July 4, 2012
Red, white, and blue! Red strawberries, white cream cheese, and blue berries. Red lobster, white dinner plates, and blue M&Ms. You get the idea. The younger set was off at Lake Tahoe, so it was just us ol' folks.
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Excellent wine selection (and this wasn't all).
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Sandy whipped up a sauted onion, pesto, puff pastry dish. Very good, amazingly easy. And yes, we used the pot filler to put water in the steaming pots.
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Lynn was into the colors.
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Serafina made this flower vase at Ag Camp last week.
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Bob was the epitome of patient. We were delayed a bit as Lynn preheated the wrong oven. These darn Wolf stoves. Those plates are looking promising, though, don't ya think?!
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And out they come! Steamed, not boiled.
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Patience rewarded.
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And then the decks were cleared for a rousing game of Scrabble.
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This was not the winning tray.
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