Grandma G's Formal Christmas Outing......
Myrtle's Tea House.....
....And Gift Shop......
In Ridgefield, WA.....
Our Ladies' Out to Lunch....13 of us....
(about a half hour rainy ride from home....I didn't drive...)
(rainy.....the start of the Pineapple Express)
A
tea lover's
delight.....
Each guest has a unique cup....
Raspberry sorbet to clear the palate
(Yay! start with dessert....)
Cream of potato soup.....assortment of finger sandwiches...fruit cup.....
Finished with a selection of yummy sweets......and.....YES.. CHOCOLATE MINT TEA.....
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Thursday there was a pause in the rain (Pineapple Express)....
A few hours of a "sun break". Great opportunity for a 50 minute walk.....
Wisconsin DOES have nicer "creeks"
This is "Burnt Bridge" creek that runs through most of the area.....though I think it is more impressive in other locations......
The Pineapple Express moving back in....
One of the many big birds that fly over my house.....
I love hearing them.
(Reminds me of early youth with my foster family..... me lying in bed and hearing the frogs croak)
By 4PM the wind picked up to 40-50 MPH with some mighty gusts. Several thousand people were without power in Portland. Here in my house the lights blinked 2 times.
That evening was the night of our park "pitch in" Christmas dinner. I wasn't sure how many would be there considering the strong wind. (The temperature was in the 50's and no rain.) The meal proceeded as planned. Lights blinked only once. I, for one, had brought a flashlight in case of power outage. Several folks were there. (No pictures) We had a great time of visiting and singing a few carols. Woo! Woo! By 8pm all the wind had passed.
(The Pineapple Express is the name given to a particular weather pattern, originating in the Hawaiian Islands, that brings strong winds and a deluge of rain to the west coast. Mid and northern California received huge amounts of rainfall.)
Later in the evening on TV I found the movie Seven Years in Tibet. Great movie....highly recommend it...
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Friday was another day..... of rain......what to do......sleep in a bit...Clean the kitchen....try wiping the floor with vinegar water...nice
What to do with a sweet potato that thinks its bloomin' sweet potato.....I remembered many years ago growing a sweet potato vine. I recall it grew quite large before whatever happened to it happened....
Time to grow another one.....no need for an amaryllis this year...
I will keep you posted on how the vine is vining.....
Friday was also a great day to clean out tons of paper nuisance. With all the emphasis on being "green" there seems to be an explosion of paper, paper, paper.....There is recycling....I have boxes of paper recycle constantly.....Figure that one....
Finally closed out my "stay at home" day watching TV as Admiral Kirk and his crew went looking for Spock and getting him back home so he could regenerate....love those Star Trek adventures....helps pass the time as one is doing 90 minutes of stretches....Ahhhh.....
IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS...
"And a partridge in a bare tree....."What?
Oh.....
..............
"And a partridge in a pear tree....."
This has been a good 3 "Christmas in the PNW" days in the life of Grandma G.
"But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive the full rights as sons." (Galatians 4:4)
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