Sun 22 Dec 2013
Winter Solstice in the rain
Posted by Andy under Events, Workdays
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The Tatnam patch crowd thick skinned and sturdy, so there we were yesterday, just as usual, enjoying the shortest day, third Saturday of the month, so a normal workday. But, in honour of the Solstice date, original winter feast, and the wet wild and windy weather, we mostly stayed in the greenhouse. Ben made repeated forays out to the storm kettle in search of making tea, and Marcos was busy digging up a small tree, whilst the rest of us mostly just ate and drank.
There was a butternut squash soup from Gary, Â which went well with stuffing that Ken had made, and homebaked bread from Andy. A three-meat pasta dish that Mark brought along, mince pies from Marcos and Fizz and as tradition dictates, a crumble from the maestro herself, Jan. I’ve probably forgotten something, oh my homebrew beer and gary’s mulled wine, which included soaking toasted almonds and raisins in the making.
There was a discussion about how the new peach tree in the greenhouse would be corralled into shape, grown indoors to avoid peach leaf curl apparently.
Happy yule to all !