"It's gonna be a beautiful day" ..........maybe! August 19th 2012

Supper with friends. 
Saturday 18th August.

















It was a beautiful evening  (August 18th). Warm, balmy and with a glorious sunset. For the first time in a long while, we were all able to sit outside in the garden till it was approaching midnight. The stars were out in the inky sky. Candles on the patio table.  As our friends arrived they brought with them a variety of food. Having suggested they bring "Nibbles" or "Salad" and a "Savoury",  because we had also been shopping for the al fresco meal.

But our friends do not do things by halves!
So the "Salad" (pictured above) was a work of art in itself, not to mention the one who commandeered the oven and made cocktail blinis, with Crême Fraiche, and smoked salmon! Yum!
Alongside this was a beautifully presented tray of titbits, like olives and parma ham. Complete with cocktail sticks.
The "Savoury" came on a tray. Warm puff pastry rectangles fresh from the oven, filled with delicious bites  like asparagus in sauce, and roasted mushrooms. The list could go go, tomatoes stuffed with cream cheese, bramley apple and sausage pie, and freshly made, by my hubby, two baked farmhouse cider and strong cheese baguettes. Needless to say, the evening was pleasant to say the least!
Wine was consumed, and a fiercely competitive card game was undertaken by some of  the group, sitting in the back lounge with the patio door wide open.Those of us sitting outside at the patio table could hear the trio playing the game, as none of them wanted to lose! It became rather noisy!!
That is not to say that the "outsiders" were sedate!
A phone App was produced to show us the names of the starry constellations, and we marvelled at the Great Bear, (or Plough as I like to call it), which is easy to spot. Phone App pointing to sky, hey presto, the Great Bear appeared, along with a picture of a bear.........(which incidentally does not appear in the sky as well!  ;-))
But the funniest thing (which had us all roaring with laughter) was pronounced by the person holding said phone App in hand and telling the assembled company that the International Space Station was situated underneath the patio table!
A good time was had by all.!                    
     
 

Catching the light. Evening August 18th

Sweet peas from a friend

 The Making of the Cocktail Blinis.  

 

Morning August 19th 2012 

So, this morning, waking later than usual, there was already the promise of a beautiful day, and by and large, inspite of a couple of heavy showers, and a cloudy period, it has been lovely, with warm sunshine.    

Promise of a beautiful day.

Sunday August 19th 2012