They arrived on Saturday afternoon. After a visit and a chat, I gave them the option of a bedroom upstairs or the Carriage House. As they have happily stayed in the Carriage House many times before, they chose it and quickly settled into their new home for the next two weeks. That evening they came with us to an Open House at the home of Sheila and Ken, a home you can see right across the bay from us. Sunday we spent the whole day at the cottage along with the whole Mitchell family, Cliff and Mary, along with Mitch and Vickie and their three children. It is always nice to have the little ones at the cottage, even though no reading can be done. We all ate lunch together on the deck. Vinal was with us all day too. He and Mal went fishing both morning and afternoon. The weather was glorious and we all had to apply sun screen. The problem with the cottage is that even when the day is clear and sunny, you never feel really hot, so sun burns come quickly if you are not careful.
We were invited to dinner last night at the home of Mary and Walt, along with Gill. Their home is lovely and it is always a pleasure to visit their home. We voted Mary the best cook in town. The problem with dinner at their home is that she serves such good and tasty food that we all eat too much. The appetizers were served outside on their patio garden. So plentiful and delicious that we all ate them. Dinner of spinach salad with mango, followed by lasagna. Terrimisou for dessert. The meal and the company were top drawer, but when I stepped on the scale I had gained three pounds. Now, how can I convince Mary to serve no appetizers and small servings, without hurting her feelings? Home by ten thirty to hot tub, write my blog and then to bed, still full from dinner. I promise, I will never eat that much food again. I even ate two helpings of dessert!!
Today was a lazy day. After breakfast, while Pat and Mal went to town and Ken to the hardware store, I read my book, the last of the trilogy. Pat and Mal have visited us so often both here and Texas and Kensington that we have a drill. Mal is a huge help to whatever project Ken is involved with at the time. Every morning Mal makes the coffee after his run at six. This year we gave them both a project, Pat to paint two paddles for the cottage wall and Mal to paint Fisherman Joe. They are both easy to have around and very helpful too. It is a pleasure to have them visit.
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