My ladies

Though the icy conditions on Tuesday threatened to keep me in PA longer than I planned, Wednesday morning I woke up to cleared streets and a forecast less daunting than originally prescribed.

Hence, I threw my suitcase in my car
and headed New Jersey-ward.

I had an appointment to keep after all,

a pie making date with my maternal-side ladies.

The recipe, my great-grandmother's.

The keeper of it,

her last remaining daughter.

Her daughters:

my favorite ladies to laugh with,

since we've been laughing this way for all of my life.

After the pies were safely in the oven,

we sat together for awhile,

having a late afternoon 'cuppa teah'.

A lovely afternoon,

with my ladies.