One table with hand woven place mats
Thanksgiving day, Black Friday have come and gone.
We enjoyed thanksgiving and ignored Black Friday.
Robyn and Janis arrived on Friday, the 18th.
They had reservations at the Boulder Mountain Lodge,
the motel at the bottom of Fourmile Canyon. The
rooms are rustic and it took a move to another unit
to get the promised WIFI. The motel management is
a bit unusual. R & J had assumed a full kitchen
would include a microwave; it did not. Upon
enquiring they were told that full-kitchens,
which they had, did not have microwaves
because they had a full stove. The kitchenettes
had microwaves and no stove. Despite the
lack of amenities they decided to stick it
out because it is the closest motel to Salina.
It has been great having them around this long.
This afternoon Robyn will be sorting and re-loading
her Van to make room for the 3 boxes of LPs she has
agreed to take off of my hands. One box was hit
hard by the flood; some of those I have cleaned and
others I had to toss. I have copied many of them
onto CDs.
Jeanne and Jay arrived in the area on Wednesday before
Thanksgiving and are staying with Connie in Parker.
I was disappointed to see so little of them, but
happy for the time we had. On Thanksgiving day we
all descended upon Connie making 13 at the table.
Connie's two kids were home from college, the Erie
bunch came for the day from Erie, Robert and I came
in the Van and stayed overnight and Robyn and Janis
came for the day. Connie had woven the lovely
place mats for the tables; we had two table to
accommodate the 13 of us. The food was bountiful
and delicious. She had roasted a turkey and a ham;
made cranberry sauce, yams, applesauce, and a huge
platter of pickles and olives. Martha brought
several loaves of her fantastic bread. Connie
made pumpkin and pecan pies, Janis brought,
by request, her cheese-potato casserole, I brought
squash, apple pie and mince pie. I'm sure there was
more, but I can't remember now. I just remember a
great abundance of wonderful food. Robyn brought
bubbly wine...and there was coffee, tea, beer and
other wine...on and on as you can see. Of course
the best part was to have all 4 of my kids, their
significant others and 3 of my grand kids all in
the same place at the same time!
