We are blessed. We give thanks. Ok, so there were only 6 of us for dinner. Ok, so it isn't Thanksgiving -- but really, every day should be Thanksgiving !
Stef, Aaron and Lauren busy dealing with skunk; Jeffrey, Sara, Emma, Zoe, Matthew too far away; Kim at Lululemon ... hmmm; Gavin and Amanda in South Korea (!); Mike, Jill and kids in Guelph; Kyle and Leslie in Killarney at a wedding ... yup, but we held the fort and had turkey anyway !
I did a bit of cleanup during the day; branches onto the burn pile (and burned). Jason picked up the pile of campfire wood. Two of the Muskoka chairs are now up in the garage. I put away one of the kayaks; Sandy was out on the other - yes, a time away from turkey prep to enjoy the wonderful, albeit cool, weather. It's supposed to be warmer today and even warmer tomorrow.
The major cleanup was, of course, after dinner. I won't complain that I did that 99% myself; I'd only complain if other people were in the way ! Cleaning up from a major dinner is when I run across the shortcomings of having the hot water coming from a small tank. It doesn't take too much rinsing before I've only got cold water. I would have had to plan this well in advance and run another pipe up under the sink with a valve to choose my hot water source ... it ain't going to happen. Two T's and two valves ... nawww, it's not worth the effort.
We had a ton of desert -- Sandy's apple pie; Vanda's pumpkin pie and butter tarts. I had a small slice of pumpkin; my once-per-year pumpkin pie, unless of course we also have US Thanksgiving and then I have a second piece. Accompanying the desert I broke open two bottles of wine -- Eiswein and Icewine. Both had been "cooked" but weren't any worse for wear. The Eiswein actually tastes better than when I opened the first bottle a few years ago.
The Icewine was from Tawse, one of the wineries that the Davies, Dwyers and we visited on the eve of Mike & Jill's wedding. It's called "cabernets" -- Cabernet Franc and Cab Sauv. It was interesting ... my only bottle ... the Cab Franc adding quite an odd note. I've got a couple more bottles down there, a Riesling and something else. I also have Port and a couple of types of Sherry. I had tried the Port a while ago and it didn't survive well. I don't know about the Sherry - I suspect that it's ok as it doesn't have anything to precipitate out, akin to the Eis/Icewine.
David's wry neck is improving but he's being very careful and applying heat as much as possible.
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