I haven't been clamming yet this season (though I have heard about folks gathering a mess recently). But I did cook a big pot of clam chowder yesterday afternoon. I had two ziplock bags of frozen clams in the freezer. I opened the clams, chopped them up, added a half dozen potatoes, a very large onion, and fried salt pork...and cooked them for a couple of hours.
Amy, David, & Lachlan came over for supper. After dessert Amy & David talked about their day around the kitchen table. Lachlan and I sat on the pizer watching the day slip into night. We told stories, shared jokes (what kind of a dog does a scientist like best?...A lab), laughed, and watched our new neighbors move into the rental house across the lane.
Such a nice way to spend the early evening on a lovely springtime day in May.
Our latest Ocracoke Newsletter is the history of the Ocracoke Preservation Society. You can read it here: http://www.villagecraftsmen.com/news042111.htm.
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Wonderful memories, Philip....that Lachlan has "dry humor", I can tell. So funny about the lab and scientist joke! What a "simple, but lovely" way to spend an evening.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of memories, during our Mother's Day service @ church, the organist (87 year old grandmother) and I(on the piano...my age isn't important!) played a duet: Precious Memories. It just seemed appropriate on Mother's Day to play it for the meditation music.
Happy Mother's Day to all of your "mother" bloggers!
Was it not the lure of clam chowder that brought the OPS together? Wouldn't it be nice , if every time someone rode the free ferry they donate a fare amount to OPS? Oh, yes in deed, some know talk is cheap.
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