Good Morning!
Happy Columbus Day (I know it is now called Indigenous People Day, but I like Columbus Day better). We will be celebrating by getting our flu shots later this morning. LOL
How was your weekend? Mine was simply lovely and I have absolutely no pictures to share, but I can tell you what happened. Most of Friday was spent cooking. I made Cardamom Cookies Thursday night and then mixed up the dough for butter cookies with cranberries and rosemary. That dough had to sit in the frig overnight. Those cookies were baked Friday morning. Some of my favorite cookies! The butter cookies taste like shortbread - rich and yummy.
Fletcher's sister Louanne and one of her daughters, Daria, drove up from Virginia on Friday. They arrived in time for dinner. I had put a big pot of spicy lentil soup on earlier in the day. It is filled with veggies and protein and we had some crusty wholegrain bread to go with it. And cookies. After dinner we had a lovely fire in the pit. It was a perfect evening for a fire.
Saturday morning we all drove over to Colin & Mailing's so that Louanne and Daria could see them and meet Iris. We had a great, but very short visit. C&M&I were heading off to the Brandywine Museum and Louanne and Daria were driving down to Arlington for a visit with Liam, Louanne's son.
The balance of Saturday I relaxed and worked on some stitching and some knitting. I also read a bit. The weather had turned chilly and damp with occasional rain, so it was a perfect day for staying inside. We ordered out for dinner which made it even nicer.
Sunday I got to work cooking again. I made red beans (a New Orleans dish) which take pretty much all day to cook. I also pulled out all my wool sweaters and heavier tops and put away all the summery shirts and (most of) my shorts. It felt good to do that. I also put the winter comforter on the bed. Usually when I do that I weed out things that I haven't worn or that I no longer like, but this time I couldn't be bothered - I'll do that in the Spring when I pull things back out.
Colin & Mailing and Iris were in New Hope for brunch, but decided to come over for dinner. It was great to see them on both Saturday and Sunday - especially since I won't be back to care for Iris until Wednesday.
All in all, a great weekend. Today there is plenty of laundry to catch up on as well as a few other chores. I hope your Monday treats you well.
Sounds like a wonderful weekend! A pot of hearty soup with crusty bread sounds like the perfect fall meal (and it makes me wish the other members of my household would eat lentils and beans, but I think I'm the only one who likes them). I'm taking Molly to get her flu shot today, and although I'm not a big fan of Columbus, we are celebrating the release of the Israeli hostages today!
ReplyDeleteYour descriptions of food are always delicious and always make me hungry! If only I had a cranberry cookie to enjoy with my tea this morning. It sounds like you had a nice visit with Fletch's sister and niece and still had time to do some stitching and knitting. I hope you don't have any side effects from your flu shot and enjoy a Happy Monday!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you had a fun weekend, it sounds both delicious and busy. Personally, I think it's important that we not glorify Columbus and we acknowledge the damage he did to the Native Americans by bringing disease and trade to this part of the world.
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