More troops came wandering in today - DJ & Lisa from Delaware and Wanda from TN. The last two (as far as I know) come tomorrow from NYC by way of Birmingham.
Margaret and Kate fixed us our wonderful breakfast. We went in the water this morning, and it was lovely. Just the right temperature (about the temp of the lap pool at the Y) and clear as a bell. Nick tangled with a jellyfish this afternoon, but benadryl, some vinegar, a shower, and some cortisone cream seemed to fix the problem.
More cooking done during the day. I made Pat Conroy's Pickled Shrimp last night for supper tonight. This morning, I made the tomato pie, and Tom's shrimp ceviche (for supper tomorrow). The pickled shrimp was good - not a universal success, but it'll probably get made again. Margaret made a blueberry pie and a peach cobbler (blueberries from her freezer and peaches from Clanton, Chilton CO, AL. Yum! As I said, this week will be a lot about food.
The "girls" had fun looking at photos of Amanda's wedding dress and the bridesmaids' dresses. The dresses are going to be a clear dark red (garnet? ruby?)
Let's see, other than eating, preparing food, buying food, talking about food, what else did we do? Lots and lots of talking and laughing and reading. Games, too - Jenga, RumiKub, dominoes. We haven't played Mexican Train yet, but that'll happen. There were even a few naps.
The TV has not been turned on on our side of the house. Explanation: we rent both sides of a duplex, with an adjoining door. When the grands were little, all folks with small children stayed on one side, and those without stayed on the other - and all the cooking and eating happened on the "adult" side. It still sort of divides up that way. The "kid" side has had the TV on and watched some movies, but not even the Weather Channel on this side. Amazing.
Today's picture is the usual afternoon sight from the deck of the house.
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