Wednesday, November 14th - what a glorious couple of days

This morning its a seasonable 5' with a bit of light rain, which will continue into the morning and we may reach a high of 7' later, but gosh, what a beautiful couple of days we had on Sunday and Monday. Sunday was great and Monday was even better. There was a little bit of a breeze but it was so mild, reaching a high of 17' and sunny throughout the day.  I spent some time inside in the morning doing laundry, etc and baking a cake for the Van Gaals but the afternoon was spent outside.  Tuesday was almost just as nice although not quite as warm but still pretty great for this time of year

The remains of the final fire of the season

On Monday I worked most of the time on stacking wood, which is almost finished and then just puttering around. It was too nice to not stay outside. We lit a bonfire to burn off a pile of scrap bits of wood and old branches that had collected in the fire pit. It was probably the last fire of the season. But now the fire pit is pretty much empty, which is a good thing as that's where I put the ashes from the wood stove during the winter months.

Lloyd dismantled one of the tarp buildings so it's getting a little tidier but there's still lots to do yet. He spent the afternoon loading up the trailer and then unloading it in the building while I stacked it on pallets. He was still feeling pretty poorly with a bad cold so he wasn't moving nearly as fast as he would normally be. But it was still a pretty productive day.

Gtilling in enclosed comfort

We made a quick trip into town to purchase more nails, then back to work. By early evening it was time to quit but it was just so darned nice to be outside with just a short sleeve t-shirt on that I hated to go inside. We had moved the BBQ into the building so we lit that to roast some potatoes and grill some steaks. Ahhhh - the last BBQ of the season - well, maybe not. Now that the BBQ is inside we just might be able to utilize it a little more before it gets really snowy.

After supper Brenda called and suggested that since a cake had mysteriously appeared on the counter at her house while they were out in the woods, perhaps we'd like to come over for a piece, and a cup of tea. Lloyd was still feeling pretty under the weather but it was cake, after all, so he managed to drag himself over to Websters Corner. All we asked is that he keep his germs to himself. We certainly don't need anything to ruin our weekend away. 

Last night was our second last cooking class. It went very well and I think the girls enjoyed the dishes we made. We prepared appetizers in the form of Sausage and Spinach in Phyllo and Savory Phyllo Tartlets.  We also made some seared scallops but I haven't put that recipe on the other blog as yet but it's coming soon! In addition we sauteed some raw peeled shrimp in a bit of butter, a few drops of sesame oil and a sprinkling of smoked paprika. They're really good just off the plate with a toothpick and as one girl said - they were like potato chips - you couldn't eat just one.  One more class to go and then we have the pot luck. Time is quickly flying  by.