We've been away, visiting friends. Our first stop was a cabin in a rural part of southern New England: a dwelling, a garden, a hillside in the forest, a sparkling brook.
After arriving in mid-afternoon, we went for a walk. Our host knows mushrooms, and as we walked he spotted small orange chanterelles. We picked several handfuls, and he sauteed them in butter, and served them on his homemade bread as our first course. I can't even tell you how delicious this was!
We ate and drank like royalty, and the dinner ended with a beautiful tarte studded with fresh-picked red, black, and yellow raspberries from their garden.
After much conversation and catching-up, we slept in a calm room with a faded patchwork quilt and old New England furniture. Outside: stone walls, moose antlers, the call of wood thrushes.
In the morning we ate fresh eggs from a nearby farm, and more of that delicious bread, and jam, and coffee, on the outdoor table.
Our hosts had to leave for work, but we stayed for a few more quiet hours, reading and drawing. What a peaceful and beautiful way to begin a short vacation, and such a happiness to catch up with old friends.
Lovely first pause!
Posted by: marly youmans | July 30, 2013 at 10:50 AM
Thank you for sharing these little snippets and glimpses! The sketches are fresh and tonic.
Posted by: Laura | July 30, 2013 at 11:53 AM
Sounds (and looks) perfect!
Posted by: mary | July 30, 2013 at 12:36 PM
We too have been enjoying the pleasures of food and drink and good companionship. Nothing like it.
Aloha, Marianna
Posted by: Hattie | July 30, 2013 at 02:22 PM
Yum Yum Pfifferlinge! My favorite mushroom. Have been looking for them
but they are nowhere to be seen in the woods surrounding me. I used to pick them in the Black Forest. Now I pay $8.00 for three mouthfuls of delight.
Posted by: Ellena | July 30, 2013 at 06:56 PM
That sounds like my idea of heaven
Posted by: Julia | July 31, 2013 at 12:56 AM
An interesting post!
Posted by: Tom | July 31, 2013 at 03:06 AM