Easter Sunday – Filling and Fulfilling
We went to early church today to beat the crowds. We couldn’t go to mass on base because C&C don’t have IDs. The mass at St Mary’s was uninspiring.
Once we were back home Penny began preparations for the Easter meal. I ran off with C&C to the Armament Museum to look at the airplanes. The building was closed for the holiday but there is plenty to see on the grounds.
Christian and an SR71 Blackbird
We stopped at the “little beach” on the way back home but didn’t stay long. It was a little cold and windy.
Back at home Penny was cooking ham, spinach casserole, sweet potato muggin, grands and apple salad. When we arrived back at the house it all smelled great.
We enjoyed a relaxed Easter meal and once again sat around the table chatting while the food settled. Once it settled some I made coffee and we had cherry pie a la mode and coffee—and chatted some more.
All too soon it was time for C&C to leave. Penny made them ham sandwiches for the road and sadly we bid adieu.
I enjoyed C&C’s visit. We had a simple agenda for this visit. We would do what we would do with the goal of just spending time together. We filled the days with comfortable activities, ate too much and generally just enjoyed the company. I was on the receiving end of a number of Christy’s patented warm hugs. We all did a lot of talking and laughing.
KITTY UPDATE—Actually this is an animal update. For the past 3 days we have had 2 dogs at the house—Finn and Stella. We kept Brie in our bedroom because she doesn’t like company. I couldn’t explain what was going on to the outside cats. I fixed up the outside feeder so the cats could still get the food but the dogs couldn’t. There was no way to prepare the cats.
Finn and Stella loved the back yard. They don’t have a fenced in yard in High Springs and they enjoyed the freedom they had to wander anywhere in our yard without a leash or the need to be watched. When C&C arrived on Thursday it was already dark. We released the hounds into the back yard and they both dashed around wildly scattering any cats that were out there and just running around enjoying themselves. We have a chain link fence between our yard and the schoolyard. For a dog that is not used to fences the fence is hard to see in the dark. Stella made a mad dash for the schoolyard and slammed into the fence in a full run. She didn’t hurt herself and it turned out to be something we could laugh at. I know how I feel when I walk into a newly cleaned glass door. Do you think a dog feels the same way?
I haven’t seen any of the outside cats since we released the dogs into the yard. Each evening after the dogs were in for the night I set out a plate of cat food. In the morning it was eaten. Something was being fed out there. I’m hoping it was our regulars.
After C&C left I watered the back yard to remove what I could of the doggie scent in the yard and set out some ham scraps to tempt the kitties back into the yard. It’s 7PM now and Marmalade has cleaned up the ham and is meowing for more. It usually takes a couple days for the kitty routine to settle in again after it gets disturbed. We will see how long it takes this go-round.
We went to early church today to beat the crowds. We couldn’t go to mass on base because C&C don’t have IDs. The mass at St Mary’s was uninspiring.
Once we were back home Penny began preparations for the Easter meal. I ran off with C&C to the Armament Museum to look at the airplanes. The building was closed for the holiday but there is plenty to see on the grounds.
Christian and an SR71 BlackbirdWe stopped at the “little beach” on the way back home but didn’t stay long. It was a little cold and windy.
Back at home Penny was cooking ham, spinach casserole, sweet potato muggin, grands and apple salad. When we arrived back at the house it all smelled great.
We enjoyed a relaxed Easter meal and once again sat around the table chatting while the food settled. Once it settled some I made coffee and we had cherry pie a la mode and coffee—and chatted some more.
All too soon it was time for C&C to leave. Penny made them ham sandwiches for the road and sadly we bid adieu.
I enjoyed C&C’s visit. We had a simple agenda for this visit. We would do what we would do with the goal of just spending time together. We filled the days with comfortable activities, ate too much and generally just enjoyed the company. I was on the receiving end of a number of Christy’s patented warm hugs. We all did a lot of talking and laughing.
KITTY UPDATE—Actually this is an animal update. For the past 3 days we have had 2 dogs at the house—Finn and Stella. We kept Brie in our bedroom because she doesn’t like company. I couldn’t explain what was going on to the outside cats. I fixed up the outside feeder so the cats could still get the food but the dogs couldn’t. There was no way to prepare the cats.
Finn and Stella loved the back yard. They don’t have a fenced in yard in High Springs and they enjoyed the freedom they had to wander anywhere in our yard without a leash or the need to be watched. When C&C arrived on Thursday it was already dark. We released the hounds into the back yard and they both dashed around wildly scattering any cats that were out there and just running around enjoying themselves. We have a chain link fence between our yard and the schoolyard. For a dog that is not used to fences the fence is hard to see in the dark. Stella made a mad dash for the schoolyard and slammed into the fence in a full run. She didn’t hurt herself and it turned out to be something we could laugh at. I know how I feel when I walk into a newly cleaned glass door. Do you think a dog feels the same way?
I haven’t seen any of the outside cats since we released the dogs into the yard. Each evening after the dogs were in for the night I set out a plate of cat food. In the morning it was eaten. Something was being fed out there. I’m hoping it was our regulars.
After C&C left I watered the back yard to remove what I could of the doggie scent in the yard and set out some ham scraps to tempt the kitties back into the yard. It’s 7PM now and Marmalade has cleaned up the ham and is meowing for more. It usually takes a couple days for the kitty routine to settle in again after it gets disturbed. We will see how long it takes this go-round.
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