A Peaceful Day

Monday!  After a busy and eventful week, this was a really quiet and peaceful day.  I used my time well, got the wash done and could hang out the sheets as it was a lovely warm and sunny day.  Even got a little housework done !    The fridge looked like there might be the makings of a good hearty soup in there.  This is what we call "Must-Go".  A bowl of homemade tomato soup would make a good base. A bit of spaghetti sauce with meat too..  Some onion and garlic & of course, some pole beans and carrots sauted in olive oil to start the pot off right. Lurking in the back was an ear of corn.   It was beginning to look like minestroni.  A handful of pasta right from Italy brought back by my friend Alison who vacationed there.  Finally kidney beans and some beef broth. Since it was too warm for having a fire in the cookstove today the concoction had to simmer on low for an hour or better on the electric stove.  It sure was good come noontime, with crusty bread for a tomato sandwich and a chunk of cheddar cheese.

After lunch I found time to put the binding on a quilted table runner I have been working on.  SO good to get a UFO finally finished !  (Un-Finished Object).  Quilters usually have a few of these hanging around.
Then I went out back to sit on the patio to read my book and listen to the river as it flows over the dam once again.  I am reading a book called "Two Coots In A Canoe" by David Morine, about a couple of old guys who decided to take a canoe down the length of the Connecticut River from up near the Canadian Border in Colebrook, NH all the way to Old Saybrook, CT, a 400+ mile trip.  They didn't want to camp and pack all that gear so they decided to rely on the kindness of strangers living along the way to take them in for a night as they passed by.  It is a funny and enjoyable tale.

Coming home from a walk tonight we were greeted by a huge orange moon rising in the east. I didn't think to get the camera but I do have a lovely moonrise picture to share with you.  Taken a couple years ago way up on Darling Hill.

Bless to us, O God,

The sun and moon above us,

The earth that is beneath us.

The friends who are around us,

Your image deep within us.

(A Celtic Prayer)