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Lucy’s New Honey

/ Katie / 23 Comments

This sweet, smiley girl…

…is not our dog.

This is Honey, and she belongs to Mark, one of our best and dearest friends. He’s Lucy’s unofficial godfather, and (since I’m an only child) her chosen Uncle on my side.

Mark came to visit this weekend, and Lucy just adores them both. She’d wake up in the morning calling, “Uncle Mark!” She loved playing with Honey, throwing her ball and feeding her French fries. Honey loved Lucy right back, and they got lots of time together. (Merlin did fine, too, after an initial period of grumbling and proving his well-earned, feline dominance.)

There’s certainly been a void in our lives since our own Annie-dog crossed the rainbow bridge last year, and this has me wondering:

Y’all, should we get a dog??

Sunday Supper #8: City Lights, A Good Friend, and a (Sort of) Lazy Sunday

/ Katie / 10 Comments

Though we live fairly close to Washington, DC, Graham and I rarely make it into the city. With traffic being what it is (everything you’ve heard is true…DC traffic is, in fact, a nightmare sometimes), we just don’t think to drive in and spend time. But, we should, because DC really is a beautiful city, and there’s a lot of cool stuff to do. And perhaps most importantly, one of our very best friends lives there. So yesterday, we did.

We visited her, her new place, and watched the sunset over the Washington Monument from her rooftop terrace.

Country life is amazing, but cities are pretty cool, too – the bustle of cars and motorcycles, the snippets of conversation, the sea of bright lights against a setting sun or dark night. And seeing a good friend. That’s always wonderful.

Today, on this lovely first day of spring, we’ve been taking it easy. A leisurely breakfast, some very nice coffee, an afternoon of movies and a little bit of catch-up work from the week. And for supper? Probably beef stew and mashed potatoes, because I actually have time to make it.

Happy Sunday, y’all, and wishing you a wonderful week ahead!

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday: Dumpling Memories Edition

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This photo popped up in my memories today.

On this day, which was a Saturday back in 2019, my friend Jessica came over for the weekend and graciously shared her family’s dumpling recipe with me. So, we invited over Graham’s brother and our sister-in-law, and together with Jessica, the five of us sat down and made dumplings.

200 dumplings.

I’d never folded dumplings before, and it was a really fun new skill to learn. And the end result was delicious.

Turns out, 200 dumplings isn’t really all that many when you’ve got five people and an entire weekend to eat them. They were well and truly gone by Sunday evening.

Maybe one day, we’ll all get together and do it again. That would be nice. And tasty, too.