
Speaking of appreciation… we had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend with family. We arrived at the villetta on Saturday with plenty of time to settle in before Olaf & Stephanie arrived. Supper was at our place, dessert at Kirsten’s. (shwarma chicken, rice, taboule, cheesecake bites). It was an early night for many of us as the turkey would be needing tending early in the day.
Sunday Mom, Dad, Graham, and Erik arrived in plenty of time for lunch.
Kirsten did a great job on the turkey (oh so moist!). Mom and I tried to help out a bit with sides, but really, the turkey was the star of the show. I failed on the gravy as I forgot the darn turkey broth at home! Kirsten to the rescue with chicken broth but DARN!
The kitchen counter groaned under the weight of so much food, at least until we descended on it like a crowd of hungry vultures, loading our plates high with turkey and all that goes with it. The table was crowded but we all fit around it, with enough room for Ted, the magician (who is a charming guy). We were missing a few people: Nissa was isolating herself upstairs as she had the flu, Juliette couldn’t get time off work, and Freya was with her mom. We would have squeezed in a bit more to make room!
When lunch was done I left to walk the dogs who had been crated for about 4 hours and was delighted when almost everyone else joined in the pooping promenade down the tree-lined road. (sorry about leaving Kirsten and Shawn to clean up the detrus of the feast).
Back for dessert and then we took our leave to retire to the villetta for the evening. We were both wiped from all the fun. After a coffee with Kirsten yesterday morning, we packed up and came home to our frigid house.
The end of summer has come… this weekend the trailer will come home and then the long wasteland of winter will commence… with a little sojourn to the Caribbean in November!
Lupa learned another trick this weekend - she caught on to ‘shake a paw’ quickly but does need more proofing before it’s solid. I must spend more training time with her! She’s a quick study. Maybe I’ll teach her to find my sweater next. (I have to save ‘my feet are cold’ as Spike’s legacy - he loved to do that every morning until he was too addled with dementia - oh gosh, I miss him).
Carm took advantage of today’s glorious day to spade the garlic bed… it will soon be time to plant!
Awesome!
“Lupa catching on quickly”
“beautiful turkey coming out of the oven”
“everyone crowded around the table”
“spectacular trees”
“getting home and the house wasn’t as cold as we expected”
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