Yesterday, we spent a lovely sunny afternoon lounging in the backyard. With the exception of a strong wind, it was almost the perfect day for being outdoors.
With Texas temperatures in the mid 90's, it was a great time to drink an ice cold glass of Jamaica (pronounced Hamaica in Spanish.) It is made from dried hibiscus flowers, and sweetened with sugar, for just the perfect refreshing drink. These hand blown, cobalt blue glasses were purchased when we lived in Mexico, several years ago.
Even one and a half year old Chloe was enjoying the splendid weather!
What American warm weather celebration would be complete, without the obligatory hot dogs? Turkey franks are always served here. I like mine with Dijon mustard and lots of sauerkraut. My daughter eats hers with ketchup and sweet relish. Darling son prefers his with only ketchup, while hubby reaches for the sweet relish and mustard. How do you like yours?
My lovely afternoon ended with a good read, whilst relaxing on one of our hammocks. A perfect day, indeed! I hope everyone enjoys their day...
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What a great way to spend the long Memorial Day weekend... with family! This year we tried the new Angus hot dogs. Really good! 'cept my husband toasted them on the grill a bit too long. lol
ReplyDeleteWhere is Mexico did you live?? I've lived there twice.. once in Guadalajara and then in the state of Colima.
Have a great day!
Karen
Ladybug Creek
Hi Maureen~
ReplyDeleteIt's great to hear from you! We had hot dogs on the grill (Angus ones) on Friday with our grandson....I like chopped onion, mustard, relish and ketchup on mine....mmmmmmm! Yesterday, we grilled pork chops....love the summer!
xoxo
Joyce
Hej Maureen
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind comment.
Great to see you back too ;-D
Your garden picnic looks wonderful...great photo's too!
Have a wonderful week ahead
LOVE PEACE enJOY
Julie
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That sounds heavenly. What did you read? Now I love my hot dog many ways. That's why one is never enough. A classic with catsup, mustard, and sweet relish is #1 and I love it with dijon and sauerkraut and that's #2. I've never tried your drink before but it sure looks scrumptious. Have you ever tried horchata? I tried it for the first time at my nephew's high school graduation party. Yummy!
ReplyDeleteIt's been such a long time.. Very sweet post..So nice to see you again:)
ReplyDeleteHey Maureen! I've been wondering what you are up to over there. Looks like you had a relaxing weekend with great weather. Texas was the only place we had a wooden fence like yours so it brings back memories of our home and backyward in Spring, TX. That black bean and corn "salsa" is a favorite of mine -- wonder if you use the same recipe? Goes great with fish. I don't do "dogs" anymore -- but when I get them for the kids, I only do turkey dogs. Hope all is well. Have a great rest of the week. Tammy
ReplyDeleteNice to see you!we are having nice weather too and it's nice to live outside, here it's unsual!
ReplyDeleteHi Maureen,
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to see you back again.
The picnic looks wonderful and so glad that you were able to have a lovely day.
Relaxing in the hammock with a good book must have been great.
Happy week
Hugs
Carolyn
It looks so wonderfully relaxing!
ReplyDeleteThat meal looks delicious, and your photos are worthy of a magazine. (I will eat a hot dog pretty much any way, including with celery seed sprinkled on it, which I first saw when I lived in New England.)
ReplyDeleteHi Maureen! It was so nice to see you back out there in blogland. I hope you come back to see some more Make do and Mends. :-)
ReplyDeleteLove the back garden and your hot dogs. Chloe is just beautiful and I hope you enjoyed your Memorial day weekend. We have two long holiday weekends in a row coming up here in Holland.
Hugs from Holland ~
Heidi
That looks fabulous. I beat you though...upper 90s in southeastern Ohio...and tons of humidity. YUCK.
ReplyDeleteThose hotdogs are killing me. I'm so hungry. Thank God lunchtime is soon!!
Thank you! It is good to see you again! :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. The breadbox was an Ebay steal. :)
What beautiful, happy pictures. I thought they were magazine photos when I first came over. I'm so happy you had a great weekend, too. : )
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LOVE your table setting! Looks like you all had a wonderful time, especially darling Chloe!
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