Sunday morning,
Mr. Hawthorne and I left the Outer Banks
for a short trip.
North Carolina highways are some of the prettiest
what with the 1/4 mile long stretches of wildflowers.
Mr. Hawthorne dropped me off in Danville at Maxine's.
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For dinner Sunday night,
Maxine prepared a salad with a Balsamic vinegar
and olive oil dressing.
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I liked her serving spoons.
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Beautiful chandelier.
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Carmen joined us for dinner and
brought these lovely gardenias.
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Steak, yummy sweet 'taters,
and my favorite - tabbouleh,
courtesy of Carmen.
I lurves me some tabbouleh.
And this tabbouleh had feta in it -
a very welcome and pleasant surprise.
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Very light salad punctuated with almonds,
green olives, shrooms, peppers, celery,
sunflower seeds, carrots, and garbanzo beans.
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Dessert was marvelous
and I usually don't do dessert.
Fresh blueberries
($0.99/pint at Aldi's.),
Greek yogurt, Creme de Cacao, and dark chocolate.
Excellent dessert, Maxine.
Kudos.
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Remember this famous photograph?
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Maxine recently acquired this from one of
the art students at Averett University in Danville.
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You can't tell from my photograph,
but it's 3-dimensional.
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And it's amazing.
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Carmen was wearing a lovely shirt.
And I really like this photograph.
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Good food.
Good friends.
Cheap wine.
($2.97 at Aldi's.)
It's win-win.
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