It has been a wonderful Monday, beginning with coffee. Rosemary was swimming at 5:30. Needless to say, Earla and I didn't beg to go with her, but we surely enjoyed the bagels she picked up on her way home. After breakfast and conversation, we attended a Bible study group entitled "Arise" at Rosemary's church. She is a part of the group and we tagged along. We were welcomed and encouraged to participate in the discussion revolving around the story of the good Samaritan and how we can apply the lesson in our churches. It was very interesting and the study shed new light on the meaning of the story.
We enjoyed another cup of coffee, met one of the priests in the parish, said "hi" to another one in the parking lot and came home.
We were here just long enough for Wadi to join us and we drove to Cedar Mill Farms. There, we enjoyed a cup of hot cider and a cider donut. We, also drove around the town of Amesbury where we saw many houses from the 17th century, as well as some very nice large beautiful homes. We came home and enjoyed a lunch of left over soup and cheese and bread. It's been a cloudy misty day, so soup was perfect.
After lunch, we drove over to Newbury Port, MA. On the way, we drove over the bridge across the Merrimack River to Plum Island. Once on the island, we were able to drive to the Atlantic. Back at Newbury Port. We walked to a magazine/smoke shop that had more magazines than I've ever seen in one place. Then, we walked to a book store. Book stores are always a fun place to browse. After the book store, we returned to Rosemary's and relaxed, read, knitted, crocheted, Scrabbled...
Dinner was wonderful from the moment the aromas came floating from the kitchen. We dined on pork loin in apple cider gravy, carrots, a green salad and cornbread with honey. OH, it was so very good.
We played some more Scrabble and are watching the World Series intently.
We'll call it a night soon and plan to do some more exploring tomorrow.
You do know you will have to share with your St Mark family all the lessons you have learned these five sundays.
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What a delightful world we live in. So many places to discover and see.
I made jiffy corn muffins about an hour ago and downed 2 of them with a glass of wine, the glass was one of those cheese ones used for watering the African Violets. Which by the way, the one by the window has 4, pretty, pink,violets.
ReplyDeleteI dropped by Classic Winemakers on Halloween day and broke down and bought a bottle of wine which now I have to finish by Friday so it won't ferment. I also bought a stopper with a marble top. There went my money for gas. Enough in tank at this time.
I love the pic of the ocean, sand, etc. Once again you explored some neat places and the Good Samaritan study sounds great--food for thought. It was lovely today but I guess by later in the afternoon, it got cloudy, being inside, I can't really tell.
It is more like close to $18,000 that the auction profited Safi Foundation, after all was said and done.
I am glad the Phillies won, it sure was getting too close. May they win the series!
Jan Spaid is so desperate that I am going to help her count money tomorrow morning, I don't think I have ever done that before. If you come back and Jan is bald, you will know why. The Lindholm's are even out of town.
Take care and thanks for writing. Your adventures are always so interesting and each evening I look forward to what you will share.
So much fun to share your adventures --the food selections absolutely make my mouth water just reading about them.
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