Cookout

The Prairie Princess planned a cookout for her MCC compatriots and she planned it for November 9, today. As luck would have it, the weather turned decidedly glorious. Who'd a thunk it? Sixty degrees on November 9, weather warm enough for bare feet. I hung around for a photo or two and also to sample the food. PP made bison burgers and wild rice with mushrooms and onions. We had three bean salad and the MCC guys and gals brought additional vittles. Here's PP hanging out by the grill in bare feet. It was a nice feast, and I got to partake.



I also managed to get the group to pose for a picture. They are funny people and the joking and laughing was out of control, but you can see by the photo that they were enjoying themselves. Then I went off to Hidden Falls for a walk in the wilds while the young'uns socialized. They're an entertaining bunch.



Funny story. My patio furniture rotted away a couple of years ago and I haven't replaced the table. PP and I thought we should have a table for the cookout, so we went to Menard's yesterday to buy some patio furniture. The signs indicated "Patio Furniture" above the department where they used to have patio furniture. They apparently moved that all to storage a couple of months ago and filled the space with Christmas decorations. There was not a single patio table to be had. We improvised for the cookout and it worked okay. I had an old card table and we used upside town waste baskets for coffee tables. I'm getting a new table next spring while there is a selection.

Other points of interest. Yesterday was Sunday and the weather was even better than today. So the GTA geezers played two sets of tennis outside, in the wind. Outdoors tennis on November 8. And we're scheduled to do it again tomorrow. We're starting later, about three pm and, given the shortness of the days lately, we'll be lucky to get in one set before the sun deserts us. But it will be outdoors tennis in November in Minnesota.

The order of months has apparently changed this year. Now it's August, September. October, and September again. I am not against it.