My cousin Mike and his partner Chris visited us this weekend from Detroit and while they don't visit often they do do the cooking...and cleaning up... when they visit, making them the perfect guests! This trip the menu included a Killer Soup for lunch (photo l) that Mike put together while talking politics with Jeff. Supper was a beef stew with dumplings that we all enjoyed, too. Mike and Jeff grilled shrimp on our little firepit by the garden as the appetizer and Jeff and my cousin Ed, who joined us for supper, were pleasantly surprised how good shrimp can be!(photo r) Again Politics was the topic of conversation during the meal...maybe the wine kept the opposing views in check! (photo l) We all cleaned up our plates and went back for seconds. Or maybe it was the chocolate chip cookies Mike made. My contribution to dinner was banana nut bread with monkey butter (bananas, coconut and pineapple cooked into a peanutbutter like spread.)
While the humans in the house were clearly enjoying the good food, good
conversation and good wine, the dog was not! When Mike and Chris stopped in Friday night after checking into their motel, Fanny hid in the bedroom and nothing could make her come out to say hello. In fact, she wouldn't come out for over an hour after they left! And she wouldn't go outside thru the door they used!! Saturday I had to carry her outside coz she went back into hiding when they parked in the driveway! Jeff got her to stay with us...at his feet under the table during lunch and outside next to him while he was tending the fire pit... but "ChickenLittle" went back into hiding when we went inside eat. Even a full supper dish couldn't interest her! Jeff eventually carried her outside where she tried to 'save' her supper by covering the bowl with leaves! We finally gave in and she's been hiding since...all night long! Such a brave dog we have. We don't know what makes her so skiddish around strangers but the 3 extra men in the house this weekend really got her nervous! (Had to carry her to the door and push her outside this morning. She kept looking around...expecting to find them still there!)
We're trying to prepare for that 'perfect storm' that Hurricane Sandy is suppose to create for us. Jeff wants to get more wood chopped and we've got to get some lamp oil for the 2 hurricane lamps we have... in case the power goes out. I got all the water jugs filled yesterday but I think I'll go back to Walmart today and see if there are any 3 or 5 gal bottles left in the Colligan Water display. Jeff wants to go his sister's today to make sure her sump pump is working,too. We brought in 2 big plants from the patio...a purple pepper (l) and a 5 year old geranium
that our neighbor at camp gave me.Oh, and the beautiful vase of flowers Mike and Chris gave my mother added a little charm to the house, too. Look at the size of that yellow rose!
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