Late October, 2011. We're off balance this week. Normally, Ginimarthabonniekaren load up with all our supplies and a change of clothes and spend a week with Juliekari in WV. Bonnie is away, we're missing her. But, away we go anyway!
Kari picked a peck of peppers from her garden in anticipation of an early frost in MD, and we chopped and dried for three days, producing a lovely-on-the-tongue crushed pepper mixture that would rival anything at Penzey's.
The week before Halloween. Julie and Kari are inspired, and the table is decorated with spookiness and fun! I was horrified to see those delicious cookies representing tombstones stuck in a platter of dirt. Julie handed me a spoon and told me to dig in: it's ground cashew sandie cookies, peanut butter oreos layered on top of melted dark chocolate 'mud'. Ohmy!
We enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast the second night, complete with all the foods we each wanted on the table. We're pretty predictable: turkey, dressing, cranberries, sweet potatoes and more. It was yummy, and we had built-in planned aheads for the rest of the week.
Julie is working on a miniature of her husband's barn, and it is awesome! She began with a lazy susan, applied a base and began sawing logs. By the end of the week, she had the windows (real glass!) installed and the wiring roughed in. The ceiling fan is just too incredible to describe, and I have no picture of it...
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