Last night we enjoyed a lovely Friday evening with a potluck in the houseboat, together with Peter's son Robin and his wife Alexandra. We had a lovely evening with blue sky, good food and lots of talk and laughter.
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We live relatively close to Peter's son Robin and his wife Alexandra, and yet it has been a relatively long time since we last met. Talk about having a lot to talk about when we met! We went through work and holidays and everything that we have been thinking about lately, for example when it comes to the blog. Lovely to be able to sit outside and above all fun to meet. A really nice Friday night in the houseboat!
Friday night with a potluck on deck
So what ended up at our potluck? It was a mixture of goodies such as biscuits, various cheeses, melon, strawberries, avocado salad, air-dried ham, salami, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, cheese pie and Greek country bread. We also grilled tuna, halloumi and asparagus. Of course, we had a little too much food, but that's okay. It's so good to pick and choose! How was your Friday night?
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Ruth in Virginia says:
Oh, herreminmoses so wonderful. And what food!
A truly dangling table.
Next time I want to be there. 🙂
We have lovely weather. This morning there will be an open house for
a young neighbour who finished high school.
When you reach a certain age, Friday evenings become...
fairly tame, but I have had countless non-tame
Friday nights in my life. No complaints !!! Keep up the good work!
09 June 2018 - 6:16
Helena says:
It would be very fun if you wanted to join next time!!!! 🙂 Wishing you a nice day and nice company with the neighbours! 🙂
09 June 2018 - 9:37
4000mil says:
Oh how lovely it looks!
The nice summer weather has unfortunately abandoned Umeå now. I travelled home from Portugal the night of Friday, so my Friday night was takeaway and film.
09 June 2018 - 8:13
Helena says:
We have also got slightly cooler in the air, but still nice! Hope you are happy with your trip!!!
09 June 2018 - 9:39
Ditte says:
So cosy and delicious! And nice to see you!
Here it was a meeting with friends in the evening and a nice balcony hangout with a lot to see in the canal. Full speed! And plenty of Spanish tapas to eat in the evening sun. The perfect place
09 June 2018 - 8:23
Helena says:
It sounds like you also had a great time! And tapas is never wrong! 🙂
09 June 2018 - 9:40
Ama de casa says:
So many goodies! And leftovers are both easy to prepare and delicious, so the fact that there was a lot of food doesn't matter at all 🙂 .
We went out and ate tapas with good friends and we didn't have a bad time either.
Have a nice Saturday!
09 June 2018 - 9:16
Helena says:
Totally agree! It really doesn't matter if there are leftovers! 🙂 Tapas does not sound wrong either! 🙂
09 June 2018 - 9:57
Lisa / life from the bright side says:
How cosy! Got a craving for exactly such a dinner now, haha 🙂 .
What summer evenings we have, lovely!
09 June 2018 - 9:40
Helena says:
Fantastic summer evenings! Wishing you a nice weekend! 🙂
09 June 2018 - 9:58
Snows says:
How lovely and delicious to be able to serve dinner there! The environment is really appealing!
09 June 2018 - 9:52
Helena says:
We enjoy stretcher space on the foredeck when we can! 🙂
09 June 2018 - 17:30
Emma, sun like sun? says:
Perfect when everyone brings something, it usually becomes so interesting, everyone can be surprised! And it looked really yummy, great that there will be a repeat of it. Some reruns you are happy to participate in!
We were calm too, hectic school week, the son stressed because there are only two weeks left now and lots of tests for him to pass all subjects so he can move on to grade eight in the Spanish school.
We enjoyed a cheese and ham pie (always make two while I'm at it so there will be a repeat of that!) with salad and I had a good wine with it. Afterwards we ate apple pie with vanilla ice cream, it was a very long time since I baked a dessert pie! There will be a small reprise of it too.
Have a great weekend now!
09 June 2018 - 9:54
Helena says:
Understand that it is stressful for the son! Hope it will be good for him! Sounds super tasty with homemade pies! 🙂 And completely agree. It does not matter that there are leftover goodies so you can get a repeat!
09 June 2018 - 17:32
Husis blog says:
How wonderful to be able to sit outside and also on a boat to eat and socialise. Somehow the owners often say that the food tastes better outside, strange, it's the same food....
My owners also ate a lot of pickings yesterday. They went to a restaurant for tapas.
Have a nice Saturday!
09 June 2018 - 9:56
Helena says:
Agree with your owners that food tastes better outdoors! But can't really explain why 😉 Tapas are good! 🙂
09 June 2018 - 17:40
Lena - good for the soul says:
How delicious and cosy it is!
We prepared the weekend's little trip mixed with a nice barbecue evening.
Hugs Lena
09 June 2018 - 11:51
Britt-Marie Lundgren says:
For us, it was an evening of grocery shopping and some preparation, but now we are preparing for a lovely barbecue for the neighbours, 12 people in total. It is not often that the problem is that it is too hot to sit outside and eat. Now we can start with drinks and snacks in the shade, so maybe the temperature will drop to 25?? before it's time for food.... Wonderful....
09 June 2018 - 16:37
Helena says:
Not bad with a barbecue with 12 people Britt-Marie! Sounds nice! And no, worrying about the heat, that's not a common occurrence 😉.
09 June 2018 - 17:45
Helena says:
It sounds wonderful Lena! Wishing you a nice weekend!
09 June 2018 - 17:42
BP says:
A potluck at its best! No big preparations, just buy wonderful "tapas" and enjoy. Perfect and completely in my taste! Oh what weather:-))))))))
PS. Has Robin dyed his hair? Wasn't he blonde before, or am I remembering wrong? DS.
09 June 2018 - 22:27
Helena says:
What a great question about Robin's hair! 🙂 I don't think he has dyed it, but I also remember that it was lighter before. Maybe he had locks then? Must ask! 😉
10 June 2018 - 7:34
Mr Steve says:
Oh my goodness! It just looks so delicious. Absolutely marvellous! Such summer meals and pictures are nice to pick out of the memory during the dark seasons. At Getingstorp there was a cheese plate as a Friday dinner. Outdoors of course.
10 June 2018 - 6:07
Helena says:
Really lovely! Cheese plate outdoors at Getingstorp does not sound wrong either! 🙂
10 June 2018 - 7:35
Maria / Magnolia Magis says:
Mmmmm....good. That's life! Good food and nice company in a nice environment - can it get any better!
10 June 2018 - 12:28
Helena says:
It is important to enjoy when you get the opportunity! 🙂
12 June 2018 - 13:12