THE ART OF CAKE

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING AN EARLY CHRISTMAS GET TOGETHER WITH MY DEAR FRIEND, CATHY.  ‘OUR’ PLACE IS THE ART OF CAKE.

WE USED TO MEET AT STEEPED BUT AFTER THAT CLOSED WE FOUND THIS WONDERFUL VENUE AND WE DO LIKE OUR TEA.  ( IF MY FRIEND, BARB EVER CAME OUT HERE THIS MIGHT BE OUR ANNABELLE’S SUBSTITUTE …ANOTHER FAVOURITE TEAHOUSE ).

CATHY DID AN AMAZING THING FOR ME IN THESE PAST 2 MONTHS :  SHE ASKED ME FOR EVERY SINGLE DATE OF OUR SPIRITLINE CONCERT SCHEDULE , SHE MADE HERSELF A CUPPA, AND SHE PRAYED FOR US.   I KNOW MANY OTHERS WERE PRAYING FOR US ( LIKE THE AFOREMENTIONED , BARB AND MY OTHER BESTIE BACK HOME, ROSEMARY) AND WE CERTAINLY FELT THE PRAYERS. 

CATHY MENTIONED THAT PERHAPS BECAUSE MY BIGGEST WORRY HAD BEEN ABOUT THE WEATHER ..MAYBE GOD HAD SHOWN ME HIS CARE BY HAVING US PROTECTED FROM EXTREME WEATHER WHEREVER WE WENT …AND IT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. 

AFTER WE LEFT ALBERTA OUR PROVINCE GOT A VERY EARLY SNOWSTORM AND RIGHT BEFORE WE HEADED OFF TO HALIFAX/ NEWFOUNDLAND THEY WERE IN RECOVERY MODE FROM THEIR HURRICANE.

 WHILE MANITOBA WAS IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THEIR EARLY SNOWFALL WE WERE ENJOYING THE FALL COLOURS AND WARM WEATHER OF QUEBEC …..AND WHEN WE WERE IN ONTARIO QUEBEC SUFFERED UNDER THEIR OWN SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEM .

 WE SAID GOOD-BYE TO ONTARIO AND THE GORGEOUS AUTUMN LEAVES AND A WEEK LATER THEY RECEIVED A HUGE DUMP OF SNOW ! AND FINALLY, AS WE DROVE INTO EDMONTON- THEY WERE HAVING A UNSEASONABLY WARM WEEKEND OF PLUS 13  TEMPS.   I HAVE DESCRIBED IT AS FEELING LIKE OUR VAN WAS ‘BUBBLE WRAPPED’ IN PROTECTION.  YOUR PRAYERS WORK !!!!!  

THE ART OF CAKE IS A RELATIVELY NEW CAFÉ THAT NOW OFFERS LUNCH SO I ORDERED A LOVELY RUEBEN SANDWICH AND CATHY ENJOYED A GLUTEN FREE PIECE OF CHOCOLATE CAKE.  WE HAD A WONDERFUL VISIT CATCHING UP ABOUT HER TRIP TO VISIT HER VERY FIRST GRAND-DAUGHTER IN ENGLAND AND THEN HER HOLIDAY IN MALTA. 

I SHARED WITH HER SOME OF OUR ANECDOTES FROM OUR TRAVELS THE LAST 2 MONTHS , STORIES ABOUT INTERESTING PEOPLE WE HAVE MET AND FUNNY OR MOVING THINGS THAT HAPPENED AT THE CONCERTS. 

IT WAS A LOVELY CATCH UP .  FEELING LIKE A CUPPA ?  HEAD OUT TO THE ART OF CAKE AND SLOW DOWN FOR AN HOUR OR SO IN THIS BUSY SEASON.