Yep, if it looks like summer, smells like summer and feels like summer, well, hey --- it must be summer. The boys got out of school a week ago and on the first Monday of their summer holiday, the weather turned nice. Inconceivable! Warm and sunny. Mid-seventies. Most lovely.
So we have been riding our bicycles to the park, where I nap and read on a blanket, while they meet friends and run around like the monkeys that they are. Pete, our housemate, pulled out three tents that they had saved in donated items to Betel, and he, Scott and the boys put up two.
The next two nights were spent sleeping in the back garden in said tents. They have been delighted to have them up and have been spending time there, playing and reading. Yes, when the weather gets sorted out here and it actually feels somewhat summer-like, this is an idyllic place to be.
We have this rickety grill, with the grilling area about the size of a big pizza pan. And we just got charcoal bricketts and pork ribs in food donations, together on the same day. Must be a sign from God that grilling BBQ ribs must commence. We got tons of tins of baked beans - as beans are truly an English comfort food. Sounds like a meal!! Paul is praying for a chicken (or two) so I can make one of his favorite foods - homemade chicken turnovers. I make a whole bunch and put them in the freezer, and they are just there, like gold, waiting to be eaten. For those who do not know, we get a whole lot of our groceries from donated food from a huge grocery chain store called Sainsbury's. The fruit and veg is usually wonderful. And it makes planning a meal very exciting at times - you never know what you are going to get. For the past couple of weeks, meat has been scarce, so we have been going vegetarian, except for fish. Scott and I like fish, but the kids are more wary and will not eat most of it. All this to say, the pork ribs are a big treat- and some chicken would be too. God is great, He will provide.
As I know, many of you are dying from the heat and humidity in Alabama, and I am so sorry. This respite from the usual gloom and rain feels very hard won and precious. And don't feel envious.......it won't last. I will be back to moaning soon enough!!!
3 comments:
ladies and gentlemen, start your grills! sounds like a good plan. glad the weather has been good for y'all
Thrilled to hear that you have pretty weather.
Praying for meat.
Hey there weather buddy...i see it's warmer in your part of the world. We're still having a chilly, rainy summer here in Canada. But have no fear - at least it's not snow (this is what i cheer myself up with ;0).
Throw a few shrimps on the barby for me...or perhaps a few veggies as meat is scarce.
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