A big Boxing Day lunch
A big Boxing Day event with my uncle, granny, my sister's family, and S&D over from Birmingham — 12 of us in total and enough to make it worth extending the dining room table with the one from the kitchen.
( The Boxing Day table... )
We had baked potatoes, bread sauce, and cold cuts for those who were interested — all traditional staples — plus the radical new addition of a lentil salad.
( Mater surprised while making salad... )
The afternoon was pleasant, although pater insisted on talking us through a large number of photos taken on his recent trip to Kyoto. While many of them were very good, I couldn't help thinking that they might not have benefitted from a little more editing and curation — there are only so many times you can see pictures of the imperial palace gardens before a certain weariness sets in!
( A Boxing Day salon... )
After the visitors had left, mater and I went for a walk in the park leaving the less energetic at home to look after themselves for a while. We got home and cobbled together a supper of left-overs bulked out with canapés.
( The Boxing Day table... )
We had baked potatoes, bread sauce, and cold cuts for those who were interested — all traditional staples — plus the radical new addition of a lentil salad.
( Mater surprised while making salad... )
The afternoon was pleasant, although pater insisted on talking us through a large number of photos taken on his recent trip to Kyoto. While many of them were very good, I couldn't help thinking that they might not have benefitted from a little more editing and curation — there are only so many times you can see pictures of the imperial palace gardens before a certain weariness sets in!
( A Boxing Day salon... )
After the visitors had left, mater and I went for a walk in the park leaving the less energetic at home to look after themselves for a while. We got home and cobbled together a supper of left-overs bulked out with canapés.