T Stands for Going to Lunch

 Hi everyone. I hope everyone had a nice week. My week was nice, with some days out and some days at home. We had some rain, some sunshine, some beautiful temperatures and some steamy weather too. Luckily Hurricane Henri totally fizzled by the time it reached us in New Hampshire, and all we had was rain. I hope anyone else in the storm zone didn't have any serious weather.

 This may not make the most interesting T day post I've ever written or you've ever read, but it was certainly not a week to be bored with the weather or  life, that's for certain.

Since this is my post for Tuesday, it is time for T at Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog .

Last week I actually went out to lunch 3 times. The first time I stopped at a Chick-fil-a fast food drive through after visiting my mother who lives 2+ hours away in an assisted living back in my hometown. I didn't get any photos because I just wanted to grab a cold drink and some food so I could eat while I started the drive home. 

I also had to go to Portsmouth (New Hampshire) one day to get my allergy shots. I  ran a couple of errands and then met my husband for lunch as he works in town. Right down the road from his office is a place called Paddy's, and they have a really nice outdoor seating area. We weren't the only people there so I felt uncomfortable taking photos of the area, but for T day, I did get a shot of our unsweetened ice teas. You can just make out the umbrellas from the other tables as well as their outdoor bar in the background.

Unfortunately I forget to take a photo of the salad I had for lunch, but I hope you believe me when I say it was delicious.

On my last day out I met up with my friend Deb. I haven't seen her for awhile, and we decided to go walk the Wolfeboro Rail Trail.  We were  busy catching up so that before we knew it we had walked 5.5 miles or about 8.85 km.

Here's a couple photos of the rail trail. This one has 3 really good things going for it. It is flat in an area that is not flat; it has a couple of places with bathrooms; and it is a pretty place to walk.

People have also made donations for these granite benches. We didn't use any, but I like the dedication (to their parents)  quote on this one.

And here's just a couple of views on our walk. I've shown you other photos in  the past with other views, but I thought these were pretty.

For the last 5 years, Deb and I have a tradition of going out once a summer for hot fudge sundaes. We hadn't done that yet this year, and she goes back to school teaching this Wednesday, so if we were going to do it, we needed to do it.

After our walk we visited Johnson's, the only restaurant in my town. They have a take out window with outdoor seating, but since it was hot and there were no tables in the shade, we asked if we could sit inside and order our sundaes at a table. Since it wasn't very crowded, they said we could.

 

This was the most unhealthy of lunches, but it did taste very delicious.  Plus it is fun to have these traditions.  I can't remember when I last had a sundae. When I got home I was hot, tired and felt like I had eaten too much sugar, so I spent the rest of afternoon lounging on my hammock.  That was a pretty good way to end the day also.

I have one more T day reference here also, and that is the glasses of water we had with out sundaes.

Don't forget to stop by Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to see what all the lovely ladies have been up to.

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a fantastic week.

T Stands for the Labor Day Weekend

 Hi everyone. It is hard to believe that the Long Labor Day weekend here in the US has come and gone by already. We are really into September now. It dawned on me the other day as I went for a short swim at my mother-in-law's home that that might have been my last swim for the year, depending how quickly things cool off.

It was a really nice long weekend for me. Not only did we get some of the basement cleaned out (which is a job that needed to be done a long time ago and which now in progress, is a good feeling ) , but I had lots of  outside time along with a 2 hour phone call with my friend who lives in North Carolina. Catching up as well as enjoying the gorgeous weather was fun.

I met one of my teacher friends early Saturday morning, and we walked part of the 12 mile rail trail in Wolfeboro (New Hampshire), the town north of where I live.  I've shown you some photos earlier this summer when we walked it also, but this morning was so pretty I thought I would share a few more.

This is the view from Albee Beach on Lake Wentworth. It is one of the town beaches for residents, but others can walk in and use it. We didn't really use the beach, but we did walk down and enjoy the gorgeous views. I had my phone accidently set on square photos.

And we discovered this shade spot with a bench where we could sit a minute and enjoy the view.

I'm not that familiar with Lake Wentworth, but it is so beautiful I want to explore it more.

And Friday my husband, daughter and her beau (Iris I will get a photo for you) all took the day off from work. We met them for lunch, and then went for an afternoon boat cruise. I still need to get my photos off my camera so no boating photos today. 

For lunch we went to the Newick's Lobster Pound. This is another place built right after World War two, but it is very large and open year round. This is the first time I ever remember them having outdoor seating (thanks to Covid), but it works for this new pandemic world.  This place has a parking lot bigger than lots of  large US grocery stores do,  so they could easily take a part of the parking area and spread out tables.

For lunch, I had probably my last lobster roll for the season. I had a choice of fries or homemade chips, and I went for the chips. The nice thing about Newick's is you can choose your size  of lobster roll, so I took the petite. And it came with coleslaw too.

And since it is Tuesday, it is time to share my weekly T day drink post over at Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog. My daughter and her beau were stuck in traffic and running late, so my husband and I each had a beer while we waited for them.

And our table was right on the bay, so we had a pretty nice view.

 It felt like being away on vacation.  In fact the whole weekend had such nice weather, sunny, light breeze, not too hot, that it was a treat. And do I dare show my Sunday ice cream lunch? And the fact that Monday felt like Sunday so we had it again for lunch? Do you prefer coffee oreo or strawberry cake crunch?

Have a great Tuesday.

Thanks for visiting.

And of course I hope it is  or will be a nice T day.