I like to say, with no modesty, that 'the husband' and I live on perhaps the best street in Toronto. When we moved here 6 years ago, as seasoned apartment dwellers, we were kind of stunned by the hospitality of our neighbour's.
"Watch the house while you are away?” no problem.
"Haul, two yards of limestone scree up the drive to the backyard?” I will get my shovel.
"You are planning a garden?" Let me split my perennials.
Steak Knives, Onions, Lemon's, Brown Sugar, Spices, Lawn Chairs, Power Washers, Tree trimmers, Recipes, Wine, Beer, Smoke's, Wet Vac's and tools of all sizes and descriptions....... have all gone back and forth from house to house.
We have watched,
4 pregnancies,
1 death,
3 weddings,
1 divorce,
2 renovations,
2 job losses,
3 new careers,
1 missing person (actually a cat 'Buttons' who sadly never came back)
1 evacuation (ruptured gas pipe caused by one of the renovations)
1 fire (saved from catastrophe by my next door neighbour, who heard the smoke alarm from across the street and 3 doors up. With us broke into the house and put it out, I KID YOU NOT)
Birthdays, anniversary's, graduations, and celebrations of all kinds too numerous to mention.
Sadly, it was moving day yesterday for one of our neighbor's on our street. We have watched as this family grew from 2 to 4. The gradual progression of tiny premature infant, to fat chubby toddlers, to surprisingly smart young boys (never turn your back). Over cups of tea and glasses of wine there was always time for a 'good chat' about the street we live on and life in general.
They have moved not far, too a bigger house, just north of here. To send them into the new house I am bringing up dinner for them tonight.
On the Menu:
Roast Chicken stuffed with Lemon and Thyme
(Preheat oven at 400, Slice an onion into a roasting pan and mix with olive oil. Rinse chicken and salt the interior. Stuff Chicken with 1 quartered lemon, and a handful of fresh thyme. Place chicken on top of the onions. Brush with 1/4 cup of melted butter and pop into the oven for 1 hour or juices run clear.
Green Beans (Boil green beans until tender crisp. In a pan crisp 3 slices of pancetta and one sliced onion. Place drained beans in for about two minutes more)
Green salad
French Bread
Chocolate Chip Cookies ( Mum's Recipe)
The new house is lovely, I hope they will be happy but, we will miss them.
I wonder about the new family............. the painters truck showed up this morning at 8am and I have been sneaking peeks all morning. I hope they are nice.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
House Warming
I like to say, with no modesty, that 'the husband' and I live on perhaps the best street in Toronto. When we moved here 6 years ago, as seasoned apartment dwellers, we were kind of stunned by the hospitality of our neighbour's.
"Watch the house while you are away?” no problem.
"Haul, two yards of limestone scree up the drive to the backyard?” I will get my shovel.
"You are planning a garden?" Let me split my perennials.
Steak Knives, Onions, Lemon's, Brown Sugar, Spices, Lawn Chairs, Power Washers, Tree trimmers, Recipes, Wine, Beer, Smoke's, Wet Vac's and tools of all sizes and descriptions....... have all gone back and forth from house to house.
We have watched,
4 pregnancies,
1 death,
3 weddings,
1 divorce,
2 renovations,
2 job losses,
3 new careers,
1 missing person (actually a cat 'Buttons' who sadly never came back)
1 evacuation (ruptured gas pipe caused by one of the renovations)
1 fire (saved from catastrophe by my next door neighbour, who heard the smoke alarm from across the street and 3 doors up. With us broke into the house and put it out, I KID YOU NOT)
Birthdays, anniversary's, graduations, and celebrations of all kinds too numerous to mention.
Sadly, it was moving day yesterday for one of our neighbor's on our street. We have watched as this family grew from 2 to 4. The gradual progression of tiny premature infant, to fat chubby toddlers, to surprisingly smart young boys (never turn your back). Over cups of tea and glasses of wine there was always time for a 'good chat' about the street we live on and life in general.
They have moved not far, too a bigger house, just north of here. To send them into the new house I am bringing up dinner for them tonight.
On the Menu:
Roast Chicken stuffed with Lemon and Thyme
(Preheat oven at 400, Slice an onion into a roasting pan and mix with olive oil. Rinse chicken and salt the interior. Stuff Chicken with 1 quartered lemon, and a handful of fresh thyme. Place chicken on top of the onions. Brush with 1/4 cup of melted butter and pop into the oven for 1 hour or juices run clear.
Green Beans (Boil green beans until tender crisp. In a pan crisp 3 slices of pancetta and one sliced onion. Place drained beans in for about two minutes more)
Green salad
French Bread
Chocolate Chip Cookies ( Mum's Recipe)
The new house is lovely, I hope they will be happy but, we will miss them.
I wonder about the new family............. the painters truck showed up this morning at 8am and I have been sneaking peeks all morning. I hope they are nice.
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