On The 6th Day Of Christmas

We've had some more company today... only this time for breakfast. Our friends turned up at just after 10 a.m. and we sat down to a great table set for a king I think.
We had the Wife Savers Breakfast.... only jazzed up to my version. (See recipe in my Recipes section... which I will be adding to the right momentarily).

This is my Christmas version just before it went into the oven. It was delicious. (Even if I do say so myself.)

We had a plate of toast and another of sausages and bacon. Homemade apple juice and some lovely coffee. Then Teapot entered with the most gloriously beautiful fruit salad I have ever seen (which he made) and everyone ogled it in all its glory. It looked like this.

Filled with good things like Star Fruit and Watermelon, Cantaloupe and Grapefruit, then there were oranges and that white and black stuff on the top was Dragon Fruit. It was almost too pretty to eat.

What a morning... it all turned out so nicely. However, yesterday turned out to be a great day too. We did something a little different. We went to the woods for our lunch with company. It all started with me getting the brilliant idea that it was such a warm day with all the newly fallen snow that we could easily have a day with our tea in the woods. And then I was lamenting the fact that we had guests coming which would cut into our time in the bush, when all of a sudden I realized that I could  finish cooking our meal at home and then take our guests to the woods with us. And so it went.

While I was cooking our meal and getting everything together, Teapot headed down into the bush to find the right place, which needed to be sheltered from the wind but open enough to get some sun. Then unbeknownst to me, he set up a lovely bower to receive us and our guests, and it was close enough that it was in yelling distance to our house. I even brought beads to decorate the spruce bower that welcomed our party.

You can just see the red and gold beads in the spruce bows.

And what was on he menu?? I made soup. Cream of Turkey Curry soup.... and we had sandwiches. I made ham and jalapeno cheese with lettuce on rye. I made ham and Swiss cheese on rye with mayo, sliced apple, and Red Chili sauce, (the apple toned the Red chili Sauce down slightly). I made sausage and cheddar with curry mayo, and tomato on multigrain. Then there were home made corn chips (unsalted) with jalapeno cream cheese dip and chocolates and mini oranges for desert. It was a gourmet meal and we ate it by in the most unlikely of places.... I mean who ever had a gourmet meal by the side of a fire in the forest?! It really was an awesome day though, and our friends seemed to enjoy it as much as we did. Here are a few pictures....

Hot Mochachino while the soup was re-heating.

Our friends starting to goof around.

.... and then they start to get rambunctious.

Then we had to get a group shot and I am as usual glad to not be in this one.

So after our guests left yesterday, we had some more friends show up in the evening. And last night was night of leftovers.. which is a good thing because the refrigerator was starting to bulge at the seams. 

After all is said and done, we are having a relaxing afternoon this afternoon. We just watched Gnomeo and Juliet (the movie) and I loved it so much that I might have to buy a few of those cute wee gnomes for my deck! Still, I am feeling somewhat pooped out and I might just have to go for a snooze soon. Later, we will be watching the last installment in the Harry Potter series. With no more company till tomorrow night, which I think will be fairly easy since there are only two coming, I am ready to laze, snooze and maybe spin some more. Then, we will ring in the new year with two days left of vacation time before getting back to normal.... if that ever is this case in this house.

Christmas this year has been a great time and reminded me somewhat of the Christmases of my youth... when visiting and going out or inviting friends and family in were the norm. I have been missing those. But this one may have reaffirmed my cheer and enthusiasm for Christmas Season even with all the fake/plastic sentaments/decorations.

Maybe Christmas is not so bad after all. : )