MOONLIGHTING

WELL, IT’S OFFICIAL : WE’VE HAD OUR FIRST FROST. SO, WHEN WE INVITED OURSELVES (TRUE!) TO OUR FRIENDS KAREN AND BILL’S HOME FOR AN EVENING AROUND THEIR FIRE PIT WE KNEW WE HAD BETTER DRESS IN LAYERS FOR A VERY CHILLY BUT FUN EVENING.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN MUCH OF A CAMPER BUT THERE IS SOMETHING WONDERFUL ABOUT SITTING AROUND AN EVENING CAMPFIRE. I LOVE THE LOOKS AND SMELL OF THE CRACKLING FIRE, DANCING AND LICKING THE SHADOWS IN A RAINBOW OF COLOURS.

I THINK THE LAST TIME WE SAW THESE KIND NEIGHBOURS WAS ….THE LAST TIME WE SAT AROUND A FIRE AT KAREN AND BILL’S HOME …MONTHS AGO.

WE DIDN’T SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD BUT WE HAD FUN CHATTING AND GOING WITH THE FLOW AS EACH SEGUE GAVE US A NEW ROAD FOR CONVERSATION. THERE WAS REMINISCING ABOUT A TRIP TO THE SOUTH OF FRANCE THAT WE SHARED WITH KAREN AND BILL. (THEY INVITED US SHORTLY AFTER WE MET THEM FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME AT ANOTHER NEIGHBOURHOOD GATHERING . WHEN THE QUESTION WAS ASKED IF WE WOULD LIKE TO VISIT THEM FOR A WEEK AT THIS VILLA THEY RENTED THERE, I POLITELY DECLINED AT THE EXACT SAME TIME TERRY SAID,”YES! WE WOULD LOVE TO!”) WE HAD THE MOST WONDERFUL WEEK WITH NEIGHBOURS WHO ARE NO LONGER STRANGERS AND THE REST IS HISTORY AS THEY SAY.

AT ONE POINT WE SURPRISED THE GANG WITH THE TOOLS AND INGREDIENTS TO MAKE S’MORES AND THAT WAS A YUMMY,THROWBACK TO CHILDHOOD TREAT FOR OUR FRIENDS.

THAT NIGHT I WORE UP TOP : BRA ,T-SHIRT ,LONG UNDERWEAR, FALL DRESS, FLEECE, DOWN VEST, RAINCOAT, SCARF, EAR MUFFS, GLOVES, AND A BLANKET. I STILL HAD TO KEEP MOVING CLOSER TO THE FIRE..HA HA. BUT WE ALL SOCIAL DISTANCED FOR ABOUT 2 1/2 HOURS AND IT WAS A LOVELY CHANCE TO BE WITH FRIENDS BEFORE THE SNOW EVENTUALLY FORCES US ALL INDOORS.

I GIVE THANKS FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN AND THESE GREAT NEIGHBOURS.

PEACE.