2021 Life Logs, Day 351: Beautiful Day from Beginning to End
Date: Friday, December 17, 2021
Weather: Sunny, Blue Skies, Warm Wind; High Temp 60, Low Temp 36 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
The weather today was wonderful—bright sunshine, Cape Cod blue skies, a warm wind blowing. I reveled in it and enjoyed my walk with Shadow wearing no coat. But all good things must come to an end. It will be almost 20 degrees cooler tomorrow and getting down into the 30’s for a daytime high by Christmas. I took advantage of the warmth to get the kayaks covered for the winter and I put in the snow stakes around the driveway. This will be my fourth winter here in the cottage and there has not been enough snow to plow since I have lived here. But with the unpredictable weather, I put the stakes in the ground ‘just in case’. Then I went inside to get ready for the evening.
Tonight, my dining in group met at Midge Frieswyk’s for an evening of French food and festive fun. Midge’s beautiful home was all decorated for the holidays and looked fabulous.
We started our food fest with delicious baked brie brought by Terry and Olivia and then moved on to a four-course dinner. Karen and Peter Baranowski brought French onion soup. Yum!
That was followed by Midge’s seafood and chicken crepes. Yum!
We then took a little break to share things people had brought for each other. I contributed an activity instead of a gift. I bought five jigsaw puzzles, each one with a scene from a different country. I gave one to each couple and one for Midge and one for me. The idea is to work the puzzle, take a photo to document your success, and then put the puzzle back in the box and bring it to the next dining-in gathering and trade with another member. This should keep us busy all winter. Midge gave each of us the cutest little chocolate mice and Terry and Olivia gave each of us a bag of Christmas baked goodies. Karen and Peter are going to keep us looking good with a gift of hand cream and lip balm.
The plan was to have salad after the main entrée, so we proceeded although we were all stuffed by this point. I provided the French country salade. We ended the evening with a yummy chocolate cake with caramel sauce made by Jane and Bruce. Double yum! Stuffed or not, it was wonderful to be together. Since the last time we met, Bruce and Jane have both had knee replacements and Peter had brain surgery. They are all doing great and for that we are all thankful.
It was a beautiful day from beginning to end.
