There's that HOL again...

Yes, it happens every Fall: Lisa and Geoff arrive with Frankie in tow, and we spend blissful moments, being, eating, talking, Hashing Out Life.

This year involved a request for rest; hence, we stayed close to home, and...rested.

Upon a late Friday/early Saturday arrival, we cuddled up in the piano room with hot toddies and immediate catching up.  When we reached incoherence, I tucked my guests into their basement home-away-from-home, where they proceeded to sleep until they were slept up.  They emerged to brunch, of the Fall kind: Pumpkin goodness and plenty of coffee.  We munched it all up, as Lisa lamented my lack of response to her request to follow me on Instagram.  When I explained to her this was a result of my lack of awareness of how to join in pop-culture more than an intentional rejection, she rushed to my side and helped me.

See?

Gradually we retreated from the table, got ourselves spiffed up, and headed outside for a photo shoot in my backyard.  

 I played photographer for awhile 

[stay tuned for L & G's Christmas photo]

 and then got in on the photogenicity.

 Frankie and I had a 'let's try to repair our relationship' moment,

but he's over me. 

[This is what I get for being such a callous heart breaker...]

Overall, the laughter and the sunshine was good for our resting,

and got us ready to head out into the real world,

in order to grab a spot of lunch at one of my favorite spots in town.

 We took the opportunity to browse,

and to reflect on the insistently repetitive and slightly ridiculous music being played for our browsing pleasure. 

[Given the one line played over and over again and the extent to which we discussed it's inanity, one would think I would remember it enough to document it here.....but, I can't.  Apparently my overloaded brain still needed more resting at this point in the day...]

 Eventually, we meandered over to the local cheese shop, so that I could knock over a few things [not fully rested, remember?]

and so L & G could get themselves a relaxing caffeinated beverage.

We then returned home, for Fall HOL tradition:

Margs, of our Margarita Master.

Relaxing in front of the fire, we continued our catching up, our hashing, our resting.

And then?

There were delicious appetizers while Geoff and I created:

the most spectacular meal.

We took a moment to inhale the aromas of the goods being stuffed into our mouths, and to remember: 

We are resting, together, and we are Thankful.

We finished off our night and our weekend with more of the same:  

Good food, good talking, good being.

And we rejoiced: January HOL is never far off!!