There are tales that are told from the Before Times of folk gathering in groups at tables in each others' dwellings. In these tales people gathered to eat food, drink wine and engage in conversation and merriment. There is a mythic quality to some of these tales, although the tales portray the gatherings as nothing out of the ordinary.
It is a long time since Tani has hosted any such gatherings.
I know we saw Freyja and Simon at Stella's place last Sunday but it was rather nice to see them again yesterday at our place for the first Sunday Lunch with guests in months. I had intended to make a big salad platter with summery additions, like tempura vegetables, crumbed zucchini, picnic style foods. The weather, however, was chilly and damp and cloudy so we had the salad with ravioli and a tomato and spinach sauce on the side.
We had a bottle of the (alcoholic!) Hero of Zero and a bottle of (non-alcoholic) Giessen sauvignon blanc and soft drinks.
We had conversation and merriment.
It was just like the Before Times!
The shops have all opened again in Victoria and most covid restrictions have been lifted. When I was at work on Wednesday I called into the Everything Shop by the surgery and bought a new cat climbing stand that I had my eye on throughout the Melbourne lockdown. As you might expect, my cats were a bit suspicious of it when it first arrived but Brandy, especially, has started playing with it. It's a bit wobbly at the top. I need to work out how to stabilise it a bit.
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