First Friday

Jed arrived Friday evening in time for dinner. Then Pat and India came bearing libations and tiny roast potatoes, and Susan brought a divine dessert, fresh apple cake with ice cream and caramel sauce toppings--recipe on her Blackberry Creek blog. So much food in one place--chicken and salad and grillin' beans and green beans and mashed potatoes! And those little crescent rolls that I can eat a bagfull of, if somebody doesn't stop me.

When we three sisters get together, it's rare that anyone else can get a word in edgeways. The air rang with conversation, and little India and little Jed did manage to speak now and then. They actually were the tallest members of the party, so they should have asserted themselves more.

Part one of Season One of "Downton Abbey" was good, too.

On Saturday, Jed helped me clean out and reorganize one section of the kitchen cabinets, which I can't totally reach into without climbing. Then we went to Logan's and lunched on grilled tilapia, then Jed went back to Atlanta. He has to give five presentations in Florida in the coming week, so it was very good of him to come over for my Friday dinner.