14 May, 2021

When In New England...

We made a trip up to New England to visit with family and spend Mother's Day with my mother. As of this morning we're home again and the washing machine is working overtime. Our visit north was blessed by the weather gods; lovel, sunny (albeit chilly) days and crisp, cool nights. It was glorious! My sister and her husband met up with a lobster fisherman on Saturday afternoon and brought back TEN(!) of these beauties. She set up a pot for boiling in the back yard on Sunday afternoon and in they went! It was a full New England experience! 😀
We all (not just the Moms) feasted on tender, sweet and succulent lobster that evening, it was a true Mother's Day treat to remember! We were able to score some delicious fried clams while in the area, as well. It was nice to see the mask mandates loosening up in New Hampshire; while we were there the "masks required" signs were being replaced with "masks recommended" in restaurants and stores, as well as those one way arrows being lifted up from the floors of the grocery store aisles. Progress...


Yesterday was a travel-back-home day, someone took full advantage of his "car time" by sleeping the day away. We didn't encounter any of the gasoline shut-down at all until we entered Virginia, in the evening. With an eye to the possibility of pumps being out we kept our tank filled, stopping to top off wherever we could along the way. That was a good thing! Our daughter loaned me her copy of The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah, this passenger in the car couldn't put it down; it's a compelling read- but brutal! I haven't quite finished it yet, we'll see how it ends. 
Home again, home again, jiggety-jig! 
😉
Life is Good!

6 comments:

Sherrill said...

Ooo, fresh lobster--perfect Mother's Day!! LOL We spent a week in TN, NC and SC and didn't experience any gas issues. But the weather (for the most part) was rainy and chilly, ew. That book is a tough read. Wish I'd asked my folks about their real life experiences during that time.

Millie said...

Well, the arrows in the grocery stores had disappeared last week, but THIS WEEK, they are back. Go figure. I was in Portsmouth NH today, and the mask mandates were firmly in place there. It's a patchwork of rules, which is kinda crazy. But still, lobsters are pretty good any time!

straythreads said...

What a catch! Glad you made it home in spite of the gas situation

cityquilter grace said...

they are delish no doubt....more for me in september!

Tanya said...

Hannes is so good!

jude's page said...

Those lobsters (crayfish over here) look so good, glad life is improving for you