July 5, 2013

Enjoying July 4th with friends.

We had a fun and festive July 4th getting the house and yard ready to entertain and then hosting a small group of friends. The grill master worked his magic on chicken. I made a patriotic salad (mixed salad greens with strawberries, blueberries and feta) and dill potato salad. Friend Debbie W. brought homemade biscuits. For dessert we had apple crumble and ice cream. Along the way, people enjoyed a beverage or two. And we could see the neighborhood fireworks from under the apricot tree. It was a pretty perfect evening!

Unfortunately Mr. B is flying back to Houston today. Tickets were twice as expensive to fly on Saturday or Sunday, so he's going back tonight. The furry girls and I will miss him!

Today I'm creating time to read the paper under the apricot tree. Forget the Sunday paper in Santa Fe. Here it's all about the Friday paper.