Hello, Hello!
Good Morning and Goodbye to January! Happy Groundhog's Day. It is probably still too dark for Phil to have come out of his cozy bed, but from where I am it seems like winter will be going on for some time. I hope I can remember these frigid days when I start complaining about the heat and humidity this summer!
How was your weekend? Ours was good. There were the usual things: yoga, reading, knitting and stitching. We also ventured out Saturday for dinner at Colin & Mailing's. We had a delicious bolognese with hearty pasta, a huge salad and a yummy olive oil cake with blueberry compote and whipped cream for dessert. And wine, of course. Iris loved it all (no wine for her though and no salad). She is a whipped cream fanatic just like her Grandpa (Fletch).
We got home Saturday a bit after 8:00. I was sitting at the table in the kitchen reading and I looked out and saw that we had a visitor:
Obviously taken through the screen and glass of our patio door. Mr. Raccoon was on the shelf that is over our outdoor basement steps. That's where we store birdseed and peanuts for the birds. Once he saw me he jumped down and waddled down the shoveled path in the backyard that goes to the bird feeder. We have not seen him since.
Sunday after breakfast I baked some peanut butter cookies with chocolate and peanut butter chips. Yum! Dinner was a chicken casserole that bakes in a low (275) oven for three hours. It was nice to have the oven on in the afternoon to help warm the kitchen.
Plenty of food and making and reading over the weekend. For me, that's pretty perfect! I hope your weekend was just as nice.
