Yesterday turned out to be fun. I called Becky and Kent and Deb and John and they all said, yes, they could come for dinner, including Lara! Becky got some ground turkey and beef to make burgers and we thawed a second package of shrimp. We heard about Lara's graduation (Arnold Schwarzenegger was the speaker) and watched videos from Deb & john's trip to Taiwan. We drank two of the bottles of French wine and it tasted pretty good. One was the Chateau Ventenac that the Captain bought  6 bottles of and the other  was the Corbieres. I liked the Corbieres better, but it was 2009; he liked the Ventenac better...John & Debbie brought some US red as well, and some Terrapin beer. I made foccaccia--it was pretty easy and delicious.

It rained off and on all day, sometimes misting, sometimes thundering and lightning. We got in a walk in the morning, after I made some blackberry muffins with the last of the blackberries from the freezer. The Captain managed to spend some time working in the garden, but it was too wet for me. He picked some more peas and I shelled them, cooked them, and threw them in the potato salad. He also picked more lettuce for a green salad and I made dressing. But I don't know what I did all day. Looking through cookbooks some, I even dozed a little.